Lead Engineer - Developer Platform

At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That’s why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you’re looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain.

We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways. 

Are you curious about being part of our growth stor​y while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let's start the conversation.

Iron Mountain is seeking an innovative Lead Engineer — Developer Platform to join our Enterprise Information Technology team.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of our internal developer experience by architecting and evolving our Backstage-based developer platform. As a hands-on technical leader, your expertise will directly empower our engineering teams to build, deploy, and scale modern cloud workloads with speed, security, and autonomy. You will bridge strategic platform direction with daily coding, driving engineering excellence across our modern technology stack.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the technical architecture of our Internal Developer Platform (IDP) and Kubernetes ecosystems by authoring Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
• Contribute directly to the platform codebase (50%+ hands-on) utilizing Python, Go, or TypeScript.
• Explore and integrate Generative AI capabilities, such as automated troubleshooting agents and LLM-driven coding guardrails, to boost developer productivity.
• Partner with Product Owners to create Golden Path templates, reducing cognitive load and simplifying deployment pipelines.
• Mentor and elevate team members through architectural deep-dives, code reviews, and progressive adoption of GitOps deployment models.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Advanced English skills.
• 7+ years of experience in a technical role, with at least 2–4 years acting as a technical lead on complex engineering initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of Python, Go, or TypeScript/Node.js.
• Expert-level proficiency with Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE) and public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Hands-on experience building REST APIs, integrating GitOps tooling (e.g., ArgoCD), and automating security controls with Akeyless or HashiCorp Vault.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits aligned with experience.
• Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement plans.
• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth.

Ready to architect the next generation of our platform? Apply today and join us in building what's next.

Category: Information Technology