Platform Engineering Team Lead
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Senior
Bachelor's
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Hybrid
Engineering ManagementEngineering Leadership
About the job
Requirements
- A Computer Science degree from a leading university is required.
- At least 5 years of software development experience is required.
- At least 2 years of experience developing applications on Kubernetes using Helm, Kustomize, Crossplane, CDK, or another comparable tool is required.
- A strong understanding of Platform Engineering concepts is required.
- Strong backend development skills in a modern language such as TypeScript, Python with Asyncio, Go, Rust, modern C#, or Kotlin are required.
- Proficiency with Claude or Codex, including writing skills, system prompts, and delivering features across multiple repositories, is required.
Responsibilities
- Spend approximately 50% of the time on hands-on development.
- Work with the manager, other engineering managers, service owners, and team champions to understand their pain points and prioritize team tasks accordingly.
- Lead a team of engineers with a computer science background, keep their vision focused and aligned with management, teach them to lead projects effectively, collect feedback, and provide good service to company engineers.
- Build decentralized ecosystems that are easy to contribute to, including Backstage, command-line interface tools, microservice templates, self-service tools, and Helm chart values.
- Drive high-impact, multi-team technical initiatives from ideation through delivery by establishing technical standards, defining trackable compliance metrics, and securing buy-in from other engineering leaders.
- Lead Kubernetes initiatives.
- Manage research into cutting-edge cloud-native technologies.
Desired Qualifications
- Production experience running services on Kubernetes.
- Experience writing design documents, presenting them to engineering leaders, and answering difficult technical questions in fluent English.
- Experience writing and maintaining internal tools that improve developer experience, such as Backstage or Port, internal command-line tools, microservice templates, infrastructure-related libraries, agentic flows, or AI skills.
- Experience working with open-source Kubernetes charts such as Keycloak, Debezium, Airflow, or Temporal, a feature-flag system, or LangSmith.
About the company
Lendbuzz provides auto loans in the U.S., focusing on international students and professionals with limited or no U.S. credit history. Borrowers apply online; Lendbuzz uses data analytics and machine learning to assess creditworthiness beyond conventional credit scores, then coordinates with the car dealership and completes the loan digitally. Unlike traditional lenders, it considers a broader mix of financial and personal data and offers an end-to-end online experience. Its goal is to expand access to auto financing for international students and immigrants by using data-driven credit assessments.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$2.7B
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
Founded
2015
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Lendbuzz closed its eleventh securitization on February 11, 2026, raising $246 million.
- KBRA rated LBZZ 2026-1 notes up to AAA, supporting cheaper funding.
- The company launched its 2026 IPO process, signaling growth and liquidity ambitions.
What critics are saying
- The March 2026 IPO filing exposes Lendbuzz to market rejection and valuation reset.
- A June 2026 arbitration loss or delay risk remains after McLean v. Lendbuzz Funding.
- If ABS investors retrench, originations stop; securitization dependence threatens survival.
What makes Lendbuzz unique
- Lendbuzz’s March 2026 S-1 highlights AI underwriting for thin-file car buyers.
- The company targets international students and recent immigrants rejected by traditional auto lenders.
- Eleven public ABS deals since 2021 prove repeatable funding execution at scale.
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Benefits
- Dental & health insurance
- 401(k)
- Company outings
- Fitness center
- Unlimited PTO
- Stocked kitchen
- Company issued hardware
- Cool swag
- Flexible working hours