Lead Software Platform Engineer - Python (AWS)

Location: Plano, Texas; hybrid environment. Must have the right to work in the United States and must not require hirify.global immigration support or sponsorship now or in the future.

Company

hirify.global Financial Services, the finance and insurance business of hirify.global and Lexus in North America, develops customer-focused financial services within hirify.global's mobility organization.

What you will do

• Design, build, and support an enterprise scheduler platform on AWS MWAA to replace legacy AutoSys jobs and workflows.
• Lead AutoSys-to-MWAA migration planning, dependency analysis, workflow redesign, implementation, and reusable scheduling patterns for multiple teams and workloads.
• Define multi-account AWS architecture, onboarding mechanisms, reusable templates, platform services, governance controls, guardrails, and self-service capabilities.
• Build and maintain Python RESTful APIs with FastAPI, OpenAPI/Swagger, and deployment on ECS Fargate or EKS.
• Implement infrastructure, CI/CD, security, observability, alerting, testing, and operational practices across AWS platform services.
• Own technical direction, roadmaps, design reviews, architectural decisions, delivery risks, engineering standards, and mentoring of engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience building backend services and RESTful APIs with Python and FastAPI, documented with OpenAPI/Swagger.
• Hands-on experience migrating enterprise workloads from AutoSys or similar schedulers to AWS MWAA.
• Strong experience designing and supporting multi-account, multi-tenant AWS platforms, including account structures, access models, and enterprise platform guardrails.
• Proficiency with AWS MWAA, ECS Fargate, EKS, API Gateway, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, RDS, and IAM.
• Practical experience with Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
• Hands-on Python skills; exposure to SQL or Java is a plus.
• Proficiency with Git/GitHub, CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins, and deployment automation.
• Clear, concise communication skills, with the ability to influence decisions using data, presentations, and visualizations; effective collaboration in a hybrid environment; independent execution with leadership and follow-through.

Nice to have

• Experience with enterprise scheduler migrations from AutoSys to MWAA or similar orchestration platforms.
• Experience supporting enterprise platform onboarding and self-service enablement.

Culture & Benefits

• Teamwork, flexibility, respect, and an inclusive work environment.
• Professional growth and development programs, including tuition reimbursement.
• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans, paid holidays, and paid time off.
• hirify.global 401(k) Savings Plan with company match and an annual retirement contribution where applicable.
• Team member vehicle purchase discount and lease vehicle program where applicable.
• Relocation assistance where applicable, plus tax-advantaged health and dependent-care accounts and family support services.

Hiring process

• Interview process includes discussion of benefits and career development opportunities.