Platform Engineering Manager

"I can be myself at work."

You are more than a job title. We want you to feel comfortable doing great work and bringing your best, authentic self to everything you do. We value your talents, traditions, and uniqueness-and we're committed to fostering a strong sense of belonging in a respectful workplace.

We intentionally seek diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds, investing in a culture designed to celebrate differences. We believe that belonging leads to better outcomes and a stronger community of associates united by our mission. At Capital, we live our core values every day: Integrity, Client Focus, Diverse Perspectives, Long-Term Thinking, and Community.

"I can influence my income."

You want to feel recognized at work. Your performance will be reviewed annually, and your compensation will be designed to motivate and reward the value that you provide. You'll receive a competitive salary, bonuses and benefits. Your company-funded retirement contribution will factor in salary and variable pay, including bonuses.

"I can lead a full life."

You bring unique goals and interests to your job and your life. Whether you're raising a family, you're passionate about where you volunteer, or you want to explore different career paths, we'll give you the resources that can set you up for success.

• Enjoy generous time-away and health benefits from day one, with the opportunity for flexible work options

• Receive 2-for-1 matching gifts for your charitable contributions and the opportunity to secure annual grants for the organizations you love

• Access on-demand professional development resources that allow you to hone existing skills and learn new ones

"I can succeed as a Platform Engineering and Developer Portal Manager at Capital Group."

We are looking for a Platform Engineering leader to own and evolve our Internal Developer Portal (IDP) as a first-class product for developers. In this role, you will partner with Product Management to define the strategy, roadmap, and adoption of a centralized service catalog and self-service capabilities that reduce friction and cognitive load for engineering teams. You will establish clear "Golden Paths" that enable teams to build, deploy, and operate software safely and efficiently while maintaining flexibility to innovate.

You will act as a key connector between platform engineering, architecture, security, and application teams-ensuring our cloud platform tooling is intuitive, scalable, and aligned with enterprise standards. Through this work, you will directly improve developer velocity, onboarding efficiency, and platform consistency across the organization.

In this role, you will lead and grow a team of Platform Engineers, investing in their coaching, technical excellence, and career development. You are a hands-on, playercoach leader who values strong engineering fundamentals, continuous learning, and outcome-driven delivery.

"I am the person Capital Group is looking for."

• You have experience leading internal platforms or developer-facing products and treating developer experience as a core product capability.
• You bring a strong understanding of modern software delivery practices, including CI/CD, GitOps, and cloud-native platforms such as Kubernetes.
• You are familiar with the Internal Developer Portal ecosystem and tools such as Backstage, Port, or Cortex.
• You excel at building alignment and consensus across Security, SRE, Architecture, and Engineering leadership.
• You have experience managing and developing teams across multiple locations and time zones.
• You are comfortable partnering with Product Managers and delivery leads to prioritize work and drive predictable outcomes.
• You have helped establish AIassisted development as a standard engineering capability by embedding it into developer workflows and defining clear ways of working (e.g., prompt conventions, shared context, and guardrails) that improve consistency, accelerate onboarding, and reduce cognitive load while maintaining engineering rigor.
• You are a continuous learner who seeks opportunities to adopt new technologies and improve both technical and business acumen.
• You hold a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).

Skills and experience:

You have 10+ years of experience in engineering roles, including 5+ years leading and developing engineering teams, with a demonstrated ability to build reliable, scalable platforms that enable other teams to succeed.

You bring experience across several of the following areas:

• Internal Developer Platforms and service catalogs (e.g. Backstage or similar frameworks)
• Cloud platforms and container orchestration (AWS preferred; Kubernetes and Docker)
• Infrastructure as Code and automation (Terraform or equivalent)
• Software development using languages such as TypeScript, Python, Java or Go
• API and microservice design in distributed systems
• DevOps and DevSecOps practices across the full SDLC
• Observability concepts including metrics, logs, traces, and open standards such as OpenTelemetry
• CI/CD tooling and developer workflows (e.g., GitHub, Jira, Confluence, pipeline orchestration tools)
• Technical documentation, including product requirements, high-level architecture and detailed design artifacts

"I can apply in less than 4 minutes."

You've reviewed this job posting and you're ready to start the candidate journey with us. Apply now to move to the next step in our recruiting process. If this role isn't what you're looking for, check out our other opportunities and join our talent community.

"I can learn more about Capital Group."

At Capital Group, the success of the people who invest with us depends on the people in whom we invest. That's why we offer a culture, compensation and opportunities that empower our associates to build successful and prosperous careers. Through nine decades, our goal has been to improve people's lives through successful investing. We know that our history is a testament to the strength of the people we hire. More than 9,000 associates in 30+ offices around the world help our clients and each other grow and thrive every day. Find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Glassdoor.

In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital's annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.

You can learn more about our compensation and benefits here.

* Temporary positions in the United States are excluded from the above mentioned compensation and benefit plans.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.