Every career journey is personal. That's why we empower you with the tools and support to create your own success story. Be challenged. Be heard. Be valued. Be you ... be here. Job Summary The Senior Platform Engineer leads the design, development, and evolution of platform services, automation solutions, and cloud-native engineering capabilities that improve software delivery, reliability, scalability, security, and developer productivity. This role drives the creation of reusable platform products, shared services, self-service capabilities, and intelligent automation solutions while establishing engineering standards and best practices. Collaborating across engineering, product, architecture, security, and operations teams, the Senior Platform Engineer enables scalable platform adoption and advances organizational platform maturity across the AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AIDLC). This role specializes in software engineering within Platform Engineering, focusing on architecting and delivering foundational shared services, enterprise libraries, client SDKs, and developer-facing AI capabilities. Rather than managing cloud infrastructure or operations, this engineer treats internal software engineers as customers: building robust, reusable software products, high-throughput APIs, and agentic AI integrations that eliminate boilerplate, standardize best practices, and accelerate engineering teams across the enterprise. Essential Job Functions Define strategic direction for platform engineering capabilities. Lead architecture and design of enterprise platforms and shared services. Establish standards, reference architectures, and reusable patterns. Drive cloud-native modernization and oversee APIs, SDKs, frameworks, and self-service capabilities, aligning platform investments with business goals and productivity. - (20%) Define enterprise automation strategies for the AI-driven development lifecycle. Lead intelligent automation platforms, AI-powered capabilities, and autonomous workflows. Establish standards and governance for automation-first practices. Drive adoption of AI agents across teams and partner with leaders to scale orchestration, automation, and AI technologies enterprise-wide. - (15%) Define strategies for platform reliability, resilience, scalability, and performance. Lead CI/CD, observability, and operational intelligence capabilities. Establish IaC, deployment automation, and cloud operations standards. Drive monitoring, automated remediation, and intelligent workflows. Use metrics to improve delivery and guide teams toward greater reliability and operational maturity. - (15%) Define platform-wide governance, security, compliance, and risk strategies. Establish enterprise guardrails, policy frameworks, and secure-by-design principles. Drive automated compliance and security capabilities with security, risk, architecture, and compliance partners. Enable engineering agility through scalable governance, platform controls, and policy automation. - (15%) Provide technical leadership across platform engineering initiatives. Influence roadmaps, platform investments, and technology adoption. Lead cross-functional work across engineering, architecture, security, product, and operations. Mentor engineers and develop technical leaders. Drive knowledge sharing, innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence. - (15%) Define and drive the developer experience vision across engineering platforms. Lead self-service ecosystems that improve speed and autonomy. Establish standards for onboarding, development, testing, deployment, and support. Sponsor reusable accelerators, templates, and platform capabilities. Drive adoption through enablement and feedback, championing a developer-first culture. - (10%) Define the vision for AI-enabled engineering platforms and agent ecosystems. Lead adoption of LLMs, agent orchestration, MCP, RAG, and emerging AI technologies. Establish standards for scalable AI-powered solutions and provide strategic recommendations. Guide intelligent developer experiences and autonomous engineering capabilities while advancing AI-native practices. - (10%) Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field. 1 cloud certification - AWS cloud practitioner, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals or Google Cloud- Cloud Digital Leader 5-8 years of experience in platform engineering, software engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps, automation engineering, or related disciplines. Preferred Qualifications Experience in Golang Development. Familiar with AWS and microservices. Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related field. Relevant industry certifications in cloud platforms, DevOps, platform engineering, software development, automation, AI/ML, data engineering, or related technologies are preferred. Skills Golang Microservice Architecture Platform Management Systems Architecture Service Platforms Application Programming Interface (API) Software Development Kits (SDKs) IT Automation Amazon Web Services (AWS) CI/CD Site Reliability Engineering Generative AI AI Architecture GitHub Copilot Reports To: Manager and above Direct Reports: 0 Work Environment Normal office environment. (Remote or Hybrid), 3 to 4 days per month are required in office if within 60 miles of a posted Bread Financial location. Travel Ability to travel up to 5% quarterly Physical and Mental Requirements To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily and meet the physical, mental and work environment requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions, absent undue hardship. Communicate/Hearing Communicate/Talking Typing/Writing Maintain focus in high pressure or fast-paced work environment Other Duties This job description is illustrative of the types of duties typically performed by this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of each and every essential function of the job. Because job content may change from time to time, the Company reserves the right to add and/or delete essential functions from this job at any time. Salary Range (unless otherwise noted below): $125,400.00 - $200,600.00 Full Salary Range for position: California: $144,200.00 - $250,800.00 Colorado: $125,400.00 - $220,700.00 New York: $137,900.00 - $250,800.00 Washington: $137,900.00 - $230,700.00 Maryland: $137,900.00 - $220,700.00 Washington DC: $144,200.00 - $230,700.00 Illinois: $125,400.00 - $220,700.00 New Jersey: $144,200.00 - $230,700.00 Vermont: $125,400.00 - $200,600.00 Ohio: $125,400.00 - $200,600.00 Maine: $125,400.00 - $200,600.00 Connecticut: $137,900.00 - $220,700.00 Virginia: $125,400.00 - $200,600.00 The actual base pay within this range may be dependent upon many factors, which may include, but are not limited to, work location, education, experience, and skills. You must be work authorized in the United States on a full time basis without the need for any sponsorship now or in the future from any employer or organization. The Company cannot offer employment to F-1 (student) visa holders. Bread Financial offers medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and other voluntary benefits (including basic and optional life insurance, supplemental medical plans, and short and long-term disability) to eligible associates (regular full-time associates scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more) and their spouses/domestic partners, and child(ren) under the age of 26. New associate elected coverage begins on date of hire (with the exception of disability coverage which has a 6-month waiting period). Six weeks of 100% paid parental leave for eligible parents is available after a 180-day waiting period. Hired associates can immediately enroll in Bread Financial’s 401(k) plan. All associates receive 11 paid holidays. Associates have discretion in managing their time away from work through the Flexible Time Off (FTO) program and may need to notify and receive approval from their manager prior to taking the time off. Associates (except those located in Illinois) receive 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time (“PSST”) upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year. Illinois associates receive 40 hours of Illinois PSST upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year and 40 hours of Illinois Paid Leave upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year. Illinois Paid Leave must be used before associates in Illinois will be approved to take FTO. Hired associates will be able to elect the purchase company stock during offering periods in June and December. You will be eligible for an annual incentive bonus based on individual and company performance. Click here for more Benefits information. About Bread Financial® At Bread Financial, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community, and be part of our award-winning culture. We’ve been consistently recognized as a best place to work nationally and in many markets and we’re proud to promote an environment where you feel appreciated, accepted, valued, and fulfilled—both personally and professionally. Bread Financial supports the overall wellness of our associates with a diverse suite of benefits and offers boundless opportunities for career development and non-traditional career progression. Bread Financial® (NYSE: BFH) is a tech-forward financial services company that provides simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions to millions of U.S. consumers. Our payment solutions deliver growth for some of the most recognized brands in travel & entertainment, health & beauty, technology, electronics, jewelry, home and specialty apparel through our co-brand and private label credit cards and pay-over-time products providing choice and value to our shared customers. Additionally, we offer Bread Financial general purpose credit cards and saving products that empower our customers and their passions for a better life. Bread Financial proudly marks 30 years of success in 2026. To learn more about our global associates, our performance and our sustainability progress, visit breadfinancial.com or follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn. Bread Financial offers competitive pay, a comprehensive selection of benefit options including 401(k). The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Any applicant offered employment will be required to establish that they are legally authorized to work in the United States for the Company. The Company participates in E-Verify. The Company will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act. Applicants with criminal histories are encouraged to apply. The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended, and all applicable state/local laws. The Company will provide accommodations to applicants needing accommodations to complete the application process. Applicants with disabilities may contact the Company to request and arrange for accommodations. If you need assistance to accommodate a disability, you may request an accommodation at any time. Please contact the Recruiting Team at TaOps@breadfinancial.com. Job Family: Technology Job Type: Regular About Bread Financial As a tech-forward financial services company, we strive to create value for both our customers and our associates. At Bread Financial, you are empowered to thrive. Our company is bold, tenacious and innovative, challenges you to be your best, respects your voice, recognizes your contributions, cares for your total well-being, and has a collaborative, kind and inclusive culture that fosters growth and success. Bread Financial is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, and committed to sustainable business practices powered by its approximately 7,000 global associates. 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