Cloud Platform Engineer

Cloud Platform Engineer Pay Rate: $80–$90/hr Location: Boston, MA – Must be local Address: 888 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02199 Work Arrangement: 90% onsite / 10% remote Experience: 10+ years required Education: Professional Degree required Industry Experience: Healthcare and PBM experience REQUIRED Visa: No restrictions specified Travel: Travel and expenses covered by the client Vaccination: No vaccination mandate Work Authorization: Must have valid work authorization for at least 6 months beyond the projected assignment end date; 12 months preferred Extension: N/A Position Overview Project Nova is a multi-year platform transformation program focused on building a new cloud-native Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) platform while re-implementing and migrating existing PBM capabilities and client business in phases. The engineering lead will manage the engineering and delivery of the Nova platform, including core services, data, runtime, and shared components that support product development. This individual will partner closely with the Platform Architect, who owns the target architecture and technical standards. The Engineering Lead will own the engineering team, delivery timelines, and ensure the platform can support production-level performance and capacity requirements. Key Responsibilities Lead engineering delivery across cloud-native platform services, backend systems, data, runtime, and shared components. Manage engineering teams, delivery timelines, and cross-functional execution across complex programs. Partner with the Platform Architect to implement target architecture and engineering standards. Oversee platform performance testing, including load, soak, throughput, latency, and recovery. Ensure the platform can support production-level volumes and performance requirements. Lead capacity planning, monitoring, and resource allocation for testing across multiple delivery teams. Drive Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), platform stability, scalability, and operational readiness. Coordinate engineering delivery across multiple workstreams and ensure consistent performance standards. Required Qualifications 10 years of relevant professional experience. Professional Degree required. Strong healthcare and Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) industry experience. Proven experience leading engineering delivery and complex platform transformation programs. Strong AWS and cloud-native platform engineering experience. Experience with backend systems, capacity monitoring, and Site Reliability Engineering. Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional engineering teams. Strong performance engineering experience at enterprise scale. Required Skills Amazon Web Services (AWS): 6 years Platform Engineering: 6 years Engineering Delivery Leadership Complex Program Delivery Cross-Functional Leadership Backend Systems Capacity Monitoring Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Nice-to-Have Skills Platform Engineering AWS Backend Systems Capacity Monitoring Microservices Architecture Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Ideal Candidate We are looking for a hands-on engineering leader with strong cloud-native expertise and experience leading large-scale platform transformations. The ideal candidate will have extensive AWS and platform engineering experience, a strong understanding of performance engineering at production scale, and the ability to lead cross-functional teams while owning engineering delivery and timelines.