Pager Health

Lead Platform Engineer

Pager Health · US Remote
US Remote Remote $175K–$190K Posted 2026-06-22
Salary
$175K–$190K
Type
Full-time
Experience
2+ yr

Pager Health℠ redefines how members navigate to care and wellness, validated by clinicians and powered by AI.

Our solutions help people get the right care at the right time in the right place and stay healthy, while simultaneously reducing system friction and fragmentation, powering engagement, and orchestrating the enterprise. Pager Health partners with leading payers, providers and employers representing more than 26 million individuals across the United States and Latin America.

We are looking for a  Lead Platform Engineer  to provide technical leadership for our cloud platform, infrastructure, and developer enablement initiatives. This role is responsible for architecting scalable, secure, and resilient platform solutions while mentoring engineers and driving automation across the Engineering organization.

As a technical leader on a small, highly skilled Platform Engineering team, you will help define our platform strategy, establish engineering standards, and lead initiatives from concept through production. You’ll build self-service tooling, improve deployment automation, strengthen our cloud infrastructure, and enable engineering teams to deliver software safely and efficiently. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership, taking ownership of complex engineering challenges while balancing scalability, reliability, security, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide technical leadership and architectural direction for our cloud platform and infrastructure.
  • Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
  • Lead the design and continuous improvement of our CI/CD platform and deployment automation.
  • Develop self-service tooling that enables engineers to provision, deploy, and operate services independently.
  • Improve platform reliability, disaster recovery readiness, observability, and cloud cost efficiency.
  • Establish engineering standards, best practices, and reusable platform patterns.
  • Mentor engineers through architecture reviews, code reviews, technical guidance, and collaborative problem solving.
  • Lead complex technical initiatives from research and planning through production deployment.
  • Partner closely with Software Engineering, Security, and Operations teams to deliver secure and scalable solutions.
  • Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term platform improvements.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
  • 2+ years of technical leadership experience
  • 10+ years of relevant engineering experience
  • Possess deep expertise designing and operating cloud infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform.
  • Extensive experience with Kubernetes and containerized microservices in production environments
  • Strong experience designing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
  • Has built and maintained enterprise CI/CD platforms and deployment pipelines.
  • Understanding of networking, security, IAM, secret management, and cloud architecture principles.
  • Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies.
  • Able to write clean, maintainable, well-tested automation and infrastructure code.
  • Uses metrics and operational data to drive engineering decisions and prioritize work.
  • Takes ownership of both your work and the long-term health of the platform.
  • Cloud & Infrastructure experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE),Cloud Run, Terraform, Helm, VPC Networking, Cloud SQL and Atlas
  • Platform & Automation experience with tools like, Harness, Cloud Build, Docker, Vault and Github
  • Experience with observability tools like, Google Cloud Monitoring (Stackdriver) and New Relic
  • Experience with Disaster recovery and high availability, Performance optimization, Infrastructure security and secure software delivery, and/or Cost optimization in cloud environments is highly desirable

For Colorado, Nevada, New York, and Washington DC-based employment: In accordance with the Pay Transparency laws the pay range for this position is $175,000 - $190,000. The compensation package may include stock options, plus a range of medical, dental, vision, financial, generous PTO, stipends for professional development, and wellness benefits.  Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. The range listed only applies to Colorado, Nevada, New York, and Washington DC.

At Pager Health, you will work alongside passionate, talented and mission-driven professionals – people who are building scalable platforms, solving critical enterprise-level challenges in health tech and providing concierge services to help individuals access the medical care and wellbeing programs they need.

You will be encouraged to shape your job, stretch your skills and drive the company’s future. You will be part of a remote-first, dynamic and tight-knit team that embraces the challenges and opportunities that come with being part of a growth company. Most importantly, you will be an industry innovator who is making a positive impact on people’s lives.

At Pager Health, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Please be aware that all official communication from Pager Health regarding employment opportunities will originate from email addresses ending in @pager.com or @pagerhealth.com.  We will never request personal or financial information via email. If you receive an email purporting to be from Pager Health that does not adhere to this format, please do not respond and report it to [email protected].

Pager Health is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information

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