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Lead Platform Engineer (Advanced)

Location: Boston, MA

Job Type: contract

Company: IDR

Category: All Other

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IDR is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer (Advanced) to join one of our top clients for an opportunity in Boston, Massachusetts. This role is focused on building and evolving a production API gateway that powers AI-enabled legal research, contract review, and document analysis capabilities. You’ll lead a team responsible for enterprise cloud platform reliability, security, scalability, and high-performance integrations.

Position Overview for the Lead Platform Engineer (Advanced):

• Own and operate a production multi-tenant API gateway for enterprise customers
• Lead platform engineering efforts spanning reliability, scalability, performance, and security
• Drive authentication, authorization, and identity management for secure API access
• Partner across engineering and platform teams while guiding technical architecture and delivery

Requirements for the Lead Platform Engineer (Advanced):

• Advanced experience with Python and FastAPI in production environments
• Strong AWS experience, including ECS Fargate, and Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform, or CDK), plus RDS and ElastiCache/Redis
• Experience building and operating enterprise-scale API platforms
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and platform reliability

What's in it for you?Competitive compensation package
Full Benefits; Medical, Vision, Dental, and more!
Opportunity to get in with an industry leading organization.

Why IDR?25+ Years of Proven Industry Experience in 4 major markets
Employee Stock Ownership Program
Dedicated Engagement Manager who is committed to you and your success.
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® Client and Talent Award winner 12 years in a row.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. IDR is subject to certain governmental recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the administration of civil rights laws and regulations. In order to comply with these laws, we invite employees to voluntarily self-identify their race or ethnicity, gender, and veteran status (if applicable). Submission of this information is voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment. The information obtained will be kept confidential and may only be used in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws, executive orders, and regulations, including those that require the information to be summarized and reported to the federal government for civil rights enforcement. You may access this form here.

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