Job Description:
Job Description:
The Platform Engineering team manages the platform layer in our global cloud environments that serve data and analytics and application development teams across Mars.
The Platform Engineering Lead role will be responsible for leading a development team in the conception, implementation, and roll out of new solutions to meet the multi-dimensional needs of our customers, enabling our businesses to pursue aggressive digital strategies.
What are we looking for?
- University degree in the field of Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience
- Strong experience with cloud engineering and/or software development
- Experience building and deploying services in the cloud
- Proficiency in multiple coding languages, with a strong preference for hands-on technical experience
- Comfortable implementing both open-source frameworks and enterprise applications
- Strong leadership capabilities, with a collaborative approach to building and maintaining high-performing teams
- Solid written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and senior leadership
What will be your key responsibilities?
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Lead a team of platform engineers in the delivery of everything from microservices architectures to global platform deployments
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Be accountable for team deliveries across a diverse portfolio of projects and stakeholders, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical standards
- Oversee the technical direction of projects, from microservices architectures to global platform deployments
- Design and develop tools that enable our customers to build out more efficient, scalable, and advanced data and analytics solutions
- Interface with senior leadership and cross functional teams to articulate technical strategies
- Become a subject matter expert in new technologies introduced to the platform
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Leverage product management frameworks to flesh out business requirements
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
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An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.
Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™.
We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
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