Lead Engineer, Cloud Platform

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Santa Clara, CA, USA
In-Office
167K-275K Annually
Senior level
Semiconductor • Manufacturing
The Role
Lead the architecture, development, and technical roadmap of a customer- and partner-facing full-stack cloud platform. Responsibilities include coding, code review, release management, team mentorship, contractor oversight, production incident resolution, cloud and identity troubleshooting, data migrations, integrations, performance optimization, stakeholder collaboration, and documentation.
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About GlobalFoundries:

GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com.

Summary of Role: We are seeking a Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to own and evolve our next-generation customer and partner engagement platform. In this hands-on individual-contributor role, you will write code, make architecture decisions, and directly guide a small internal team along with an external contractor team delivering integration work.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Own the technical architecture and roadmap for a customer- and partner-facing web platform, spanning frontend interfaces, backend APIs, authentication systems, and cloud infrastructure
  • Serve as final technical reviewer and approver for the platform's codebases, including environment promotion and release management
  • Directly manage a small team of full-time engineers, including code review, technical mentorship, and workload prioritization
  • Direct and review deliverables from an external contractor team building third-party system integrations, ensuring quality and architectural consistency
  • Diagnose and resolve production incidents across cloud infrastructure and identity/authentication systems, including root-cause analysis of infrastructure and integration failures
  • Design and implement data migration and integration scripts between enterprise systems, with production-grade reliability, resumability, and audit logging
  • Use tools and real user feedback to analyze and optimize the platform, including through performance monitoring and user experience improvements
  • Interact with internal stakeholders and external partners to gather requirements, scope integrations, and drive architectural decisions based on user needs
  • Help maintain documentation and reference implementations that customers and internal teams rely on

Other Responsibilities:

  • Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
  • 5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience, including production ownership of a customer-facing web application
  • Proven experience leading or mentoring engineers, including distributed or contractor teams
  • Strong programming experience in a modern frontend framework (React, Vue.js, Angular, or similar) and a backend language/framework (Python, Node.js, or similar)
  • Experience with REST APIs, authentication systems, state management, and responsive design
  • Experience with databases, caching, microservices, and application security
  • Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation on cloud platforms
  • Experience debugging complex, distributed web applications in production
  • Fluency in English — written & verbal

Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR equivalent years in Software Engineering with progressive leadership scope.

  • Experience managing or coordinating offshore/contractor engineering teams

  • Experience with large-scale data migration projects between enterprise systems
  • Experience with ticketing or service-management platform integrations via API
  • Experience with enterprise identity/auth protocols (OAuth/OIDC, SAML, or similar)
  • Experience in semiconductor, hardware, or other regulated enterprise environments

Expected Salary Range

$167,000.00 - $275,000.00

The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. 

 

An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations. 

 

GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory. 

 

All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law 

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • 5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience, including production ownership of a customer-facing web application
  • Experience leading or mentoring engineers, including distributed or contractor teams
  • Strong programming experience with a modern frontend framework such as React, Vue.js, Angular, or similar
  • Strong programming experience with a backend language or framework such as Python, Node.js, or similar
  • Experience with REST APIs, authentication systems, state management, and responsive design
  • Experience with databases, caching, microservices, and application security
  • Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation on cloud platforms
  • Experience debugging complex distributed web applications in production
  • Fluency in written and verbal English
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent years of software engineering experience with progressive leadership scope
  • Experience managing or coordinating offshore or contractor engineering teams
  • Experience with large-scale data migration projects between enterprise systems
  • Experience with ticketing or service-management platform integrations via API
  • Experience with enterprise identity and authentication protocols such as OAuth/OIDC or SAML
  • Experience in semiconductor, hardware, or other regulated enterprise environments

GlobalFoundries Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GlobalFoundries and has not been reviewed or approved by GlobalFoundries.

  • Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and mental health support is presented as a meaningful part of the package. Wellness programs and an Employee Assistance Program add to the sense of broad health coverage.
  • Retirement Support — A 401(k) with matching from day one and access to an employee stock purchase program are positioned as notable financial benefits. Retirement provisions are repeatedly framed as a strong counterweight to other compensation concerns.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off provisions are described as generous, including high annual vacation accrual, dedicated sick time, and additional personal days. Extended paid parental leave frameworks are also outlined as a substantial leave benefit.

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The Company
HQ: Malta, NY
12,676 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

GlobalFoundries (GF) is one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers. GF is redefining innovation and semiconductor manufacturing by developing and delivering feature-rich process technology solutions that provide leadership performance in pervasive high growth markets. GF offers a unique mix of design, development, and fabrication services. With a talented and diverse workforce and an at-scale manufacturing footprint spanning the U.S., Europe and Asia, GF is a trusted technology source to its worldwide customers. For more information, visit www.gf.com. GlobalFoundries is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) employer Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V).#CB

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