Platform Owner 21660-1

Apply now: Platform Owner, location is Hybrid (Burbank, CA). The start date is August 27, 2025 or two weeks from offer for this 1-year contract.

Job Title: Platform Owner
Location-Type: Hybrid (Tues–Thurs onsite)
Start Date Is: August 27, 2025 or two weeks from offer
Duration: 1 year contract
Compensation Range: $75.00/hr – $85.00/hr W2

Job Description:
Lead the strategy, architecture evolution, and operational excellence of the Studio Economics cloud-native platform, enabling reusable services, scalable infrastructure, and consistent technical alignment across multiple product domains.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Set and Drive Platform Strategy: Define the strategic vision and roadmap for platform capabilities, ensuring modularity, scalability, and reuse across domains

• Lead Architecture Evolution: Partner with Cloud and Data Architects to deliver secure, cost-effective, and governed AWS-native solutions

• Enable Cross-Pod Delivery: Provide shared services (API Gateway, CI/CD, schema registries, observability tools) that streamline onboarding and reduce development friction

• Champion Operational Excellence: Establish SLAs, automation standards, and observability baselines to ensure resilience and maintainability

• Facilitate Collaboration and Governance: Manage platform intake, backlog prioritization, and represent the platform in executive and technical forums

Requirements:

• Must-Haves:

  • 5–10 years in platform strategy, enterprise architecture, or technical product management in multi-product/multi-domain environments

  • Proven success delivering shared services, reusable components, and scalable infrastructure

  • Deep AWS expertise (Lambda, Step Functions, AppSync, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront, Cognito)

  • Strong understanding of modular architecture, API design, domain-driven design, and CI/CD integration patterns

  • Experience implementing observability tooling (CloudWatch, OpenSearch, X-Ray) and operational metrics tracking

• Nice-to-Haves:

  • Experience with real-time data processing and integration patterns

  • Background in governance and compliance for enterprise platforms

  • Familiarity with balancing technical standardization and flexibility across diverse teams