Platform Leader / DevOps / Hybrid in Atlanta
Kelly Services · Atlanta, GA
$170,000–$200,000from the description
Jul 1, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mostly hands-on leadership role at an early-stage cybersecurity startup building an agentic application. The work centers on platform and infrastructure development in Python and AWS — optimizing Kubernetes, implementing Terraform, establishing SRE practices, and building CI/CD pipelines — while also managing a small team. The role suits a senior engineer-leader comfortable operating independently as one of a handful of founding technical leaders.
Senior level · 10+ years · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 65 people in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 40–100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $135,884 (middle half $106,941–$167,811). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The posting contains an obvious typo in the tech breakdown ('700% Development') — the daily responsibilities section clarifies the split as 90% hands-on development / 10% leadership, consistent with the earlier '70% hands-on / 30% management' framing. The role is classified as Software Developers (15-1252) rather than Computer and Information Systems Managers (11-3021) because the JD explicitly emphasizes 70–90% hands-on platform/infrastructure development; the management component is secondary. However, the 'Platform and DevOps Leader' title and the foundational team-building responsibility make 11-3021 a genuine runner-up.
The JD mentions establishing 'ARE practices' — this appears to be a typo, likely intended as 'SRE practices' (Site Reliability Engineering). No separate skill was emitted for this as no specific named technology was identified.
SOC 2 compliance is listed under Required Skills with 5+ years demanded and is treated as a hard gate, even though it is a compliance framework rather than a technology tool.
'Agentic development' and 'security products' experience are listed under Desired Skills and are therefore preferred. 'Agentic AI' is used as the canonical name for agentic development.
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