Director, AI Platform
Core
Lead the strategy, architecture, and delivery of Couchbase's Operational AI Cloud Platform, serving enterprise customers with scalable AI workloads.
Role type
Director, AI Platform Engineering (Strategic Leadership + Hands-on Architecture)
Builds
Operational Data Platform for AI (unified platform for operational, analytical, mobile, and AI workloads)
Domain
Cloud-native distributed systems, AI infrastructure, Enterprise SaaS
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
Distributed systems, Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), AI infrastructure (Vector search, RAG, Embedding pipelines, LLM/inference, Agent architectures), SaaS operations at scale, Performance engineering, Go/Python/Java
Preferred skills
Organizational leadership, Cross-functional executive partnership, Risk management, Metrics/KPIs establishment
Technologies
Couchbase, Capella, AWS, GCP, Azure, Vector search, RAG, LLM frameworks
Responsibilities
Lead and grow high-performing engineering teams, Drive architectural decisions for platform capabilities, Ensure production-grade scalability, Partner with Product/Field/Support to deliver enterprise AI capabilities, Balance innovation with operational rigour, Mentor engineering managers and senior leaders, Drive execution excellence via metrics and KPIs
Seniority
Director, Strategic Leadership & Technical Depth
