Director of Software Engineering, Platform Services
Core
Lead the modernization of developer tooling, engineering practices, and reusable services to enable engineering teams to deliver software faster and more reliably.
Role type
Senior engineering leadership (Director)
Builds
Internal developer platforms, tooling, templates, shared services, and foundational capabilities (via careerplan.io/jobs/485a9f1a-6f43-4f57-9d53-9258f3238dc7-director-of-software-engineering-platform-services-at-jobgether)
Domain
Software Engineering / Platform Services / AI-assisted development
Required skills
Strategic vision, team leadership, AI-assisted development, developer experience ownership, service reliability, adoption management, metrics definition, build/buy evaluation, consolidation of capabilities, security/compliance
Preferred skills
MBA, experience in large organizations or innovative technology environments
Technologies
Source control, code review, continuous integration, containers
Responsibilities
Define strategy and roadmap for the Platform Services organization; Lead and develop multiple engineering teams; Establish approach to AI-assisted and specification-driven development; Build and maintain golden-path templates and frameworks; Own developer experience and inner-loop tooling; Deliver and operate shared engineering services; Drive adoption of platform capabilities; Partner with delivery pipelines and cloud infrastructure teams; Establish metrics for productivity and performance; Evaluate build, buy, and open-source alternatives; Consolidate duplicated capabilities into centralized platforms; Ensure tooling meets security and compliance requirements; Recruit and develop engineering leaders; Communicate technical strategy to executive stakeholders.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on operational accountability
