Director Engineering, Platform
Core
Lead the Global Developer Engineering team to build a cohesive, opinionated platform that empowers 4,000+ software engineers to build, deploy, and operate resilient software.
Role type
Director of Engineering, Platform (Strategic IC + Leadership)
Builds
Unified developer platform, core infrastructure capabilities, and cloud-native tooling for global engineering teams.
Domain
Food delivery / On-demand logistics / Cloud-native infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Platform engineering strategy, multi-cloud architecture (AWS/GCP), microservices design, team scaling, cost optimization, stakeholder management, technical mentorship
Preferred skills
Master's in Computer Science, experience with Go, event-driven architectures, containerization, observability frameworks
Technologies
AWS, GCP, Go, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana
Responsibilities
Define and execute platform strategy aligned with business objectives; champion platform-as-a-product mindset; lead and mentor a global team of 50+ engineers; guide engineering managers and align embedded platform teams; oversee architecture and rollout of automated cloud infrastructure.
Seniority
Director level, strategic leadership with hands-on technical oversight