Head of Platform Engineering
Core
Define and drive strategy for a global Platform Engineering organization building shared services (SSO, API, billing, search) for a $300M SaaS business.
Role type
Senior IC/Lead Platform Engineering Head
Builds
Shared platform services (identity, API, billing, storage) and enterprise foundations for upmarket expansion
Domain
Enterprise SaaS, Cloud Infrastructure, AI Productivity Tools
Required skills
Platform engineering strategy, Identity & Access Management (SSO/SCIM/RBAC), Public API design, Distributed systems, Cloud-native architecture (AWS/GCP/K8s), Backend development (Go/Java), Team leadership across time zones, SLO management
Preferred skills
Billing/entitlement systems (Stripe), Open-source influence, AI tool usage
Technologies
Go, Java, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, SAML, OAuth, SCIM, MCP, Stripe
Responsibilities
Define platform roadmap, lead distributed teams (US/Asia), set engineering standards, own reliability/SLOs, hire and mentor senior engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership scope
