Director of Engineering - DTC Platform Engineering
Core
Lead the organization responsible for shared engineering platforms, cloud foundations, integration capabilities, quality/performance engineering services, and developer tooling enabling DTC product teams to build secure, scalable, and reliable software.
Role type
Director of Platform Engineering (DTC)
Builds
Shared engineering platforms, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, test automation frameworks, and integration services for consumer-facing commerce systems.
Domain
E-commerce / Cloud Infrastructure / Platform Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Cloud architecture, DevOps & CI/CD strategy, Performance engineering, Quality engineering & test automation, Integration architecture, Security engineering, Team leadership, AI platform strategy
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
Kubernetes, GitOps, Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP implied), AI/ML tools
Responsibilities
Define and execute multi-year platform engineering strategy; Lead cross-functional teams (DevOps, SRE, QA, Security, Cloud); Govern CI/CD pipelines, branching strategies, and release processes; Establish quality standards, metrics, and automated testing frameworks; Drive performance optimization and capacity planning; Own security engineering strategy and DevSecOps adoption; Lead integration platform vision and API-first capabilities; Mentor multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership & hands-on architecture