Director of Platform Engineering

Title: Director of Platform Engineering

Location: Pleasanton, California (hybrid work, 3 days per week onsite)

Job type: Fulltime

Overview:

• We are seeking a highly experienced Director of Platform Engineering to partner closely with the Head of Engineering and lead platform, infrastructure, and engineering operations across the organization. This is a senior leadership role with a dual mandate: building world-class cloud and AI platforms while driving operational excellence across engineering teams.
• This role goes well beyond traditional DevOps leadership. You will own cloud and AI/ML infrastructure (including self-hosted LLMs and GPU platforms), engineering operations, cost optimization, and platform strategy, serving as a key member of the engineering leadership team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and evolve the AWS-based platform and infrastructure, supporting scalable, multi-tenant SaaS products
• Lead AI/ML infrastructure and MLOps, including self-hosted LLMs, GPU clusters, model serving, observability, and cost management
• Define platform standards across Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD, security, reliability, and MLOps
• Drive engineering operations, including hiring, performance management, tooling, and productivity improvements
• Partner with leadership on AI pricing strategy, infrastructure cost optimization, vendor management, and financial planning
• Ensure platform reliability, security, compliance, and long-term scalability

Required Qualifications:

• 12+ years of engineering experience with 6+ years in senior technical leadership roles
• Deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and multi-tenant SaaS architectures
• Proven experience deploying and operating self-hosted LLMs, GPU infrastructure, and production ML systems
• Strong background in MLOps, AI cost management, observability, and model lifecycle management
• Demonstrated success building platforms from 0→1 and scaling to 100+ customers
• Experience leading security and compliance initiatives (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA)
• Strong business acumen with a track record of cloud and AI cost optimization