SingleStore
Technology
Director,PlatformEngineering
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“Director, Platform Engineering at SingleStore. Skills: Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Operations, Multi-cloud Architecture, Developer Systems. Lead Platform Engineering organization. Lead developer infrastructure teams”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting complex infrastructure challenges
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years Platform Engineering experience, 5+ years leading engineering organizations, Experience designing/operating internal platforms, Experience scaling infrastructure services, Experience in multi-cloud environments, Experience with Linux systems administration, Experience with networking, Experience with observability, Experience with monitoring, Experience with operational tooling, Experience with IAM systems, Experience building automated infrastructure platforms, Experience establishing operational patterns, Experience establishing tooling, Experience establishing security controls, Experience establishing deployment workflows, Hands-on operational experience managing services, Hands-on operational experience scaling services, Understanding of infrastructure lifecycle management, Understanding of operational processes, Understanding of system reliability, Understanding of engineering scalability, Ability to build operational processes, Ability to improve reliability, Ability to improve security, Ability to improve scalability, Ability to improve engineering efficiency, Ability to remain technically engaged, Ability to drive architectural decisions, Ability to troubleshoot infrastructure challenges, Ability to mentor engineers, Process orientation, Experience building repeatable frameworks, Experience building scalable frameworks, Experience building engineering standards, Excellent communication skills, Excellent stakeholder management skills, Ability to align infrastructure strategy
Nice to Have
Experience leading Platform Engineering organizations, Experience leading Internal Developer Platform organizations, Experience in high-growth cloud-native companies, Experience in infrastructure-focused companies, Kubernetes experience, Terraform experience, GitHub Actions experience, ArgoCD experience, Familiarity with SRE practices, Experience implementing AI-assisted automation, Proficiency in Python, Proficiency in Go, Experience managing globally distributed teams, Cloud architecture certifications, Infrastructure certifications
What You'll Do.
Lead Platform Engineering organization
Lead developer infrastructure teams
Lead CI/CD systems teams
Lead release engineering teams
Lead internal cloud platforms teams
Lead infrastructure automation teams
Lead engineering productivity tooling teams
Own core infrastructure services
Operate core infrastructure services
Drive evolution of developer platforms
Drive evolution of CI/CD systems
Improve engineering velocity
Improve build reliability
Improve deployment safety
Improve operational consistency
Champion infrastructure-as-code
Champion automation frameworks
Champion AI-assisted tooling
Reduce operational overhead
Improve platform scalability
Improve platform reliability
Establish best practices for observability
Establish best practices for incident response
Establish best practices for capacity planning
Establish best practices for security
Establish best practices for platform reliability
Establish best practices for infrastructure lifecycle management
Partner with Engineering leadership
Partner with Security leadership
Partner with SRE leadership
Partner with IT leadership
Align platform capabilities
Deliver scalable engineering infrastructure
Build platform engineering teams
Mentor platform engineering teams
Grow platform engineering teams
Foster culture of ownership
Foster culture of technical excellence
Foster culture of continuous improvement
Define long-term roadmap
Execute long-term roadmap
Modernize internal platforms
Modernize infrastructure
Improve developer experience
Improve operational tooling
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Engineering leadership; Security leadership; IT leadership; Product leadership; SRE leadership
Communication Scope
Stakeholder management
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
Director, Platform Engineering As Director of Platform Engineering at SingleStore, you will lead the teams and technologies that power the company’s internal engineering platforms, infrastructure services, and developer experience. You will be responsible for building and operating the systems that enable engineers to develop, test, secure, deploy, and operate software reliably at scale. This role owns critical platform domains including CI/CD infrastructure, release engineering, developer productivity tooling, infrastructure automation, identity and access management, networking infrastructure, observability, and internal cloud platforms. You will drive operational excellence across multi-cloud environments while improving reliability, scalability, security, and engineering velocity across the organization. You will own the strategy, standardization, and operational maturity of SingleStore’s internal multi-cloud infrastructure services environment. This includes driving consistency, automation, scalability, and operational best practices across cloud service providers while ensuring critical engineering systems remain secure, reliable, and operationally efficient. You will partner closely with Engineering, Security, IT, and Product leadership to modernize platform capabilities, standardize engineering workflows, and scale the infrastructure that supports SingleStore’s cloud and database engineering teams. By combining deep expertise in platform engineering, infrastructure operations, multi-cloud architecture, networking, IAM, and developer systems, you will shape how engineering teams build, deploy, and operate software across the company. In addition, you will champion AI- and automation-driven approaches to modernize infrastructure operations, release pipelines, and developer tooling. The ideal candidate is a deeply technical engineering leader with experience building and operating large-scale platform and infrastructure systems. You are equally comfortable driv
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