Senior Director, Platform Engineering

Location

United States

Posted

3 days ago

Salary

$295K - $345K / year

Seniority

Lead

Job Description

Senior Director, Platform Engineering

Altana

Role Description As the Senior Director of Platform Engineering, you will own the foundation that the entire Altana engineering organization builds on: the cloud infrastructure that runs our products and the developer experience that determines how fast and how safely we ship. You will lead a multidisciplinary organization spanning Cloud Engineering, Developer Experience, Site Reliability, and DevSecOps / Release Engineering — with end-to-end ownership of our build, test, and release pipelines. This is a moment of real transformation in how software is built. We are reorganizing our engineering practice around an AI-first, agent-first model, where AI coding harnesses and autonomous agents are first-class participants in the software development lifecycle. You will set the technical strategy, build and develop the team, and personally raise the bar on engineering excellence. You will be measured by: - The reliability and cost-efficiency of our platforms - The velocity and happiness of every engineer who depends on them - How effectively Altana adopts AI across the development lifecycle Key areas under your stewardship - Cloud Engineering: Design, manage, and secure the multi-cloud infrastructure that powers our products. - Developer Experience: Own the infrastructure and tooling the engineering organization relies on every day. - Site Reliability: Ensure our systems are reliable, available, performant, and efficient. - DevOps / Release Engineering: Bridge development and operations, automating and optimizing the software delivery lifecycle. Qualifications - Experience building, leading, and scaling best-in-class platform and/or developer experience organizations. - 10+ years of real-world experience developing or managing complex engineering systems. - A proven track record of driving developer experience and developer productivity. - Direct, hands-on experience with AI-assisted and agentic development. - Deep expertise with CI/CD systems. - Strong software engineering fundamentals. - Production experience with cloud platforms. - A track record tackling large-scale infrastructure in support of fast-paced ML/AI-enabled products. - Strong sense of shared ownership and excellent communication skills. Requirements - Define and own a clear, multi-year technical strategy for Platform Engineering. - Set the reference architecture and standards for cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and developer tooling. - Lead build-vs-buy and platform investment decisions. - Own the Developer Acceleration program. - Drive an AI-first, agent-first transformation of the software development lifecycle. - Establish how AI-assisted and agent-generated code is reviewed, tested, secured, and governed. - Gather requirements from application teams and translate them into well-scoped platform work. - Establish and continuously improve best practices for monitoring and incident response. - Drive a culture of ownership, resilience, and accountability. - Partner across product, engineering, security, data science, and commercial teams. - Lead, coach, and inspire a multidisciplinary organization of engineers and managers. Benefits - Flexible Time Off: Agency over your own time off for work-life balance. - Parental Leave: 14 weeks for non-birthing parents and up to 26 weeks for birthing parents, all paid at 100% of base salary. - Health Benefits: Full suite of medical, vision, and dental benefits with generous employer contributions. - Supplemental Benefits: Life, short- and long-term disability, and AD&D insurance coverage at no cost. - 401(k) Savings: Guideline 401(k) retirement savings program. - Commuter Benefits: Pre-tax funds for public transit or parking. - Wellness: Free premium subscription to Calm for mental and emotional health. - Pet Insurance: Coverage for pets with Wishbone insurance and/or Total Pet vet service. - Employee Assistance Program: Free access to confidential personal support. - Dependent Care FSA: Access to a Dependent Care FSA for childcare expenses.

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