Director of Platform Engineering, SingleStore

• The ideal candidate is a deeply technical engineering leader with experience building and operating large-scale platform and infrastructure systems
• You are equally comfortable driving long-term platform strategy, mentoring engineering teams, and engaging directly with architecture, operational challenges, and infrastructure modernization efforts
• 10+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or related technical disciplines, including 5+ years leading engineering or infrastructure organizations
• Proven experience designing, operating, and scaling internal engineering platforms and infrastructure services in complex multi-cloud environments
• Strong technical expertise across:
• Multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• CI/CD and release engineering systems
• Infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar)
• Linux systems administration and networking
• Observability, monitoring, and operational tooling
• Identity and access management systems
• Experience building standardized and automated infrastructure platforms across multiple cloud service providers, including establishing consistent operational patterns, tooling, security controls, and deployment workflows
• Hands-on operational experience managing and scaling critical infrastructure services including:
• Keycloak
• FreeIPA
• VPN and secure remote access infrastructure
• NetBox/IPAM
• DNS, PKI, and internal networking systems
• Strong understanding of infrastructure lifecycle management, operational processes, system reliability, and engineering scalability
• Demonstrated ability to build and mature operational processes that improve reliability, security, scalability, and engineering efficiency across distributed environments
• Proven ability to remain technically engaged while leading teams, driving architectural decisions, troubleshooting complex infrastructure challenges, and mentoring engineers
• Strong process orientation with experience building repeatable, scalable operational frameworks and engineering standards
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align infrastructure strategy with engineering and business priorities

Desirable

• 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
• Platform Engineering Leadership - Lead the Platform Engineering organization responsible for developer infrastructure, CI/CD systems, release engineering, internal cloud platforms, infrastructure automation, and engineering productivity tooling
• Infrastructure & Core Services Ownership - Own and operate core infrastructure services including identity and access management (Keycloak, FreeIPA), VPN and secure remote access systems, NetBox/IPAM, internal DNS, and cloud networking infrastructure
• Developer Platforms & CI/CD - Drive the evolution of scalable developer platforms and CI/CD systems that improve engineering velocity, build reliability, deployment safety, and operational consistency across distributed teams
• Infrastructure Automation - Champion infrastructure-as-code, automation frameworks, and AI-assisted operational tooling to reduce operational overhead and improve platform scalability and reliability
• Reliability & Operational Excellence - Establish best practices for observability, incident response, capacity planning, security, platform reliability, and infrastructure lifecycle management
• Cross-Functional Engineering Leadership - Partner with Engineering, Security, SRE, and IT leadership to align platform capabilities with organizational priorities and deliver scalable engineering infrastructure solutions
• Team Leadership & Mentorship - Build, mentor, and grow high-performing platform and infrastructure engineering teams while fostering a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement
• Strategic Platform Roadmap - Define and execute the long-term roadmap for internal engineering platforms, infrastructure modernization, developer experience, and operational tooling