Director of Engineering, Legion Technologies

• 8-12 years of experience in cloud platform design and development
• 8+ years of experience architecting and delivering large-scale cloud application platforms using Java, Spring Boot, and relational databases such as MySQL
• 5+ years of experience leveraging observability platforms (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus) to measure and improve platform adoption, performance, and reliability
• 5+ years of experience with data modeling and relational databases
• 3+ years of experience managing fully remote teams in a startup environment
• Demonstrated experience in design and implementation of a scalable cloud or mobile solution
• Demonstrated experience in timely delivery of a product to market with understanding on customer rollout
• Proven track record of using problem-solving / root cause analysis
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required; Masters degree preferred

Desirable

• At Legion, we are seeking a Director of Engineering, Cloud Application Platform to lead the design, development, and evolution of our cloud-native application platform that power all of Legion’s product teams
• You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our platform provides reusable services, APIs, and tools that empower product teams to deliver features rapidly and reliably, while meeting the highest standards of scalability and security
• This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll spend ~30–40% of your time contributing to design and code, and the rest driving vision, roadmap, and cross-team adoption
• Hire and build a globally-distributed engineering team
• Build, mentor, and manage a team of talented cloud platform engineers
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the team
• Own the platform roadmap: Define, prioritize, and deliver core platform features that accelerate product delivery (e.g. developer self-service, service templates, reusable APIs, observability, security guardrails)
• Define and measure engineering OKRs
• Contribute to design and implementation in Java when needed, ensuring best practices and setting technical direction
• Stay abreast of the latest cloud technologies, trends, and best practices
• Provide technical guidance and thought leadership to the team
• Ensure the platform meets the highest standards of security, compliance, and data protection
• Implement and maintain robust security measures and protocols
• Interface with customer success and implementation teams to resolve customer issues
• Participate in the Incident Management on-call rotation to help ensure the availability goals are met, by working with reliability engineers and development team members