Platform Engineering Lead: DevOps, SRE & QA

Hiive; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A fintech/marketplace startup in Vancouver is seeking an Associate Director of Engineering to lead DevOps, SRE, and QA teams. The role involves defining strategies, mentoring staff, and ensuring a robust platform. Ideal candidates have leadership experience in scaling startups, strong technical skills in platform architecture, and excellent communication abilities. Founder's culture with competitive salaries and growth opportunities available.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Employee stock option plan

100% employer-paid health and dental premiums

$20-per-day commuter benefit

Social calendar with team events

Opportunities for growth into leadership roles

Qualifications

• Experience in senior leadership roles managing DevOps, SRE, or QA automation teams.
• Previous work experience at a scaling startup.
• Proven experience in platform architecture and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Leading, mentoring, and growing teams across DevOps, SRE, and QA Automation.
• Overseeing platform engineering teams for organizational alignment.
• Managing hiring and scaling efforts.

Skills

Leadership in DevOps

Platform architecture

Site Reliability Engineering

QA automation

People management

Excellent communication

Tools

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Datadog

PostgreSQL

Job description

A fintech/marketplace startup in Vancouver is seeking an Associate Director of Engineering to lead DevOps, SRE, and QA teams. The role involves defining strategies, mentoring staff, and ensuring a robust platform. Ideal candidates have leadership experience in scaling startups, strong technical skills in platform architecture, and excellent communication abilities. Founder's culture with competitive salaries and growth opportunities available.