Director of Platform Engineering

LocalStack; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Competitive salary

Annual company retreat

Two extra company-wide holidays

Inclusive workplace culture

Job summary

A fast-growing Series A startup is seeking a Director to lead the SaaS platform's strategic roadmap and architecture. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in distributed systems and proven experience in SaaS development. This remote position offers a competitive salary and a chance to shape the future of cloud development.

Qualifications

• Strong technical background in distributed systems and microservices.
• Proven track record leading software platform teams.
• Experience in cloud SaaS platform development.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategic roadmap for LocalStack's SaaS platform.
• Lead the architecture and development of core platform services.
• Partner with key stakeholders to align platform initiatives with the technical vision.

Skills

Distributed systems

Microservices architecture

Event-based systems

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CDK)

DevOps practices

Team management

Job description

We are a fast-growing Series A startup building cutting‑edge technology to revolutionize cloud development processes and support highly efficient dev & test feedback loops. We have closed our last $25 million round in Q4 2024, led by Notable Capital, CRV and Heavybit.

At its core, LocalStack provides a high‑fidelity emulator and local cloud development platform. Imagine developing cloud applications and data pipelines entirely on your local machine within a lightweight cloud sandbox, running in Docker.

Our mission is to empower developers to rapidly build and test their cloud applications, allowing for a more enjoyable dev experience, and saving valuable time and resources.

LocalStack has a large and active open‑source community with over 100 k active users worldwide and 290 M+ downloads to date. Our customer base ranges from SMBs to Global Fortune 500 companies.

We are sustainably growing our globally distributed team across sectors. LocalStack is headquartered in Zurich/Switzerland, with a main engineering office in Vienna/Austria and remote team members from the US, France, the UK, Canada, Spain and many more countries.

Requirements

What you will be working on / responsible for

• Define and execute the strategic roadmap for LocalStack's SaaS platform engineering function, ensuring our infrastructure is future‑ready.
• Partner closely with the CTO, Director of Core Engineering, and Product & Software Engineering leaders to align platform initiatives with LocalStack's wider technical vision.
• Lead the architecture, development, and scalability of our core platform services.
• Help integrate data concerns into platform and product decisions, while empowering the Head of Data to define the data strategy and architecture.

Experience we expect you to bring to the role

• Strong technical background in distributed systems, microservices architecture, event‑based systems, and scalable platform design.
• Proven track record leading software platform teams, building cloud SaaS platforms, and implementing operational best practices.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, CDK, etc.), and modern DevOps practices.
• Demonstrated success managing teams across multiple complex projects and initiatives.
• (Preferred) Experience building SaaS platforms, ideally in the developer productivity space (e.g., CI/CD, analytics, observability, etc.).
• (Preferred) Experience working in a high‑velocity startup/scale‑up environment.
• Experience in leading a strong SaaS team and (preferred) Data team (at minimum strong understanding of product telemetry and analytics data), as well as the intersection of both areas (e.g., Data as a product feature, integration of transactional with analytical data).

Values we hold at LocalStack

• Care: we create with compassion. We prioritize empathy and understanding in every interaction.
• Ownership: we own the outcome. We take responsibility for our work and are passionate about its impact.
• Openness: we build trust together through open communication and honest feedback.
• Courage: we dare to innovate. We embrace bold challenges and take calculated risks to move the needle.
• Excellence: we chase the extraordinary, raising the bar and striving for greatness in everything we do.

Benefits

• Fully remote.
• Competitive salary.
• Annual company retreat.
• Two extra company‑wide holidays.
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture (community guilds and online company events).

Sounds like a good match? We’d love to hear from you! Join us in shaping the future of cloud development at LocalStack.

To apply, follow the LinkedIn application process or apply on our career page. Make sure to include a short motivation outlining why you are the perfect candidate for this role.

If your profile looks like a good match, Alex Paiser will be in touch to organize further steps within two weeks.

Please note that due to a high volume of candidates, we cannot offer personalized feedback to each candidate.

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Other

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting