Director / Senior Director, Platform Software Engineering

Nex; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Flexible working hours

Product-driven culture

Job summary

A tech company in Hong Kong is seeking a Director/Senior Director of Platform Software Engineering to lead the development of its software platforms. This role involves building and leading a high-performing engineering team, setting technical standards, and ensuring operational excellence. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in leading teams in software and cloud services, a proven track record in quality and compliance, and the ability to manage global teams effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams delivering operating systems and cloud services.
• Proven people leadership skills and ability to build high-performing teams.
• Strong technical judgment with hands-on experience when necessary.

Responsibilities

• Set platform software strategy in partnership with leadership.
• Build a high-performing engineering team and cultivate strong leaders.
• Implement OS platform roadmap balancing new capabilities and performance.

Skills

Team leadership

Technical judgment

Quality assurance

Compliance knowledge

Job description

Director / Senior Director, Platform Software Engineering

Hong Kong

We are on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Our award‑winning active play system, Nex Playground, delivers fun, social and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion, encouraging kids and adults to move more and play together. It is designed with safety and privacy as core considerations and is certified kidSAFE+ COPPA compliant.

Location: Hong Kong
Report to: VP, Platform

The Role

As Director / Senior Director of Platform Software Engineering, you will own the software platform that powers every Nex Playground worldwide—from unboxing to years of daily play. You will lead end‑to‑end across PlayOS (our Android‑based device OS) and cloud services, driving architectural direction, setting engineering standards, and growing a high‑performing team. You will balance hands‑on technical involvement with effective delegation.

The Mindset

First‑principles, customer‑obsessed, decisive. Perseveres to the highest standards and challenges assumptions. Resilient through production incidents, coachable at every level. Grows engineers into owners and leaders. Empathetic, leads with trust, gives tough feedback, and builds a culture of accountability. Executes with discipline—insists on engineering excellence to deliver reliable, secure outcomes at scale.

Success Looks Like

Millions of Playgrounds worldwide reliably updated over the air. PlayOS that delights families from first unbox through years of daily play across every market Nex enters. Standards that let the team ship fast with confidence. Strong leaders in your team across device and cloud who own outcomes independently. The platform behind every game, every feature, every market launch.

Key Responsibilities

• Set platform software strategy in partnership with Product Design and company leadership.
• Build a high‑performing engineering team—raise the engineering bar, grow engineers into owners, and develop strong leaders.
• Build Nex’s in‑house platform engineering capability and DevOps practices, evolving from external partnerships to Nex‑led development.
• Implement OS platform roadmap—balancing new capabilities with system health, performance, security, and compliance.
• Guide the hardest trade‑offs across architecture, compatibility, and hardware integration.
• Drive international compliance—children’s privacy (GDPR, COPPA) and localization for every new territory.
• Establish standards across cloud services, OTA pipelines, and the Play Pass subscription platform.
• Ensure reliability, security, privacy, and operational excellence as the fleet scales globally.
• Set high standards for observability, incident response, and continuous improvement.

Must Have

• Experience leading teams delivering operating systems and cloud services in production at scale.
• Proven people leadership: hires and builds high‑performing teams, develops managers, and coaches individuals through clear feedback, growth plans, and high standards.
• Strong technical judgment across device software and cloud systems—hands‑on when it matters.
• Track record raising the bar on quality, reliability, security, privacy, and compliance.
• Significant flexibility working across global timezones.

Nice to Have

• Experience with subscription or commerce platforms.
• Familiarity with reliability practices (SLOs, observability, incident response).
• Experience with consumer privacy regulations (GDPR, COPPA, or equivalent) in a shipped product.
• Experience with connected devices and fleets.
• Experience building products for kids or families.
• Experience with hardware‑software integration and lifecycle support.

We Offer

• Competitive compensation package.
• Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
• Product‑driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
• Front‑row seat and hands‑on experience with cutting‑edge technologies in the evolving gaming field.

Nex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all individuals at every stage of the employment relationship, including all current and prospective employees, and covers all employment decisions including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, discipline and termination.