Director of Platform Engineering & AI Systems

MaintainX; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Unlimited time off

Equity and bonuses

Job summary

MaintainX, a platform-first SaaS company, seeks an Engineering Director to lead Platform Engineering across seven teams, including AI Builder, DevOps, Compliance, Testing Frameworks, Backend and Mobile Frameworks, and SRE. You will establish roadmaps, operating models, and cross-team dependencies to drive engineering velocity.

You will coach seven software development managers, define standards, improve reliability, and align with executives on architectural decisions and headcount planning.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in engineering leadership.
• 2+ years managing managers across multiple teams.
• Experience with distributed systems or backend/mobile platforms.
• Experience owning platform or infrastructure-focused teams at growth-stage B2B SaaS.

Responsibilities

• Define roadmaps and operating models for Platform Engineering.
• Lead and develop Software Development Managers across seven teams.
• Set engineering standards for framework conventions and CI/CD health.
• Drive AI-native platform strategy and agent orchestration.

Skills

Engineering leadership

AI/LLMs

Distributed systems

Backend frameworks

Mobile frameworks

Reliability engineering

Architectural reviews

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

MaintainX, a platform-first SaaS company, seeks an Engineering Director to lead Platform Engineering across seven teams, including AI Builder, DevOps, Compliance, Testing Frameworks, Backend and Mobile Frameworks, and SRE. You will establish roadmaps, operating models, and cross-team dependencies to drive engineering velocity.

You will coach seven software development managers, define standards, improve reliability, and align with executives on architectural decisions and headcount planning.