Director of Platform Engineering — Lead Innovation & Impact

Life; Edmond (OK); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Development dollars

Casual dress

Job summary

Life.Church is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the platform engineering team and align with the Digital Product strategy. You will partner with the Central Team Leader for Engineering to cast vision, hire engineering staff, and coach direct reports to achieve goals.

This role emphasizes delivering value through sprints, removing barriers with product teams, maintaining a technical roadmap, advancing API standards, and responsibly managing technical debt and costs to steward resources.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to foster relationships and partnerships.
• Ability to self‑motivate, make independent decisions, and problem‑solve.
• Maintain flexibility and initiate the creation of new processes and project strategies.
• Ability to manage conflict and differing opinions while maintaining composure.
• Strong leadership skills and understanding on developing and guiding others.
• Ability to take a great vision and turn it into reality through strategic execution.
• Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science, or related field, preferred.
• 3-5 years of related work experience.
• Senior engineering skill set required.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for direct reports through coaching and setting expectations.
• Create development plans for team and assist them in achieving desired goals.
• Collaborate with Central Team Leader for Engineering to develop and cast vision for team.
• Partner with Central Team Leader for Engineering to manage the hiring of engineering staff.
• Ensure that team is adding value to the Digital Product suite of products and improving end‑user experience through each sprint.
• Partner with internal product teams to remove operational barriers and drive projects forward, particularly around centralized engineering resources like SRE.
• Maintain the technical roadmap for the team to ensure efforts align with overall Digital Product strategy.
• Lead the development and implementation of operational standards for APIs to support efficient, secure, and scalable integration across Life.Church platforms.
• Responsibly manage technical debt among various teams and platforms.
• Manage costs in connection to performance gains to ensure stewardship.
• Provide technical support on higher level projects.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Coaching

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science

Tools

APIs

SRE

Job description

Life.Church is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the platform engineering team and align with the Digital Product strategy. You will partner with the Central Team Leader for Engineering to cast vision, hire engineering staff, and coach direct reports to achieve goals.

This role emphasizes delivering value through sprints, removing barriers with product teams, maintaining a technical roadmap, advancing API standards, and responsibly managing technical debt and costs to steward resources.