Director, Platform Engineering & Enterprise Tools

Stellarus; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 181,830 - 272,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

In-office two days per week

Job summary

Stellarus is seeking a Director of Platform Engineering and Tools to lead distributed teams across platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and DevSecOps. You will partner with Product, IT, and Security to align engineering strategy with business goals and drive modernization of delivery pipelines.

The role requires a track record in cloud transformation, CI/CD tooling, and GitOps, with strong leadership and cross-functional influence. Hybrid in-office collaboration is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, MIS, or high school diploma with 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• 10 years of software engineering, infrastructure, or platform experience.
• 6 years of people management experience managing multiple reports.
• Experience leading DevSecOps and cloud transformation with CI/CD tooling and GitOps workflows.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms and multi-cluster, multi-tenant environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and sustain a high-performance engineering culture rooted in empowerment and continuous improvement.
• Lead and grow distributed teams across platform engineering, cloud, and DevSecOps.
• Align engineering strategy with business priorities with senior leadership influence.
• Advance DevSecOps by modernizing pipelines and embedding product mindset.
• Champion adoption of emerging tech with architecture teams.
• Maintain healthy engineering lifecycles and secure platforms.
• Establish and lead an Enterprise Tools team for tools like Linear, Notion, and ITSM.

Skills

Leadership

DevSecOps

CI/CD tooling

GitOps workflows

cross-functional influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS/Azure/GCP

Infrastructure automation

Job description

Stellarus is seeking a Director of Platform Engineering and Tools to lead distributed teams across platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and DevSecOps. You will partner with Product, IT, and Security to align engineering strategy with business goals and drive modernization of delivery pipelines.

The role requires a track record in cloud transformation, CI/CD tooling, and GitOps, with strong leadership and cross-functional influence. Hybrid in-office collaboration is expected.