Director, Platform & Infra Engineering

Compass

Bellevue (WA)

On-site

USD 275,000 - 306,000

Full time

12 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) plan

FSA (Flexible Spending Accounts)

Recharge leave and paid time off

Job summary

Compass is seeking a Director of Engineering for Technical Infrastructure to own the Golden Path platform enabling engineers to build, test, and ship high-quality software. You will lead Engineering Managers, shape multi-year technology strategy, and drive cost efficiency at scale.

You will manage a footprint of 1,400+ services and numerous datastores, guiding architectural decisions and prioritizing impactful initiatives while fostering a high-performing team culture in a complex, fast-paced

Qualifications

12+ years of software engineering experience with deep infrastructure or platform depth.
8+ years of engineering management experience leading senior and staff-level ICs.

Responsibilities

Set the long-term technical direction for the Golden Path across cloud platform, build and release, data infrastructure, developer experience, and AI lifecycle.
Lead and develop Engineering Managers and senior technical leaders; manage one or two high-impact teams.
Design the organization to encapsulate technology areas and align with customer and business needs.
Drive reliability and deployment safety with incident targets and observability.
Own cost discipline by shaping and executing cost-optimization strategies.
Accelerate developer productivity through tooling, testing, AI-assisted development, and reduced toil.
Communicate strategically with senior leadership on OKRs and architectural plans.