Director, Software Engineering

SnapLogic Inc.; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Global wellness benefits

Job summary

SnapLogic Inc. is seeking a Director of Platform Engineering in a hybrid role based at our San Mateo, CA HQ. You will own the control plane, data layer, and operational tooling, while leading a high‑performing team to deliver reliable, scalable cloud SaaS/PaaS platforms.

This hands‑on leadership role emphasizes architecture, SRE, and AI‑driven productivity across the engineering org. You will drive the roadmap balancing commitments, tech debt, and innovation, with close customer collaboration

Qualifications

• 10+ years building and operating production backend systems (enterprise SaaS/PaaS).
• 5+ years leading and managing engineering teams, including on‑shore and off‑shore teams.
• Strong programming fundamentals in Java and/or Python, with ability to learn new stacks.
• Deep experience operating distributed systems in production, including debugging and capacity planning.
• Track record of taking systems from design through production rollout and owning them after launch.
• Solid grasp of relational or NoSQL databases, indexing and schema design trade‑offs.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, HTTP, caching, and observability.
• Experience being accountable for an availability SLA on a customer‑facing platform.
• Hands‑on experience running Kubernetes in production at scale (e.g., EKS).
• Experience with GitOps delivery (ArgoCD) and infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Own the platform that services SnapLogic's control plane, setting architecture for reliability, performance, and scale.
• Lead engineering teams, own hiring, forecasting, budget and career growth initiatives.
• Drive reliability, SRE processes, incident response, and production support accountability.
• Guide Cloud‑Native infrastructure, Kubernetes operations, and policy enforcement.
• Own data layer strategy, including MongoDB footprint, sharding, and capacity planning.
• Champion AI across the SDLC to boost developer productivity and product quality.
• Collaborate with application teams, SRE, support, and leadership to align platform health.

Skills

Backend systems

Engineering leadership

Java / Python

Distributed systems

System rollout

Databases

Distributed systems concepts

SLA ownership

Kubernetes

GitOps

IaC

Education

BS in Computer Science or related

Tools

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

Terraform

MongoDB

Job description

About SnapLogic

SnapLogic powers the agentic enterprise. The company's Agentic Integration and Applied AI Platform serves as the AI operational layer for the enterprise, securely connecting applications, data, APIs and AI agents across cloud, on‑premise and hybrid environments. With trusted orchestration, governance and enterprise‑grade control, SnapLogic helps organizations accelerate business value and scale AI with confidence. Unlike legacy tools, SnapLogic is built for the AI era and trusted by global enterprises, including AstraZeneca, Adobe, Verizon, and Sony, to modernize operations and power the next generation of enterprise AI.

Join the Agentic Integration movement at snaplogic.com.

The Role: As the Director of Software Engineering, you are a hands‑on, "rock star" Java developer and visionary leader responsible for driving the development of enterprise‑grade cloud SaaS/PaaS distributed applications. You will orchestrate the broader engineering ecosystem by deriving a roadmap that balances commitments, tech debt, and product innovation to mitigate risk. By balancing technical excellence with business ROI, you will spearhead SRE and agile process improvements, mentor team leads, and foster a high‑performing culture. You will also act as the eyes and ears to customer needs, collaborating closely with customers, field teams, and company leadership to continually innovate the product experience.

The Role:

As Director of Platform Engineering, you own the platform that every SnapLogic service runs on: the control plane, the data layer behind it, and the operational tooling that keeps it healthy in production. You are a hands‑on technical leader and a people leader. You set the architectural direction, you build and grow the team that executes it, and you stay close enough to the systems to make real decisions about them.

This is a role for a leader with real depth in distributed systems and the data layer that backs them. You will hold your team to end‑to‑end understanding of the systems they operate, and you will be expected to have that understanding yourself. SnapLogic runs roughly 50 MongoDB clusters across production and test, holding more than 60TB of data, and that footprint is a core part of the charter.

You will derive a roadmap that balances customer commitments, technical debt, and platform innovation, and you will be judged on reliability and scale as much as on delivery. You are also the eyes and ears on platform health for the wider engineering organization, working with SRE, application teams, support, and company leadership.

This is a hybrid role based at our HQ in San Mateo, CA, with the requirement to work in the office two days per week.

What You'll Do:

• Platform Ownership & Architecture You own the services that make up SnapLogic's control plane. You set the architectural direction for reliability, performance, and scalability across services, the data layer, and upstream dependencies. You review designs for critical components, you make the call on build versus buy, and you keep a clear view of risk versus reward on every production change. You decide how much of your own time goes to coding and code review, and you keep enough hands‑on depth to lead the work credibly.
• Engineering Leadership & Team Building You have led and managed engineering teams, and you think constantly about team productivity, quality, and health. You own hiring for the team, including the forecast and budget, recruiting strong engineers, and promoting and growing the people already here. You organize the team to make impactful changes, you delegate technical ownership over subject matter areas, you establish leads and empower them to mentor their own reports, and you give direct, constructive feedback. You run regular one‑on‑ones, advocate for career growth, and resolve conflict early.
• Reliability, SRE, & Production Support You are accountable for the zero‑downtime SLA. You drive root cause analysis, own SRE process improvements, and make sure those processes are actually followed. You keep your eyes on production at all times and pull in resources before widespread impact is felt. You turn every incident into a durable improvement: better tests, observability, automation, or a design change. You manage support escalations, stay in close contact with the support manager, and join customer escalation calls when needed.
• Cloud‑Native Infrastructure & GitOps You understand Kubernetes well beyond deploying workloads: operators and custom resources, policy enforcement, networking, IAM integration, and capacity. You lead the ongoing move of legacy EC2‑based services onto Kubernetes without putting availability at risk. You treat developer self‑service, environments on demand and an internal developer portal as a product your team owns.
• Data Layer at Scale You own the strategy for a MongoDB footprint of roughly 50 clusters and more than 60TB of data. That covers query and index tuning, schema and access pattern reviews, shard and replica set operations, upgrade and migration planning, and capacity planning against growth. You make sure this expertise is spread across the team rather than concentrated in one or two people.
• AI Leadership & Engineering Productivity You champion the adoption of AI throughout the Software Development Life Cycle, using AI as a force multiplier for engineering excellence, delivery speed, and product quality. You have hands‑on experience designing, building, and deploying AI agents that automate engineering workflows and raise developer productivity. You advocate for AI‑leveraged development while holding the line on engineering best practices, security, and quality.
• Communication & Cross‑Functional Partnership You work directly with application teams, SRE, support, and the field to set and meet expectations on platform capability and platform health. You translate platform work into terms the business understands, document your processes, and keep your team informed. When customers need to hear from engineering, you are a credible spokesperson.

What We’re Looking For:

• 10+ years building and operating production backend systems, including enterprise SaaS or PaaS
• 5+ years leading and managing engineering teams, including on‑shore and off‑shore teams
• Strong programming fundamentals, ideally in Java and/or Python, with the comfort to pick up new languages and stacks
• Deep experience operating distributed systems in production: debugging, profiling, capacity planning, and incident response
• Track record of taking systems from design through production rollout and owning them after launch
• Solid grasp of databases, relational or NoSQL, including query performance, indexing, and schema design trade-offs
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, including HTTP protocols, distributed caching strategies, and observability
• Experience being accountable for an availability SLA on a customer‑facing platform
• Hands‑on experience running Kubernetes in production at scale, ideally Amazon EKS, including troubleshooting cluster, networking and workload issues
• Experience with GitOps delivery (ArgoCD) and infrastructure as code (Terraform or equivalent)
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud infrastructure, AWS preferred, containers, and CI/CD
• Familiarity with observability tooling (metrics, tracing, structured logs) and SRE practices
• Experience implementing continuous delivery and cloud deployment solutions
• Multi‑tenant public and private cloud experience
• Hands‑on experience operating MongoDB, or another NoSQL database, at scale: sharding, replica sets, query profiling, and index tuning
• Agile project and release management
• A record of accurate, fast decision making under production pressure

$220,000 - $250,000 a year

The above range is the approximate annual U.S. base pay range for this position. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate location, experience and expertise, and may vary from the range listed. In addition to base salaries, certain roles are also eligible for annual cash bonuses or commissions. All of our full time employees receive a comprehensive benefits package.

Why Join:

There's never been a better time to join our SnapSquad!

At SnapLogic, we believe in empowering people - customers and employees alike - to connect what matters and build what’s next. From competitive salaries to global wellness benefits, we’re committed to your success and well‑being.

We’re Innovators

SnapLogic pioneered the first AI integration assistant, SnapGPT, and continues to lead with a full suite of AI‑powered tools across our agentic integration platform - making integration faster, smarter, and accessible to more people.

We’re Recognized Leaders

From being named a Visionary in multiple Gartner Magic Quadrants, leading the market in innovative AI reports from Aragon Research, or being recognized for our AI developments in the SaaS Awards, we’re setting the pace in a rapidly evolving market.

We’re Growing Fast

SnapLogic’s revenue growth earned us a place on the 2026 Inc. 5000, recognizing America's fastest growing companies. As we scale globally, we’re creating opportunities for ambitious builders and operators to make a bigger impact, take deeper ownership, and accelerate their careers.

We’re Agentic

Our platform empowers everyone across the enterprise to create automated, AI-connected workflows. That means more impact, less friction, and a bigger role for YOU in driving transformation.

Are you ready to help build what’s next for the enterprise? Let’s talk.