Head of Platform Engineering: Scale & Secure Infra

Turnkey; United States; Remote; USD 250,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits (medical)

Parental leave

Unlimited PTO

Learning and development budget

Team offsites

401(k)

Job summary

Turnkey is building the future of autonomous infrastructure for crypto and Web3. We seek a Director of Engineering to lead Platform Engineering, owning strategy, people leadership, and secure, scalable infrastructure for our core product.

You will shape the technical direction, hire and mentor managers, and work with leaders across the company to align platform investments with customer needs. This is a senior, high-impact role.

Qualifications

• Experience managing engineering managers or a multi-team engineering org.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and security architecture.
• Track record of operating and scaling infrastructure with high availability, performance, and security.
• Excellence at maintaining software quality and engineering processes while moving fast.

Responsibilities

• Own the engineering strategy and technical vision for Turnkey's Platform Engineering organization, covering infrastructure, reliability and performance, releases and internal tooling.
• Build, manage, and grow a high-performing engineering org, including hiring and developing engineering managers and senior ICs.
• Partner with Product Engineering and leadership to align platform investments with customer and business needs.
• Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and trends in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure, guiding their integration.
• Contribute to company-wide strategic planning and technical decision-making as a member of the engineering leadership team.
• Define and evolve org structure, leveling, and career paths for scaling Platform Engineering.
• Drive recruitment, onboarding, and retention of top infrastructure and security-minded talent.
• Set and uphold engineering rituals (on-call, incident reviews, capacity planning) to keep the org resilient.
• Coach and develop managers and senior engineers, building a durable leadership bench.
• Oversee cloud and network infrastructure design, security architecture and controls, and operational tooling.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Security architecture

Scalability planning

Software quality

Job description

Turnkey is building the future of autonomous infrastructure for crypto and Web3. We seek a Director of Engineering to lead Platform Engineering, owning strategy, people leadership, and secure, scalable infrastructure for our core product.

You will shape the technical direction, hire and mentor managers, and work with leaders across the company to align platform investments with customer needs. This is a senior, high-impact role.