Platform Engineering Leader - Product-Driven, Remote

Wwshemi; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with Employer Contribution

Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Disability Insurance

PTO and holidays

Job summary

SpyCloud is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering to lead our core platform team. You will treat the platform as a product, driving adoption and reducing cognitive load for stream-aligned product teams.

The role blends leadership with hands-on platform engineering, focusing on scalable infrastructure, tooling, and developer experience. We value collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on platform engineering.
• 3-5 years of experience leading engineering teams (4+ individuals).
• Experience running an internal platform as a product with measurable adoption.

Responsibilities

• Lead, hire, and grow a team of platform engineers.
• Own the platform vision and roadmap as a product.
• Publish and maintain a team charter with services, SLOs, and support model.
• Measure success with DORA metrics and developer satisfaction.
• Run platform-wide migrations to reduce cognitive load on product teams.
• Evaluate, roll out, and measure AI-assisted development tools.

Skills

Go

TypeScript

Python

AWS

DORA metrics

Leadership

Communication

Tools

AWS

Docker

Terraform

PostgreSQL

Job description

SpyCloud is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering to lead our core platform team. You will treat the platform as a product, driving adoption and reducing cognitive load for stream-aligned product teams.

The role blends leadership with hands-on platform engineering, focusing on scalable infrastructure, tooling, and developer experience. We value collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement.