Remote Technical Director, Platform Engineering Leader

Ladders; Stati Uniti; Remoto; USD 265.000 - 340.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

401K and flexible spending accounts

Annual bonus and incentives

Program-specific awards

Descrizione del lavoro

Ladders is seeking a Technical Director, Platform Engineering to shape the long-term technical direction for a major platform organization within a large energy environment. The role will lead architecture strategy, guide complex platform decisions, and collaborate with mobile, embedded, and executive teams to improve reliability, scalability, and delivery effectiveness.

Remote opportunity for US-based candidates. Compensation ranges from $265,000 to $340,000 annually, with bonuses and benefits.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years of experience in production software systems, including 5+ years in principal-level technical leadership roles
• Proven track record of setting technical direction for large engineering organizations
• Deep expertise in large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native architecture, including GCP or AWS and Kubernetes
• Experience leading major platform architecture changes from strategy through delivery
• Ability to influence peer engineering organizations and executives without direct authority
• Strong written communication skills for technical strategy and architecture documentation

Mansioni

• Define the multi-year technical vision and architecture roadmap for Platform Engineering
• Drive architecture decisions across the platform organization, including service boundaries and data flows
• Partner with Mobile and Embedded engineering leaders to align on platform interfaces and integration patterns
• Establish and govern platform engineering standards for reliability, security, and scalability
• Advise executive leadership on major platform investments and technical risks
• Lead technical reviews of high-impact platform initiatives and complex problems
• Identify systemic technical debt and drive multi-team plans to address it
• Develop principal and staff engineers and shape technical career paths

Conoscenze

Platform leadership

Distributed systems

Cloud architecture

Strategic planning

Executive influence

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE or related

Strumenti

GCP

AWS

Kubernetes

Descrizione del lavoro

Ladders is seeking a Technical Director, Platform Engineering to shape the long-term technical direction for a major platform organization within a large energy environment. The role will lead architecture strategy, guide complex platform decisions, and collaborate with mobile, embedded, and executive teams to improve reliability, scalability, and delivery effectiveness.

Remote opportunity for US-based candidates. Compensation ranges from $265,000 to $340,000 annually, with bonuses and benefits.