Senior Director, Engineering Operations

Discover International; New York (NY); On-site; USD 300,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Discover International in New York is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering Operations to own the strategy and execution across Security, DevOps, QA, Infrastructure, CI/CD and Observability, reporting directly to the CTO. This is an executive seat that bridges core product development and operational reliability, empowering engineering teams to ship secure code quickly at scale.

You will scale multi-disciplinary platforms, own budgets, embed DevSecOps into the SDLC, and drive metrics-driven

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering, infrastructure, or platform operations.
• 5+ years at Director level or above.
• Deep hands-on background in cloud architecture and major public cloud.
• Experience with enterprise CI/CD, observability, and security tooling ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy and execution across Security, DevOps, QA, Infrastructure, CI/CD and Observability.
• Bridge product development and operational reliability to enable high-quality, secure code at scale.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams and manage end-to-end platform operations.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Observability

Security tooling

Zero-trust architecture

IAM

Compliance frameworks

Executive communication

Leadership

Budget ownership

Job description

Senior Director, Engineering Operations | New York | $300K–$350K + Bonus + Equity

We're partnering exclusively with a high-growth technology company in New York to appoint a Senior Director of Engineering Operations, reporting directly to the CTO.

This is a true executive seat - you'll own the strategy and execution across Security, DevOps, QA, Infrastructure, CI/CD, and Observability, acting as the bridge between core product development and operational reliability. Your mandate: enable engineering teams to ship high-quality, secure code fast, at scale.

What you'll own:

Building and scaling multi-disciplinary teams across Platform Engineering, DevOps, Quality Engineering, Infrastructure, and SecOps.

Full operational budget ownership including FinOps, tooling, and vendor strategy. The evolution of an internal developer platform - self-service tooling, golden paths, and frictionless CI/CD. Embedding DevSecOps into the SDLC and maintaining compliance posture (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI). End-to-end observability, SLOs/SLIs, error budgets, and a blameless incident culture. A data-driven approach to engineering performance using DORA and SPACE metrics.

What we're looking for:

• 12+ years in software engineering, infrastructure, or platform operations, with 5+ years at Director level or above.
• Deep hands-on background in cloud architecture (major public cloud), Kubernetes, and Terraform. Experience overseeing enterprise CI/CD, observability, and security tooling ecosystems.
• A proven record of using operational data to improve deployment velocity and system stability. Strong grounding in zero-trust architecture, IAM, and compliance frameworks. An executive communicator who leads with technical empathy for developers.

Nice to have:

• Platform engineering transformations or large-scale cloud migrations, CNCF/open-source involvement, and experience leading distributed teams.