VP, Platform Engineering: Data, AI & Cloud

Align Technology, Inc.; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on Invisalign

Parental leave

401k match

Paid vacation

Jury duty pay

Job summary

Align Technology, Inc. is seeking a Vice President of Platform Engineering to lead the technology platforms powering data, AI, cloud, API, and identity across the enterprise.

You will define strategy, governance, and an operating model, partnering with R&D, product, security, and business leaders to deliver scalable, secure platforms. The role requires strong leadership, architectural depth, and experience delivering platforms as products in a regulated, fast-moving enterprise.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in large-scale tech environments, with enterprise/platform leadership.
• Experience treating internal platforms as products with measurable impact.
• Proven track record re-platforming legacy systems to cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year vision and roadmap for data, AI, cloud, API, and identity platforms.
• Lead platform engineering teams and foster engineering excellence and ownership.
• Operate platforms as products with SLAs, adoption metrics, and feedback loops.

Skills

Leadership

Platform engineering

Cloud architecture

Data governance

AI/ML platforms

Security/compliance

Vendor management

Budget management

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitHub

Job description

Align Technology, Inc. is seeking a Vice President of Platform Engineering to lead the technology platforms powering data, AI, cloud, API, and identity across the enterprise.

You will define strategy, governance, and an operating model, partnering with R&D, product, security, and business leaders to deliver scalable, secure platforms. The role requires strong leadership, architectural depth, and experience delivering platforms as products in a regulated, fast-moving enterprise.