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Director of Platform Engineering

Platform EngineerPlatform EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 201-500H1B No SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

95 days ago

Salary

Not specified

Bachelor DegreeEnglishAzureCloudJavaPython

Job Description

• Establish, hire, and lead StarCompliance’s new Platform Engineering function, bringing together SRE and DevOps capabilities currently distributed across engineering teams. • Coach, mentor, and develop Platform Engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, autonomy, and continuous learning in alignment with “The StarCompliance Way.” • Define and communicate the vision for a modern, cloud-native engineering platform that increases velocity, reliability, and consistency across all product teams. • Lead the design, build, and governance of standardized CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, ensuring secure, repeatable, and scalable software delivery across our SaaS platform. • Define release orchestration patterns, including automated gating, zero-downtime deployments, rollback processes, and environment promotion workflows. • Partner with the Architecture team to evolve Star’s cloud platform, ensuring alignment on patterns, standards, and long-term technical strategy. • Define and implement SRE practices such as SLIs/SLOs, performance baselines, incident response processes, and error budgets. • Lead the adoption and evolution of Azure cloud services, PaaS components, and infrastructure automation aligned to Star’s SaaS platform roadmap. • Remain actively involved in hands-on engineering where appropriate - reviewing code, contributing to automation, prototyping solutions, and supporting critical incidents.

Job Requirements

Degree or Equivalent
Proven experience leading and developing high-performing SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering teams within a SaaS or cloud-native environment.
Experience hiring, structuring, and scaling an engineering function from the ground up.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of influencing architecture, product, engineering, and executive stakeholders.
Deep expertise in designing and operating CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps (preferred) or equivalent tooling such as GitHub Actions or GitLab.
Strong understanding of cloud-native hybrid architectures including single and multi-tenancy, PaaS services, infrastructure automation, and scalable deployment practices.
Hands-on engineering experience in at least one enterprise-grade programming language (C#, Java, Python) and the ability to contribute directly when required.
Experience with observability platforms, SRE practices, telemetry pipelines, dashboards, and alerting systems.
Significant experience in Azure or another major cloud provider, with strong knowledge of modern cloud services, identity, networking fundamentals, and environment configuration.
Experience building internal developer platforms, platform tooling, or standardized release frameworks across multiple product teams.
Strong understanding of modern DevOps and SRE principles, including incident response, post-mortems, automation, SLIs/SLOs, and resilience engineering.
Familiarity with secure-by-design engineering practices and integrating security controls into CI/CD and cloud platform workflows.
Demonstrated experience leading complex cloud, platform, or modernization initiatives in a fast-paced SaaS environment.
Ability to evaluate requirements, recommend pragmatic solutions, and drive cross-team outcomes.
Strong analytical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills, with a bias for automation and continuous improvement.