Director & Distinguished Engineer (Platform Engineering)

As the Director and Distinguished Engineer, you will be the primary architect and visionary for our enterprise-wide engineering platform. This is a high-impact "player-coach" leadership role designed for a technical authority who can bridge the gap between long-term organizational strategy and deep-seated engineering excellence. You will lead the software and digital engineering organization while remaining a hands-on expert capable of navigating complex cloud-native stacks, distributed systems, and large-scale data integrations.

1. Technical Strategy & Architecture • Visionary Roadmap: Define the long-term technical evolution of the core engineering platform, transitioning from legacy siloes to a unified, modern infrastructure. • Architectural Governance: Serve as the final authority on major architectural decisions, including hybrid-cloud strategies, Kubernetes-at-scale, and general digital system interoperability. • Hands-on Excellence: Lead by example by contributing to core system components, performing deep-dive code reviews, and resolving the most complex technical bottlenecks. • Innovation: Incubate emerging technologies—such as agentic AI frameworks, Digital Twins, and advanced IT/IoT protocols—into the production ecosystem. 2. Engineering Leadership & Management • Platform-as-a-Product: Shift the engineering culture to treat the internal platform as a product, focusing on "Developer Experience" (DX) to accelerate high-velocity delivery across the organization. • Team Mentorship: Build a high-performing engineering culture. Directly mentor Software and Platform Engineers, fostering a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) mindset and an automation-first approach. • Strategic Alignment: Partner with cross-functional business leaders and external partners to ensure the platform scales in alignment with global organizational goals. • Operational Excellence: Own the Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for digital platforms, ensuring high availability and resilience for critical systems.

Distributed Systems: Expert-level knowledge of building and scaling distributed architectures, microservices, and event-driven systems. • Cloud Native: Deep proficiency in Kubernetes, Service Mesh, and managing multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments. • Data & AI: Experience with data rationalization at scale and integrating AI-driven automation into production workflows. • Security & Resilience: Strong grasp of Zero Trust architecture and securing critical infrastructure (including IT/OT integration where applicable). 15+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in a significant technical leadership role (e.g., Principal Engineer or Engineering Manager/Director, Distinguished Engineer). • Proven Track Record: You have successfully built or transformed a platform from the ground up that supports large-scale user bases or critical infrastructure. • Influence: Recognized thought leader in platform engineering with a history of influencing technical direction across an entire enterprise. • Relevant qualifications in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field