Director of Platform Engineering
Lead MaintainX's Platform division, overseeing foundational engineering teams and driving AI-native platform strategy.
Posted by employer 15 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 5 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 5 hours ago
What you'll build
- Own the roadmap and operating model for Platform Engineering
- Lead and develop a team of Software Development Managers
- Set the engineering standards for product teams
- Drive AI-native platform strategy
- Own division-level reliability
Must have
- 10+ years in software engineering
- 5+ years in engineering leadership
- 2+ years managing managers across multiple teams
- Technical depth in distributed systems, backend or mobile frameworks
- Track record of owning platform or infrastructure-focused teams
Nice to have
- Experience leading a Testing Frameworks, Quality Engineering, or Developer Productivity platform function
- Hands-on history scaling developer platforms through rapid headcount growth
- Familiarity with CMMS, IoT, or industrial SaaS domains
AI in the day-to-day
Drive MaintainX's AI-native platform strategy.
Requirements
- Experience
- 10+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
The Director of Platform Engineering at MaintainX is responsible for overseeing the foundational teams that support product engineering, focusing on setting strategic priorities and managing cross-team dependencies. This role requires deep technical expertise in areas like distributed systems and platform engineering, along with a strong background in leading engineering teams within a growth-stage B2B SaaS environment. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record in driving AI-native strategies and improving engineering velocity while effectively communicating complex technical concepts to various stakeholders.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 9, 2026. Last confirmed on MaintainX's careers page October 9, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 1 other location at MaintainX: San Francisco.
Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Director of Platform Engineering role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, Backend, DevOps, Mobile, SRE.
- What seniority level is this role?
- MaintainX targets director candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Director of Platform Engineering role at MaintainX.
From the original posting
The Opportunity
We're looking for an Engineering Director to lead MaintainX's Platform division. Platform owns the seven foundational teams every product engineer builds on: AI Builder, DevOps, Compliance, Testing Frameworks, Backend Frameworks, Mobile Frameworks, and SRE. This is a manager-of-managers role for someone who wants to define how a high-growth engineering org operates at scale.
What You’ll Do:
Own the roadmap and operating model for Platform Engineering: set division-level priorities, manage cross-team dependencies, and translate business goals into multi-quarter platform investments.
Lead and develop a team of Software Development Managers - coaching on people development, technical judgment, and organizational effectiveness across seven teams.
Set the engineering standards every product team depends on: framework conventions, reliability targets, compliance posture, and CI/CD health.
Drive MaintainX's AI-native platform strategy - the AI Builder team's agent orchestration, tool registry, and developer environments sit in this division; your job is to ensure the org extracts real leverage from them.
Own division-level reliability: SLO definitions, incident response frameworks, on-call health, and the systemic path from incident to prevention.
Partner with the CTO and peer engineering leaders on org design, architectural decisions, and headcount planning.
Represent Platform Engineering to the business — translating infrastructure investment into engineering velocity, developer experience, and customer trust.
An expert level of English, both spoken and written, is required, as the individual will need to lead platform engineering managers across multiple teams, present technical priorities to executive stakeholders, and align with engineering leaders outside Québec on a daily basis.
About You:
10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in engineering leadership, including 2+ years managing managers across multiple teams.
Technical depth in at least two of: distributed systems, backend or mobile frameworks, platform engineering, reliability engineering - credible enough to make hard hiring decisions and engage in architecture reviews.
Track record of owning platform or infrastructure-focused teams at a growth-stage B2B SaaS company, with demonstrated impact on engineering velocity.
AI-forward: you set direction for teams building on LLMs and agentic workflows, and you hold your org to an AI-native standard.
Systems thinker who identifies organizational bottlenecks and eliminates them without creating new ones — you design teams, not just manage them.
Strong communicator who can represent platform complexity and tradeoffs clearly to product, finance, and executive stakeholders.
Nice to Have:
Experience leading a Testing Frameworks, Quality Engineering, or Developer Productivity platform function.
Hands-on history scaling developer platforms through rapid headcount growth (Series D+).
Familiarity with CMMS, IoT, or industrial SaaS domains.
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