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Platform Engineering Director

Overview
Skills
  • Kubernetes Kubernetes
  • Software Engineering ꞏ 7y
  • Cloud-Native
As the Platform Engineering Director at OX Security, you will lead a team of talented engineers to design, build, and scale our platform infrastructure, ensuring high performance and reliability across all services.

Responsibilities:

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead and mentor a team of Platform Engineers to achieve strategic goals.
  • Build a high-performing core engineering group by hiring top talent and fostering a culture of excellence, ownership, and collaboration
  • Drive the planning, execution, and delivery of key projects that impact the foundation of our product
  • Collaborate closely with product, architecture, security, product marketing, and other engineering teams to align technical vision and execution
  • Mentor and develop engineers, providing guidance and support for their growth
  • Help us continuously improve by bringing strategic thinking, hands-on leadership, and an agile mindset

Requirements:

What We’re Looking For

  • 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with 3+ years in a managerial role
  • Proven managerial experience in developing, incubating, and releasing a product from the ground up
  • Proven experience in leading and growing engineering teams in dynamic environments
  • Strong technical background with the ability to dive deep and make high-level architectural decisions
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, hybrid startup environment
  • A proactive, hands-on leader who thrives on impact and accountability
  • Passion for building scalable, secure, and high-performing products

Bonus Points For

  • Experience leading teams in cybersecurity
  • Familiarity with cloud-native environments and modern development workflows
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with startups
Ox Security