Director, Platform Engineering
SingleStore
| Company | SingleStore |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | US |
| Remote | Remote |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Director |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Last verified | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Source | The employer's own careers page (company_site) |
Description
SingleStore seeks a Director of Platform Engineering to lead the teams and technologies that power internal engineering platforms, infrastructure services, and developer experience. The role owns critical platform domains including CI/CD infrastructure, release engineering, developer productivity tooling, infrastructure automation, identity and access management, networking, observability, and internal cloud platforms across multi-cloud environments.
What You'll Do
• Lead the Platform Engineering organization responsible for developer infrastructure, CI/CD systems, release engineering, internal cloud platforms, infrastructure automation, and engineering productivity tooling
• Own and operate core infrastructure services including identity and access management (Keycloak, FreeIPA), VPN and secure remote access systems, NetBox/IPAM, internal DNS, and cloud networking infrastructure
• Drive the evolution of scalable developer platforms and CI/CD systems that improve engineering velocity, build reliability, deployment safety, and operational consistency across distributed teams
• Champion infrastructure-as-code, automation frameworks, and AI-assisted operational tooling to reduce operational overhead and improve platform scalability and reliability
• Define and execute the long-term roadmap for internal engineering platforms, infrastructure modernization, developer experience, and operational tooling while building, mentoring, and growing high-performing platform and infrastructure engineering teams
What You Need
• 10+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or related technical disciplines, including 5+ years leading engineering or infrastructure organizations
• Proven experience designing, operating, and scaling internal engineering platforms and infrastructure services in complex multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Strong technical expertise in multi-cloud infrastructure, CI/CD and release engineering systems, infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar), Linux systems administration and networking
• Hands-on operational experience managing and scaling critical infrastructure services including Keycloak, FreeIPA, VPN and secure remote access infrastructure, NetBox/IPAM, DNS, and PKI systems
• Demonstrated ability to build and mature operational processes that improve reliability, security, scalability, and engineering efficiency; proven ability to remain technically engaged while leading teams and mentoring engineers
Nice to Have
• Experience leading Platform Engineering or Internal Developer Platform organizations in high-growth cloud-native or infrastructure-focused companies
• Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or similar cloud-native infrastructure tooling
• Familiarity with SRE practices including SLIs/SLOs, incident management, and production operations
• Experience implementing AI-assisted automation in infrastructure operations, developer tooling, or CI/CD systems; proficiency in Python, Go, or scripting languages for infrastructure automation; cloud architecture or infrastructure certifications (AWS/GCP/Azure)