Director, Platform Engineering

The Director, Platform Engineering, is the senior engineering leader responsible

for the architecture, deliver, operations, reliability, and scalability of the company’s enterprise Data Lakehouse platform. This role leads teams responsible for platform engineering and technical operations, ensuring the Data Lakehouse platform provides a robust foundation for analytics, reporting, AI/ML, and data-driven business capabilities.

Working closely with Product, Data Analytics, Security, and Infrastructure leaders, this individual provides technical leadership and engineering execution for platform initiatives while driving operational excellence, platform adoption, and continuous modernization of the enterprise data ecosystem. This leader bridges business and technology, aligning platform capabilities with enterprise data strategy.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Lead and grow a cross-functional team of engineers, architects, and data professionals * Partner with business units to identify data platform requirements and translate into platform capabilities * Own platform SLAs, uptime, cost management, and quality standards * Drive adoption of platform best practices across data engineering, governance, and DevOps * Oversee vendor relationships, licensing, and cloud provider partnerships (AWS, Azure, GCP) * E nsure platform compliance with data privacy, security, and regulatory requirements (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA) * C hampion a culture of data democratization and self-service analytics REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• 12+ years in data engineering, architecture, or platform leadership roles
• 5+ years in a director or senior leadership position managing large technical teams
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg)
• Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern data stack
• Experience with data governance frameworks, data mesh, an