Director, Platform Engineering

Summary

Join Babylist as the Director of Platform Engineering and lead the foundational technology powering our growth. Define and communicate the platform roadmap, anticipating future business needs and scaling for tens of millions of users. Build a world-class developer experience by delivering tooling and automated workflows. Lead platform and security engineering, evolving our cloud architecture and implementing a unified security strategy. Drive data-driven decisions using comprehensive monitoring and observability. Build and mentor a high-performing team of platform and security engineers. This highly strategic role reports to the SVP of Engineering and requires 8-10+ years of experience in platform engineering and security, with at least 4 years in a leadership role at a high-growth technology company.

Requirements

• Experienced Leader: You have 8-10+ years of experience in platform engineering and security, with at least 4 years in a leadership role at a high-growth technology company
• Strategic Thinker: A technical leader who is skilled at creating a long-term vision and making pragmatic build-vs-buy decisions. You have a proven track record of leading large-scale initiatives
• Technical Expertise: Deep, hands-on experience with modern cloud infrastructure, containerization, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code. You have deep knowledge of security best practices and compliance for customer-facing applications
• Collaborative Communicator: You excel at partnering with cross-functional teams and can translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences to influence decisions across the organization
• A Passion for the Platform: You are passionate about creating a fantastic developer experience and ensuring platform reliability. You lead with a strong sense of ownership and use data to drive results

Responsibilities

• Define and Communicate Platform Strategy: Develop a clear, forward-looking platform roadmap that anticipates future business needs and scales for tens of millions of users. You will partner with product, engineering, and executive stakeholders to understand their needs, communicate the vision, and ensure the platform roadmap enables their success
• Build a World-Class Developer Experience: Champion developer productivity by delivering tooling, automated workflows, and internal platforms that enable engineering teams to ship code faster and more reliably
• Lead Platform and Security Engineering: Evolve our cloud architecture to handle increasing traffic and complexity while optimizing for cost and efficiency. You will lead the implementation of a unified security strategy, embedding DevSecOps practices and automated security tooling into the development lifecycle to protect user data and ensure compliance
• Drive Data-Driven Decisions: Implement comprehensive monitoring and observability to provide clear insights into platform health, developer productivity, and security posture. Use this data to justify technical decisions and guide your roadmap
• Build and Mentor High-Performing Teams: Recruit, develop, and lead a talented team of platform and security engineers. Foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous learning that empowers engineers to do their best work

Benefits

• We invest in the infrastructure you’ll need to be supported and successful: tools, opportunities to connect with colleagues, and a stipend to help you set up your office
• We build products that have a positive impact on millions of people’s lives
• We work at a sustainable pace which means work/life balance is a real thing here
• We believe technology and data can solve hard problems
• We believe in exceptional management
• We offer competitive pay and meaningful opportunities for career advancement
• We have great benefits like company paid medical, dental, and vision and a generous paid parental leave policy
• We care about employee wellbeing with perks for physical, mental and emotional health, parenting, childcare, and financial planning
• In addition, Babylist offers equity, bonus, and benefits, including company paid health, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies