Hybrid Platform Director

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About the role

  • Platform Director overseeing engineering teams at Gravitee, an advanced API management platform. Leading project lifecycles and fostering a culture of innovation in a high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

  • Cultivate Excellence: Lead, mentor, and scale engineering teams while championing a culture of innovation, radical accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Organisational Alignment: Ensure team objectives are seamlessly integrated with broader product and enterprise-level strategic goals.
  • Mission Execution: Own the full lifecycle of engineering projects, ensuring high-velocity delivery without compromising on elite quality standards.
  • Drive the architectural direction for scalable, maintainable software solutions that future-proof Gravitee’s platform.
  • Process Optimisation: Oversee the evolution of Agile/Scrum practices to maximise team velocity, predictability, and cross-functional synergy.
  • Establish and enforce world-class engineering practices, including robust code reviews, security protocols, and compliance-first development.
  • Risk & Resource Management: Proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks, technical debt, and resource constraints before they impact delivery.
  • Monitor emerging technologies and industry trends to integrate cutting-edge capabilities into the Gravitee ecosystem.

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading and managing Platform/Infrastructure teams (10+ years in management roles)
  • 3+ years overseeing and managing a Platform/Infrastructure team of at least 8 people
  • Strong background in networking, automation, IaaC, containerisation, orchestration, databases (Terraform, OpenTofu, Argo, Kubernetes, Cloudflare, Mongo, Elastic, etc.)
  • Experience and understanding of architecture principles across infrastructure platforms, API, security, data, integration, and application layers
  • Experience with Agile methodologies and tools like Jira or equivalent
  • Demonstrated ability to handle ambiguity, prioritise work, and resolve complex technical and organisational challenges
  • Highly motivated team player with excellent social, coordination and communication skills
  • Ability to work in an international multicultural setting

Benefits

  • Competitive medical coverage
  • Pension / 401k program options
  • Stock options - you build it, you own it
  • 25 days holiday + in-country national holidays
  • 3 mental health days + wellness allowance
  • Your birthday off 🎉
  • Professional development budget to fuel your growth
  • Hybrid work culture with hubs across regions
  • Quarterly team events + annual offsite at an exciting location

Job title

Platform Director

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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