Director of Platform Engineering – Data Intelligence Platform

Actian

. Stand up and lead a newly formed platform team .

Posted 11/10/2026full-timeRemote • United Kingdom, United States, Spain, France, GermanyLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in platform engineering and infrastructure management, with a strong focus on AI and ML workloads, cloud-agnostic deployments, and compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR standards. Proven ability to lead and grow engineering teams while implementing GitOps delivery and infrastructure as code practices.

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Platform Engineering LeadershipInfrastructure As Code Using TerraformCloud-Agnostic Deployments Across AWSAI And ML Workload InfrastructureGitOps Delivery With Argo CD

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Hard Skills

Platform EngineeringInfrastructure ManagementDevOps PracticesKubernetesTerraformGitOpsCloud Cost ManagementAI Workload InfrastructureObservabilityPrivileged Access Management

Soft Skills

Clear Written CommunicationTeam LeadershipCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

AWSAzureGoogle CloudOpenTelemetryStrongDMArgo CD

Industry Keywords

SOC 2ISO 27001GDPRFinOpsAI-First Mindset

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudKubernetesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Stand up and lead a newly formed platform team
Hire and grow platform engineers, establish the operating model, and set team standards and rituals
Design platform services and write infrastructure code
Own infrastructure behind the data catalog, knowledge graph, and integration APIs
Deliver cloud-agnostic deployments across AWS, another public cloud, customer on-premises, and private-cloud environments
Own packaging, installation, upgrades, and supportability
Own the internal developer platform and CI/CD with GitOps delivery
Partner with security on security operations and compliance evidence for SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and GDPR
Manage cloud costs and FinOps across environments
Build infrastructure for AI and ML workloads
Own observability, reliability, incident response, and the team's on-call rotation
Design and run AI agents for infrastructure operations with guardrails and audit trails
Review and retire tools replaceable by AI agents or simpler automation
Report to the SVP of Engineering and collaborate with product engineering, security, customer success, and support
Deliver a high-functioning platform team, portable deployments, AI-assisted operations, scalable platform foundations, and automated compliance evidence within the first 12 months

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years in platform engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE, including 3+ years managing engineers
Experience building or scaling a team
AI-first mindset, making extensive use of AI technology for accelerating developments
Track record of shipping on-premises or self-hosted software that customers install and run in their own environments
Deep, hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production
Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform/Terragrunt
GitOps delivery experience with Argo CD or similar tooling
Strong AWS experience and ability to design for cloud portability
Hands-on experience operating systems under SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR controls, including data-residency requirements
Experience managing cloud costs and making cost trade-offs explicit
Clear written communication suited to a fully remote team across US and EU time zones
Experience with Azure or Google Cloud in addition to AWS
Experience with air-gapped or restricted-network customer deployments
Experience building infrastructure for AI and ML workloads, including model serving and vector or graph data stores
Observability with OpenTelemetry or comparable tooling
Privileged access management with StrongDM or comparable tools

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and benefits package
Flexible work arrangements (remote or hybrid)
Opportunities for professional growth and development
Occasional travel for team offsites and company-wide meetings