Director of Platform Engineering – Data Intelligence Platform

Actian

. Lead and stand up a newly formed platform team; hire and grow the team .

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

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in platform engineering and infrastructure management, with a strong focus on AI technologies, cloud-agnostic deployments, and compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR standards. Proven ability to lead and grow teams while delivering scalable and reliable platform services.

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Platform EngineeringKubernetesInfrastructure As CodeGitOps DeliveryCloud Cost Management

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Hard Skills

Platform EngineeringInfrastructure As CodeKubernetesTerraformGitOpsAWSAI/ML InfrastructureData CatalogsCompliance ManagementCloud Portability

Soft Skills

Clear Written CommunicationTeam Leadership

Tools & Technologies

Argo CDOpenTelemetryStrongDMAI AgentsCI/CD

Industry Keywords

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRData ResidencyFinOps

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudKubernetesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and stand up a newly formed platform team; hire and grow the team
Design platform services and write infrastructure code
Own platform services supporting the data catalog, knowledge graph, and integration APIs
Deliver cloud-agnostic deployments across AWS, another public cloud, on-premises, and private-cloud environments
Own packaging, installation, upgrades, and supportability
Build and operate the internal developer platform and CI/CD with GitOps delivery
Manage security operations and compliance evidence for SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and GDPR, including EU data residency
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, approvals, and audit trails
Review and retire replaceable tools using cost and risk analysis
Establish engineering standards, operating model, ownership boundaries, and team rituals
Report to the SVP of Engineering and collaborate with product engineering, security, customer success, and support
Deliver a high-functioning platform team, portable GitOps deployments, AI-assisted operations, scalable platform foundations, and automated compliance evidence within the first 12 months
Travel occasionally for team offsites and company-wide meetings

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 and extensive use of AI technology for accelerating development
Track record of shipping on-premises or self-hosted software that customers install and run in their own environments
Deep, hands-on production experience with Kubernetes
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
Nice to have: data platforms, data catalogs, or graph databases
Nice to have: Azure or Google Cloud production experience in addition to AWS
Nice to have: air-gapped or restricted-network customer deployments
Nice to have: AI/ML infrastructure, model serving, and vector or graph data stores
Nice to have: OpenTelemetry or comparable observability tooling
Nice to have: StrongDM or comparable privileged access management tooling

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and benefits package
Flexible work arrangements (remote or hybrid)
Opportunities for professional growth and development
Collaboration with a passionate and diverse team
Chance to be part of an innovative, fast-growing company making a significant impact in the data management space