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MaintainX

Director of Platform Engineering

MaintainX

. Own the roadmap and operating model for Platform Engineering .

Posted 10/8/2026full-timeToronto • CanadaLead💰 CA$173,000 - CA$254,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading platform engineering initiatives, with a strong focus on engineering standards, reliability, and organizational design. Proven ability to translate business goals into technical strategies while managing cross-team dependencies and driving engineering velocity.

Highest-signal resume keywords
10+ Years In Software Engineering5+ Years In Engineering LeadershipTechnical Depth In Distributed SystemsExpert Level Of EnglishExperience Setting Direction For Teams Building On LLMs

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Hard Skills
Platform EngineeringReliability EngineeringBackend FrameworksMobile FrameworksIncident Response FrameworksSLO DefinitionsCI/CD HealthTesting FrameworksQuality EngineeringDeveloper Productivity
Soft Skills
Strong Communication SkillsSystems ThinkingOrganizational Design Capability
Tools & Technologies
Agent OrchestrationTool RegistryDeveloper EnvironmentsCMMSIoT
Industry Keywords
B2B SaaSGrowth-Stage CompaniesIndustrial SaaS

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Distributed SystemsIoT

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own the roadmap and operating model for Platform Engineering
  • Set division-level priorities, manage cross-team dependencies, and translate business goals into multi-quarter platform investments
  • Lead and develop Software Development Managers across seven teams
  • Set engineering standards for framework conventions, reliability targets, compliance posture, and CI/CD health
  • Drive the AI-native platform strategy, including agent orchestration, tool registry, and developer environments
  • Own division-level reliability, including SLO definitions, incident response frameworks, on-call health, and incident prevention
  • Partner with the CTO and peer engineering leaders on organizational design, architectural decisions, and headcount planning
  • Represent Platform Engineering to the business by translating infrastructure investment into engineering velocity, developer experience, and customer trust
  • Lead platform engineering managers across multiple teams, present technical priorities to executive stakeholders, and align with engineering leaders outside Québec daily

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 10+ years in software engineering
  • 5+ years in engineering leadership
  • 2+ years managing managers across multiple teams
  • Technical depth in at least two of: distributed systems, backend or mobile frameworks, platform engineering, reliability engineering
  • Track record of owning platform or infrastructure-focused teams at a growth-stage B2B SaaS company
  • Demonstrated impact on engineering velocity
  • Experience setting direction for teams building on LLMs and agentic workflows
  • Strong systems thinking and organizational design capability
  • Strong communication skills for product, finance, and executive stakeholders
  • Expert level of English, spoken and written
  • Ability to work in Canada
  • Nice to have: testing frameworks, quality engineering, or developer productivity platform leadership experience
  • Nice to have: experience scaling developer platforms through rapid headcount growth (Series D+)
  • Nice to have: familiarity with CMMS, IoT, or industrial SaaS domains

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity
  • Annual bonus
  • Health coverage
  • Retirement plan
  • Leave benefits
  • Benefits differ by country
  • Belonging and inclusion resources
  • Optional voluntary diversity survey participation