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Plaud

Head of Platform Engineering

Plaud

. Define and drive the strategy for Plaud's Platform Engineering organization, with teams in the US and Asia .

Posted 11/10/2026full-timePalo Alto • California • United StatesLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading platform engineering teams, with a strong focus on building enterprise-level identity and permissions systems. Proficient in managing distributed teams and driving product strategy while ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords
12+ Years Software Engineering Experience5+ Years Leading Platform TeamsDeep Backend Expertise In Go, JavaExperience With AWS/GCP And KubernetesBuilding Identity And Permissions Platforms

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Hard Skills
SSO/SAMLSCIMRBAC/ABACMulti-Tenant Workspace ModelsPublic APIsDistributed SystemsCloud-Native ArchitectureBilling And Entitlement SystemsAI Tools UsageTechnical Publications
Soft Skills
MentoringLeadershipCollaborationCommunication
Tools & Technologies
StripeMetronomeKubernetes
Industry Keywords
SOC 2GDPRHIPAAPlatform EngineeringEnterprise SaaS

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Define and drive the strategy for Plaud's Platform Engineering organization, with teams in the US and Asia
  • Lead teams responsible for sign-in and access control, third-party integrations, public API and developer tools, billing and payments, file storage and sync, shared app framework, internal support and admin tools, and search
  • Build enterprise foundations including SSO, SCIM, fine-grained permissions, audit, and regional data residency with Infrastructure
  • Run Platform as a product with clear internal customers, documented interfaces, dated commitments, and regular feedback
  • Gather quarterly requests from product teams and publish a dependable Platform roadmap
  • Set engineering standards for shared systems and enable other teams to contribute changes with design sign-off
  • Lead a distributed team across the US and Asia through written specifications, fixed daily overlap, and partnership with the lead architect in Asia
  • Own reliability, SLOs and on-call for every Platform service, working with Infrastructure on production access and deployment pipelines
  • Hire, mentor and grow senior engineers and team leads in the US and Asia
  • Bring billing and subscription logic into Platform over time

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 12+ years of software engineering experience
  • 5+ years leading platform or infrastructure-adjacent teams of 15+ engineers
  • Proven track record building identity, permissions or API platforms for enterprise SaaS, such as SSO/SAML, SCIM, RBAC/ABAC, multi-tenant workspace models or public APIs
  • Experience running an internal platform as a product, with clear interfaces, SLOs and customer feedback loops
  • Demonstrated success leading distributed teams across the US and Asia
  • Deep backend expertise in Go, Java or similar
  • Strong distributed systems and cloud-native architecture skills
  • Experience with AWS/GCP and Kubernetes
  • Experience building under SOC 2, GDPR and HIPAA controls and supporting audits
  • Experience with billing and entitlement systems (Stripe, Metronome or similar) is a plus
  • Recognized technical influence through open-source contributions, conference talks or technical publications is a plus
  • Routinely uses AI tools in daily work and can demo recent usage during the interview

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • Access to best-in-class AI tools, including Gemini, Claude Code, and other frontier AI systems
  • Choice of top-spec laptops, high-performance workstation setups, and cutting-edge Plaud devices for all new hires
  • Annual company offsites
  • Team events
  • Fast-moving, product-driven work environment
  • Global exposure
  • Continuous learning and fast career development
  • Market-competitive compensation