Director / Sr Manager- Platform Engineering

Job Description

Were looking for a bold, visionary engineering leader to head our Core Infrastructure team in India. If you thrive on scaling complex systems, championing security, and building teams that punch above their weight, youll feel right at home here. In this role, youll shape the technical backbone of Eightfolds AI platform, leading infrastructure, security, and potentially analytics, while partnering cross-functionally to deliver impact at enterprise scale. This is a high-leverage, high-autonomy opportunity to build what others depend on. About Team: The Core Infrastructure Team is the backbone of Eightfold, responsible for the architecture, maintenance, and enhancement of critical elements of our technology stack. This encompasses Search, Databases, Machine Learning Infrastructure, Data Warehouse, Developer Platform, and Application Infrastructure. Our work is foundational to every product at Eightfold, underpinning the services our users and customers interact with daily. The infrastructure we build and maintain is pivotal to our mission, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security across all our offerings. What Youll Own & Drive: Lead the vision, roadmap, and execution for Infrastructure, Security, and Analytics platforms. Build and scale high-performing engineering teams with strong technical leadership at every level. Partner cross-functionally with Product, Data, and DevOps to deliver secure, scalable systems. Ensure reliability, availability, and performance across hybrid (cloud + on-prem) environments. Define and enforce security strategy, incident response, and compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO27001, etc.). Champion modern engineering practices CI/CD, observability, cost optimization, and operational excellence. Build out an end-to-end Analytics Product stack including data warehouse, query engine, and dashboards. Hire, mentor, and retain top-tier talent while cultivating a world-class engineering culture. Provide hands-on leadership for strategic tech initiatives and major product/platform areas. Own the full product/technology lifecycle from vision and architecture to deployment and impact. What You Bring: Min of 10+ years of exp in engineering, with at least 3+ years leading teams at scale. Deep expertise in cloud-native infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc.) and DevSecOps principles. Proven success in building and scaling secure, reliable platforms. Experience leading security initiatives threat modeling, vulnerability management, and compliance. Strong communicator and stakeholder partner; able to influence across engineering and business. Bonus: Experience scaling analytics stacks (Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Looker, etc.). Demonstrated ability to build high-caliber teams and a thriving engineering culture. Cross-functional thinker who gets things done end-to-end