Director of Platform Engineering

November 24

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LocalStack

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SaaS • Productivity • Developer Tools

LocalStack is a tool that enables developers to run and test their AWS applications locally, facilitating faster development and reducing AWS costs. By serving as a localized emulator for AWS, LocalStack simplifies the development and testing process, allowing teams to focus on building and deploying applications without the overhead of managing AWS dev accounts. It offers features like local AWS service emulation, enhanced development speed, and reduced complexity in cloud application testing. This makes it a popular choice among development teams looking to improve productivity and efficiency in cloud-based projects, all while minimizing cloud expenses.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2017

☁️ SaaS

⚡ Productivity

📋 Description

• - Define and execute the strategic roadmap for LocalStack’s SaaS platform engineering function, ensuring our infrastructure is future-ready • - Partner closely with the CTO, Director of Core Engineering, and Product & Software Engineering leaders to align platform initiatives with LocalStack's wider technical vision • - Lead the architecture, development, and scalability of our core platform services • - Help integrate data concerns into platform and product decisions, while empowering the Head of Data to define the data strategy and architecture

🎯 Requirements

• - Strong technical background in distributed systems, microservices architecture, event-based systems, and scalable platform design. • - Proven track record leading software platform teams, building cloud SaaS platforms, and implementing operational best practices. • - Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CDK, etc.), and modern DevOps practices. • - Demonstrated success managing teams across multiple complex projects and initiatives. • - (preferred) Experience building SaaS platforms, ideally in the developer productivity space (e.g., CI/CD, analytics, observability, etc) • - (preferred) Experience working in a high-velocity startup/scaleup environment • - Experience in leading a strong SaaS team and (preferred) Data team (at minimum strong understanding of product telemetry, and analytics data), as well as the intersection of both areas (e.g., Data as a product feature, integration of transactional with analytical data (OLTP/OLAP)).

🏖️ Benefits

• - Fully remote • - Competitive salary • - Annual company retreat • - 2 extra company-wide holidays • - Friendly and inclusive workplace culture (community guilds and online company events)