Platform Engineering Director

As the Platform Engineering Director at OX Security, you will lead a team of talented engineers to design, build, and scale our platform infrastructure, ensuring high performance and reliability across all services.

Responsibilities:

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and mentor a team of Platform Engineers to achieve strategic goals.
• Build a high-performing core engineering group by hiring top talent and fostering a culture of excellence, ownership, and collaboration
• Drive the planning, execution, and delivery of key projects that impact the foundation of our product
• Collaborate closely with product, architecture, security, product marketing, and other engineering teams to align technical vision and execution
• Mentor and develop engineers, providing guidance and support for their growth
• Help us continuously improve by bringing strategic thinking, hands-on leadership, and an agile mindset
  
  

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with 3+ years in a managerial role
• Proven managerial experience in developing, incubating, and releasing a product from the ground up
• Proven experience in leading and growing engineering teams in dynamic environments
• Strong technical background with the ability to dive deep and make high-level architectural decisions
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, hybrid startup environment
• A proactive, hands-on leader who thrives on impact and accountability
• Passion for building scalable, secure, and high-performing products
  
  

• Experience leading teams in cybersecurity
• Familiarity with cloud-native environments and modern development workflows
• Familiarity with Kubernetes
• Familiarity with startups