Engineering Director, Cloud & Platform Engineering

About Sayari:

Sayari is a risk intelligence provider that equips the public and private sectors with immediate visibility into complex commercial relationships by delivering the largest commercially available collection of corporate and trade data from over 250 jurisdictions worldwide. Sayari's solutions enable risk resilience, mission-critical investigations, and better economic decisions.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., its solutions are trusted by Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, and government agencies, and are used globally by thousands of users in over 35 countries. Funded by world-class investors, with a strategic $228 million investment by TPG Inc. (NASDAQ: TPG) in 2024, Sayari has been recognized by the Inc. 5000 and the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 as one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States and was featured as one of Inc.'s "Best Workplaces" for 2025.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

We're looking for an Engineering Director to lead our TPRM Engineering function. You'll own the infrastructure, internal services, applications, and developer experience that power Sayari's Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) platform.
This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll set technical direction, make critical architecture decisions, and work directly with engineers on complex problems. You'll also be responsible for building and mentoring the team as we scale.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Infrastructure & Platform

Kubernetes infrastructure on GKE, including multi-tenant deployment strategies
GitOps workflows (FluxCD) for configuration management and deployments
Graph database infrastructure (JanusGraph/Cassandra) serving our core property graph capabilities
Workflow orchestration (Cadence) for durable, long-running business processes, both internal and external

Authorization & Identity

Authorization architecture for multi-tenant B2B SaaS (RBAC + ABAC hybrid model)
Auth0 integration for authentication and organization management
Fine-grained access control across resources, roles, and risk domains

Internal Services

Internal APIs and gRPC services that power product features
Developer tooling and self-service capabilities for product teams
Observability, reliability, and operational excellence across the platform

Team & Process

Hiring, mentoring, and developing platform engineers
Establishing technical standards and design review processes
Collaborating with product engineering, security, and Devops functions
Driving cloud cost optimization—monitoring spend, right-sizing infrastructure, and making build vs. buy decisions
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Technical depth in distributed systems

You've built and operated multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure at scale
You understand the trade-offs between build vs. buy decisions (and have opinions about when each is appropriate)
You can go deep on authorization models, database architectures, and workflow patterns
You're comfortable with Kubernetes, cloud-native tooling, and infrastructure-as-code

Architectural judgment

You favor stable, simple solutions over clever ones
You know when to defer decisions and when to commit
You can articulate trade-offs clearly in design documents and get buy-in from stakeholders
You've navigated migrations—whether from single-tenant to multi-tenant, monolith to services, or other significant architectural shifts

Leadership without ego

You lead through influence, not authority
You write clearly and value readable documentation
You're comfortable being hands-on when needed and stepping back when the team has it handled
You create environments where engineers do their best work
You must be able to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences, from engineers to executive stakeholders.

Technical Environment

Cloud: GCP (GKE, Cloud Storage, Secret Manager, IAM)
Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Helm, FluxCD, Terraform, GitHub Actions
Data: JanusGraph, Cassandra, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch
Services: Go , Python, gRPC, Cadence workflows
Auth: Auth0, OPA (or similar), custom ABAC policies
Observability: Open Telemetry, Sentry

BENEFITS:
Mandatory Benefits provided including Statutory Pension, Study Fund, Monthly meal allowance provided via Cibus (or equivalent), monthly transportation costs by law, cover parking expenses when you come into the office.
Generous time off - 20 vacation days per year, paid public holidays as mandated by law, paid sick leave from day one, recreation pay, travel expenses and additional statutory Entitlements.
1,000 ILS per new employee for home office equipment
Holiday gifts for Rosh Hashanah and Passover (500 ILS Gift card)
Outstanding compensation package; competitive commissions for revenue roles and quarterly bonuses for non-revenue positions.
A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
A collaborative and positive culture - your team will be as smart and driven as you
Limitless growth and learning opportunities