Job Description
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
Requirements
What We’re Looking For
- 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
Bonus Points For
- Experience leading teams in cybersecurity
- Familiarity with cloud-native environments and modern development workflows
- Familiarity with Kubernetes
- Familiarity with startups
