Job Description

When you join Sunrise Senior Living, you will be able to use your unique skills to empower residents to live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Not only will you build meaningful relationships with residents, their families, and team members alike, you will also gain joy in serving others and deep fulfillment in your work. Explore how you can follow your passions and shed light on meaningful ways to serve, grow, and shine together.

Sunrise Senior Living was again certified as a Great Place to Work® by Activated Insights. This is the 9th time Sunrise has received this top culture and workplace designation, highlighting the special place Sunrise is to be a part of.

COMMUNITY NAME

Community Support Office

Job ID

2026-243133

The Senior Director of Platform Engineering is a senior, second-line engineering leader accountable for the strategy, delivery, security and reliability of Sunrise’s software platform. Leading through subordinate engineering managers and senior individual contributors, this role owns four interdependent disciplines – application development, cloud infrastructure, cloud and application security and the people organization that delivers them. The Senior Director sets multi-year engineering strategy in partnership with executive leadership, owns the engineering operating budget and cloud spend and is accountable for the scalability, observability and maintainability of production systems that support the enterprise mission. This is a hands-on technical leadership role: the incumbent is expected to set architectural direction and engineering standards, not merely manage to them.

RESPONSIBILITIES & QUALIFICATIONS

Essential Duties

As a part of the Sunrise team, supporting our Mission, Principles of Service and Core Values is a fundamental part of this job. Our foundational belief is the sacred value of human life. The unique responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to the essential functions listed as follows:

Team Leadership and People Management

• Lead, mentor and grow a multi-team engineering organization through subordinate engineering managers and senior individual contributors.
• Own hiring, performance management, succession planning and organizational design across the function.
• Cultivate a culture of innovation, high performance and continuous improvement.

Strategic Planning

• Develop and execute long-term (multi-year) engineering strategy that aligns with the company's broader mission and goals, translating corporate objectives into a technical roadmap, capacity plan and investment case.

Application Development

• Direct the full software development lifecycle across the application portfolio, setting engineering standards, architectural direction and delivery accountability across multiple product and platform teams.

Cloud Infrastructure Development

• Own the strategy, architecture and operation of cloud infrastructure (compute, network, identity and data), including reliability, scaling and cloud-cost (FinOps) accountability for the platform estate.

Cloud and Application Security

• Hold accountability for the security posture of applications and cloud infrastructure, partnering with information security and compliance on identity, controls, vulnerability management and audit readiness across the engineering estate.

Observability, Scaling and Maintenance

• Establish observability, performance and reliability practices (SLOs, monitoring, incident response and lifecycle maintenance) that sustain availability and scale as demand grows.

Budget and Vendor Ownership

• Own the engineering operating and capital budget, including headcount planning, vendor and SaaS contracts and cloud spend; accountable for cost-to-serve and the return on platform investments.

Executive Partnership

• Serve as the senior engineering voice to executive leadership across Technology, Product, Finance and Compliance, representing platform strategy, risk and trade-offs in enterprise planning and the annual operating-budget process.
• Maintain compliance in assigned required training and all training required by state/province or other regulating authorities as applicable to this role to ensure that Sunrise standards are always met.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Core Competencies

• Second-Line Leadership — Leading engineering managers and senior individual contributors at scale.
• Strategic and Systems Thinking — Translating business strategy into multi-year technical direction.
• Technical Breadth and Depth — Hands-on proficiency across application development, cloud infrastructure and cloud/application security.
• Operational Excellence — Observability, reliability, scaling and maintenance of production systems.
• Financial Acumen — Ownership of engineering budget, vendor contracts and cloud-cost optimization.
• Executive Communication — Cross-functional influence with Product, Finance and Compliance leadership.
• Talent Development and Organizational Design — Building, structuring and scaling high-performing engineering teams.

Experience and Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed throughout this job description are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive software and platform engineering experience, including a minimum of 5 years leading engineering teams.
• Demonstrated second-line leadership experience — managing engineering managers in addition to senior individual contributors.
• Proven ownership of application development, cloud infrastructure and cloud/application security at enterprise scale.
• Deep, hands-on proficiency with application development, observability, scaling and the maintenance of production systems.
• Experience owning an engineering operating budget, vendor relationships and cloud-cost optimization.
• Track record of defining and executing multi-year engineering strategy aligned to business goals.

ABOUT SUNRISE

Ready to take the next step and make a bigger impact than you ever imagined? As part of our team, you will help brighten the future for everyone at Sunrise and beyond. That is why we make it a priority to celebrate the unique ways you bring moments of togetherness and joy to everyone you serve. And when combined with the support, benefits, and growth opportunities we offer, the result is a career that PositivelyShines with everything you need to reach your goals – at work and in your life.

We also offer benefits and other compensation that include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability Plans
• Retirement Savings Plans
• Employee Assistant Program / Discount Program
• Paid time off (PTO), sick time, and holiday pay
• myFlexPay offered to get paid within hours of a shift
• Tuition Reimbursement
• In addition to base compensation, Sunrise may offer discretionary and/or non-discretionary bonuses. The eligibility to receive such a bonus will depend on the employee’s position, plan/program offered by Sunrise at the time, and required performance pursuant to the plan/program.
• Some benefits have eligibility requirements

Apply today to learn why Sunrise Senior Living is a certified Great Place to Work®

PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS

Sunrise considers the health and safety of its residents, family members, and team members among its highest priorities. Employment with Sunrise is contingent upon successful completion of required pre-employment screenings and health evaluations in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Covid 19 and Influenza vaccination may be required if mandated by applicable federal, state, and local laws and authorities.

COMPENSATION DISCLAIMER

Selected candidates will be offered competitive compensation based on geographic location of community/office, skills, experience, qualifications, and certifications/licenses (where applicable).