Director of Engineering, Platform (Runtime & Stateful Systems)

Location: Hybrid, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with an expectation of working from the San Francisco office three days per week.

Base salary: $300,000–$450,000 USD annually, plus an annual performance bonus of up to 20% of base salary.

Company

hirify.global develops application monitoring software that helps developers identify and resolve errors and performance issues, including AI-native capabilities through Seer.

What you will do

• Lead multiple engineering teams and Staff engineers responsible for the runtime and stateful systems supporting hirify.global, Seer, and related products.
• Set the technical vision and strategy for OLTP and OLAP databases, real-time compute and stream processing, blob/object storage, and distributed caching.
• Drive architectural changes and technical initiatives, balancing scalability, reliability, performance, cost, and complexity.
• Provide technical leadership in architectural decisions and establish technical direction across distributed systems domains.
• Own execution and operational excellence for mission-critical, reliable, scalable, and high-performing platform components.
• Hire, mentor, and develop engineering managers and senior technical leaders while partnering across Platform, Infrastructure, and Product.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in backend, platform, or infrastructure engineering, including significant experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Director-level engineering management experience, or equivalent senior engineering leadership experience overseeing multiple teams at comparable scale and complexity.
• Deep technical expertise in at least one of: OLTP databases, OLAP databases, real-time compute and stream processing, blob/object storage, or distributed caching.
• Experience driving significant architectural changes, evaluating technical tradeoffs, establishing direction, and leading implementation.
• Strong technical judgment and the ability to engage deeply in architectural discussions across multiple distributed systems domains.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional engineering initiatives from strategy through execution with measurable technical or business impact.
• Experience hiring, developing, and leading engineering managers and senior technical talent.
• Strong communication and organizational leadership skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts, influence senior stakeholders, and align teams around a shared strategy.
• Experience operating mission-critical infrastructure with a strong understanding of reliability, scalability, performance, and operational efficiency.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive culture focused on engineering excellence, technical accountability, continuous improvement, and accessibility.
• Employee benefit plans applicable to the position, including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance coverage.
• Opportunity to shape the technical direction and organizational growth of a critical platform area supporting hirify.global products and AI capabilities.