Director of Platform Engineering (AI/Cloud)

Location: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Company

hirify.global develops an agentic platform for creating professional audio and video content for creators, podcasters, marketers, and major brands.

What you will do

• Lead the Platform Engineering group across Backend, Developer Experience, Platform, DevOps, Security, and AI infrastructure through multiple team leads.
• Own the reliability, scalability, cost, and security of cloud infrastructure and core platform services used by millions of creators.
• Set the platform roadmap with the VP R&D and balance platform priorities with product team needs.
• Hire, develop, and coach team leads and engineers while shaping the structure and operating model of the group.
• Partner with R&D, Product, and business teams to identify priorities and remove technical blockers.
• Participate in design reviews, investigate incidents, make difficult technical decisions, and shape hirify.global’s AI infrastructure and engineering practices.

Requirements

• Hands-on software development background in Backend Engineering and/or Developer Experience.
• Experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure, either hands-on or through leading those teams.
• Experience leading multiple teams through team leads in a group manager, director, or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes, such as AWS, GCP, or similar platforms.
• Track record at SaaS companies, ideally in a fast-growing scale-up.
• Ability to explain technical trade-offs clearly to engineers and business stakeholders.
• Comfort building structure in ambiguous environments and moving quickly.

Nice to have

• Experience with security, AI infrastructure, or media streaming.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced environment focused on challenging technical work.
• Opportunity to shape a new platform organization and influence how hirify.global builds and operates.
• Role based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.