111 director platform engineering jobs at 78 companies in Berkeley, CA
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Founding Backend / Infra Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$300k/yrOn-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Own the crawlers, pipelines, and infrastructure powering a real-time job search engine. Strong Node.js and Python fundamentals; bonus points for security and reverse-engineering chops.
Altana: AI-powered visibility and risk management for global supply chains.
10+ YOE10+ years building and scaling platform/devex organizations; deep experience with cloud, CI/CD, monorepo, SRE, and AI-assisted/agentic development; proven people leadership and strategic platform ownership.
12+ YOE5+ MgmtBS in CS/Engineering (MS preferred), 12+ years software engineering experience with platform/infrastructure focus, 5+ years managing managers, experience delivering enterprise-scale platform capabilities and partnering with AI/ML orgs.
AWS, Microsoft, Databricks, LiteLLM, Portkey, Traefik AI Gateway, MCP, Expressway, LLM APIs, CI/CD, FinOps, AI gateway
Lila Sciences: Develops an AI platform for autonomous scientific research and discovery.
12+ YOE5+ Mgmt12+ years software development in data processing at scale; 5+ years leading senior engineers; experience with AWS/GCP primitives; petabyte-scale data platforms; Python; Kubernetes; IaC; containerized deployments.
Ford Motor CompanyNYSE: F: Designs, manufactures, and sells cars, trucks, and SUVs.
10+ YOE5+ MgmtBachelor's in CS/EE or related, 10+ years in software/platform/infrastructure engineering, 5+ years leading engineering teams; experience with distributed systems, edge computing, hybrid cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, industrial protocols, observability and platform APIs/SDKs.
Forge GlobalNYSE: FRGE: Marketplace for trading private shares and pre-IPO stock.
8+ YOE5+ Mgmt8+ years software engineering experience with infrastructure/platform focus, 5+ years people leadership, deep cloud/observability/incident response experience, strong distributed systems judgment, and ability to set platform strategy.
Ford Motor CompanyNYSE: F: Ford manufactures, sells, and services vehicles and mobility solutions.
10+ YOE5+ MgmtBachelor's in CS/EE or related; 10+ years in software/platform/infrastructure engineering; 5+ years leading engineering teams; experience with distributed systems, edge computing, cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, industrial protocols, observability, CI/CD, and platform APIs/SDKs.
Arcade: Design and buy custom physical products using generative AI.
8+ YOE8+ years backend engineering experience building production commerce or marketplace systems; strong systems and API design instincts; experience with order/fulfillment, pricing engines, and AI inference infrastructure; TypeScript/Python are a plus.
TetraScience: Cloud platform for automating and harmonizing scientific research data.
10+ YOE6+ Mgmt10+ years engineering leadership in data platforms or distributed systems; strong Lakehouse expertise; leads large Data Engineering teams; cloud-native and IaC fluency; excellent communication.
Illumio: Provides zero-trust segmentation software to contain cyberattacks.
10+ YOE10+ Mgmt10+ years of technical leadership, experience managing 10+ engineers, track record building cloud-native SaaS on AWS/Azure, containerization and DevOps practices, networking/security and regulated environments (PCI, FedRAMP), BS in CS or equivalent.
Ascendiun: Nonprofit parent overseeing health insurance and clinical service organizations.
10+ YOE6+ Mgmt10+ years software/infrastructure experience; 6+ years people management; cloud and DevSecOps expertise; bachelor’s in CS/IT/MIS or HS diploma with experience; hybrid in-office role.
CI/CD, GitOps, CloudPlatforms, InfrastructureAutomation, ITSM, Notion, Linear
15+ YOE7+ Mgmt15+ years software engineering experience with 7+ years leading large distributed engineering organizations; experience architecting high-scale cloud SaaS platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), distributed databases, microservices, and production reliability; strong leadership and customer-first orientation.
San Francisco or New York City or Atlanta or Seattle
$197k-$314k/yrHybridFull Time
SalesforceNYSE: CRM: Sells cloud-based customer relationship management and business software solutions.
10+ Mgmt10+ years leading engineering teams with platform and DevOps expertise; experience with cloud data platforms, automation, reliability, security, and compliance.
Data 360 (Data Cloud), Snowflake, Tableau, MuleSoft
RobloxNYSE: RBLX: Platform for creating and playing user-generated 3D digital experiences.
Proven experience leading and growing engineering teams, deep technical background in backend/distributed systems and cloud infrastructure, delivery of internal developer platforms/CI/CD, familiarity with AI/agentic tooling and modern AI engineering stack.
Qualified Health: A building generative AI infrastructure and platform technology to improve healthcare delivery and governance.
10+ YOE4+ Mgmt10+ years engineering experience with 4+ years people management; experience scaling engineering orgs, systems design, applied AI/ML, platform engineering, and building/managing engineering managers.
Director - Infra Engineering - Platform Security and Lifecycle Management
Phoenix or New York or Palo Alto
$144k-$256k/yrHybridFull Time
American ExpressNYSE: AXP: Global financial services and credit card payment network.
8+ YOEBachelor's degree, 8+ years in platform engineering/SRE leading cloud infrastructure teams; deep Kubernetes/OpenShift experience; expertise with IaC, automation, observability, CI/CD, security, and capacity planning; US work eligibility required.
Director, Software Engineering - Common Platform Services
San Jose, California, United States
$248k-$310k/yrHybridFull Time
ZscalerNASDAQ: ZS: Provides cloud-native cybersecurity solutions through zero trust architecture.
15+ YOE10+ Mgmt15+ years software engineering experience with 10+ years technical people management; U.S. citizenship required; hands-on cloud experience (AWS/GCP); AI tool familiarity; experience building large-scale resilient cloud services.
Chicago or Minneapolis or Cupertino or Charlotte or Cincinnati or Minneapolis or Hopkins
$160k-$188k/yrHybridFull Time
U.S. BankNYSE: USB: Provider of personal, business, and institutional financial services.
10+ YOE6+ MgmtBachelor's in CS/Engineering or equivalent, 10+ years software engineering experience, 5–6+ years managing engineering teams, experience with cloud-native platforms (Azure/AWS), distributed systems, AI/ML concepts, AI governance, security and compliance.
Zum: Modernizing student transportation through technology and electric school buses
10+ YOE5+ Mgmt10+ years software engineering experience with 5+ years in engineering leadership; hands-on coding, AI integration, platform architecture ownership, hiring and developing teams, and Bay Area-based, onsite 3x/week.
San Francisco or San Jose or New York City or Seattle or Austin or Washington or California or Massachusetts or New Jersey or Washington or United States
$264k-$402k/yrRemoteFull Time
Thumbtack: Online marketplace connecting homeowners with local service professionals.
Senior engineering leader with experience managing managers, building internal platforms and business applications (Salesforce-centered), and delivering AI-enabled, auditable workflows across systems of record.
Airwallex: Global financial platform for business payments and money management.
15+ YOE5+ Mgmt15+ years in data/platform engineering with 5+ years leading engineering teams; experience with Databricks, data modeling, governance, semantic layers, and regional data localization.