Hiring: Director of Engineering, Internal Platforms & Developer Experience Company: Collectors Location: New Jersey, United States Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 14:44:54 Employment Type: Full-time / Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, ArgoCD, Azure, CI/CD, GCP, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, LLM, Risk Management, Vault About the job Experience: •10+ years of experience in software or infrastructure engineering, including 5+ years managing engineering teams and at least 2+ years leading managers or multiple teams simultaneously. Required Skills: •If you live within a 1 hour commuting distance to one of our offices, you will be required to be onsite most of the time. •Lead and develop multiple engineering teams responsible for core infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, cloud services, and the internal developer platform, fostering a culture of reliability, ownership, and continuous improvement. Qualifications: •A seasoned engineering leader with 10+ years of experience in software or infrastructure engineering, including 5+ years managing engineering teams and at least 2+ years leading managers or multiple teams simultaneously. •Deeply technical with a strategic mindset. You've built or scaled platform and infrastructure organizations and can move fluidly between architectural decisions and organizational strategy without losing sight of either. •An expert in modern infrastructure and platform tooling, with hands-on experience across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), container orchestration (k8s), CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD), infrastructure-as-code (Terrafor/Crossplane), and observability stacks. •A champion of developer experience. You've operated with a platform-as-a-product philosophy, and you have a track record of building internal tooling and self-service platforms that measurably improve developer productivity and satisfaction. •Fluent in the AI-assisted development landscape. You understand the current ecosystem of AI coding assistants, code generation tools, and LLM-based development frameworks, and you've led or contributed to organizational strategies for adopting them thoughtfully. •Governance-minded without being risk-averse. You know how to design guardrails and policies around emerging technology — particularly AI — that protect the organization without stifling innovation, and you're comfortable partnering with security, legal, and compliance teams to get there. •A strong cross-functional partner. You build trust easily with product engineering, architecture, security, and business stakeholders, and you're skilled at translating platform capabilities into business value. •Operationally excellent. You've managed cloud infrastructure budgets, vendor relationships, and capacity planning at scale, and you bring a disciplined approach to headcount planning and resource allocation. •An effective communicator who can articulate platform strategy and technical trade-offs to audiences ranging from individual contributors to executive leadership with equal clarity. Compensation: •$212,000 - $300,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •This role may be eligible for bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation, please ask your recruiter for details Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!