Director of Platform Engineering | Bankrate

Bankrate is a leading financial services platform helping millions of consumers make smarter financial decisions. We deliver trusted advice powerful tools and seamless digital experiences that connect people with the right financial products at the right time.

We are modernizing our technology platform to unlock greater scalability security and speed to marketpowering everything from AWS-based cloud infrastructure and application deployment to world-class Developer Experience (DevEx) and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).

We are seeking an experienced Director of Platform to lead our platform engineering function. This role will own AWS cloud infrastructure security application deployment and developer productivity platformsensuring that Bankrates technology foundation is reliable secure and a delight for developers to use.

This is also an externally facing role regularly collaborating with partners affiliates and financial institutions including leading security reviews to ensure compliance and trust. The Director will be responsible for evaluating and implementing modern tooling and emerging technologiesfrom serverless architectures to AI-assisted development and no-code prototypingto accelerate innovation and improve efficiency.

What Youll Do:

• Platform Leadership & Innovation
• Define and execute the vision for Bankrates platform with a focus on operational excellence reliability and developer productivity.
• Identify and adopt modern tools and architectures that improve efficiency reliability and time-to-market.
• Align platform capabilities with business priorities and external partner needs.
• AWS Cloud Infrastructure & SRE Practices
• Lead the evolution of our AWS environment for performance resilience and cost efficiency.
• Implement and monitor SLOs SLIs and error budgets to maintain reliability.
• Manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform CloudFormation) for consistent secure deployments.
• Security & External Engagement
• Act as the primary technology contact for security assessments with affiliates financial institutions and other partners.
• Ensure compliance with SOC 2 GDPR and other regulatory standards.
• Build trusted relationships with partner technology and security teams.
• Developer Experience & Internal Platform Products
• Own and enhance in-house developer tooling to provide visibility into security deployments repositories and operational health.
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation for containerized and serverless applications.
• Improve local development environments reduce build/deploy friction and streamline onboarding.
• Enhance observability monitoring and incident response capabilities.
• Team & Vendor Management
• Build and mentor a high-performing platform and SRE team.
• Manage relationships with key vendors and technology providers.

What Were Looking For:

• 10 years in technology infrastructure platform engineering or SRE leadership roles.
• Proven experience managing AWS-based infrastructure at scale.
• IaC expertise (Terraform CloudFormation).
• Experience with containers (Docker Kubernetes) and serverless architectures.
• Proficiency in a programming or scripting language (Python JavaScript Bash).
• Strong understanding of SRE principles and DevEx improvement practices.
• Track record of developing and managing internal platform tools for developers.
• Familiarity with modern CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions CircleCI).
• Demonstrated ability to lead external security reviews and navigate compliance requirements.
• Excellent leadership communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in high-traffic consumer web or SaaS environments preferred.

Why Join Us

At Bankrate youll have the opportunity to shape the core technology foundation of a trusted financial brand while building a platform that developers love partners trust and customers rely on. We value innovation reliability and a growth mindsetand were looking for a leader who can deliver all three.

Compensation:

• USA Compensation Range: $200000- 285000 potential equity
  *Note actual compensation is based on geographic location qualifications and experience.

Additionally the following benefits are provided by Red Ventures subject to eligibility requirements.

• Health Insurance Coverage (medical dental and vision)
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• 401(k) with match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program

Who We Are:

Bankrate is redefining the future of financial decision-making. For nearly five decades weve empowered tens of millions of consumers to make smarter financial choices and helped hundreds of leading financial institutions grow. Today were evolving from a marketplace into a next-generation technology platformunderpinned by proprietary data AI-driven innovation and deep enterprise integrations. With our track record of delivering consumers quantifiably better offersfor example on home loans where we lead the marketBankrate stands at the center of the $60B U.S. financial services acquisition opportunity. As we expand through omnichannel marketing and strategic partnerships and launch unique consumer product applications were building a more efficient personalized and connected financial ecosystemone grounded in trust. Join us as we transform five decades of credibility into the next era of financial technology.

Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race creed color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity/expression national origin disability age genetic information veteran status marital status pregnancy or any other basis protected by law. Employment at Red Ventures is based solely on a persons merit and qualifications.

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