Senior Director of Engineering, Platform Engineering

*We are only open to candidates who currently reside in Boston or the San Francisco Bay area and this will be a 100% remote role*

About Us:
Zeitview is the leading intelligent aerial imaging company for high-value infrastructure providing businesses with actionable real-time insights to recover revenue reduce risk and improve build quality. We serve customers in the solar wind insurance construction real estate and critical infrastructure industries. Trusted by the largest enterprises in the world Zeitview is active in over 70 countries. Our mission is to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure through advanced inspection solutions. Take a look at our latest achievements here!

About the Role:
We are seeking a Senior Director of Engineering Platform Engineering to lead and scale our global platform engineering organization. This role is responsible for setting the technical and organizational direction for our platform ensuring it enables product teams to move fast while maintaining high standards for scalability performance reliability quality and developer experience.

The ideal candidate is a strong people leader with deep technical judgment a proven ability to operate at scale and a strong advocate for an AI-first approach to software development and engineering productivity.

Responsibilities:
People Leadership & Organization Management

• Lead mentor and grow global distributed engineering teams including tech leadsengineers and potential managers
• Build a high-performance engineering culture centered on ownership accountabilityquality and continuous improvement.
• Provide regular coaching feedback performance evaluations and career developmentguidance.
• Drive effective hiring onboarding succession planning and retention strategies.
• Foster an inclusive collaborative and psychologically safe environment across regionsand time zones.

Platform Strategy & Technical Leadership

• Own the technical strategy and long-term vision for platform engineering with a focus on:
  • Scalability and performance
  • Reliability and stability
  • Security and compliance
  • Developer experience and ease of development
  • Platform usability and adoption
• Partner closely with architects and tech leads to define platform standards architecturalpatterns and best practices.
• Ensure the platform serves as a strong foundation enabling rapid and safe productinnovation.
• Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term architectural health and sustainability.

Execution Delivery & Operational Excellence

• Stay sufficiently hands-on to:
  • Understand the complexity and risk of initiatives
  • Guide work breakdown prioritization and sequencing
  • Support technical decision-making when needed
• Work closely with engineering managers tech leads and architects to drive executionand delivery.
• Own capacity planning resource allocation and roadmap commitments across teams.
• Ensure predictable delivery while maintaining high engineering quality and operationalRigor.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

• Act as a key partner to Product Data Infrastructure Security and other cross-functionalleaders.
• Translate business objectives into platform capabilities and technical investments.
• Communicate platform vision tradeoffs progress and risks clearly to executivestakeholders.
• Align platform priorities with broader company strategy and product roadmaps.

OKRs Metrics & Data-Driven Leadership

• Define own and continuously evolve OKRs for the platform engineering organization.
• Establish and track meaningful KPIs across delivery reliability quality developerproductivity and operational health.
• Use data to drive decision-making prioritize investments and measure impact.
• Regularly review outcomes and adjust strategy based on insights and results.

AI-First Engineering Culture

• Champion an AI-first mindset across platform engineering.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools automation and intelligent workflows toimprove productivity and quality.
• Partner with teams to responsibly integrate AI into platform capabilities and internalengineering processes.
• Foster a culture of experimentation learning and innovation around AI in engineering.
• Act as a visible proponent and role model for AI usage within the engineeringorganization.

Required Qualifications

• 7 years of experience managing engineering teams including managers and seniortechnical leaders.
• 10 years of hands-on experience in software development.
• Proven experience leading large-scale distributed or global engineeringorganizations.
• Strong understanding of modern platform engineering concepts including developerplatforms shared services APIs and infrastructure abstractions.
• Demonstrated ability to balance technical depth with organizational leadership andbusiness impact.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have:

• Prior experience as a Platform Architect or Principal/Staff Engineer.
• Experience building or scaling internal developer platforms.
• Exposure to large-scale multi-tenant or high-availability systems.
• Experience driving AI adoption within engineering teams.

What Success Looks Like

• Platform teams consistently deliver reliable scalable and easy-to-use capabilities.
• Product teams move faster with fewer dependencies and less friction.
• Engineering decisions are data-driven and outcomes are measurable.
• AI is embedded naturally into engineering workflows and culture.
• Teams are engaged growing and aligned with company goals.

Whats Included:

• Feel great about your work as you join a leading mission-driven intelligent aerial imaging company - our goal is to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure and you personally will play a large part in making this happen!
• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• Your choice of multiple medical insurance plans including options with an HSA and 100% coverage of the premium for yourself and your dependents
• 100% paid dental and vision insurance
• Unlimited PTO: We mean it when we say we prioritize work-life balance and mental health
• Work-from-home environment: flexibility for employees should be the norm for companies
• Autonomy and upward mobility
• Diverse equitable and inclusive culture: a place where your voice matters

Zeitview is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Zeitview we believe in cultivating an environment where our team members can bring their authentic whole selves to work. Encouraging identity and belonging is one of the many aspects of our culture that makes us stronger as an organization and drives innovation. We are committed to building and delivering a diverse inclusive and equitable workforce that includes age color sex disability national origin race religion or veteran status that is representative of the world around us where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity - and to act swiftly if this value is ever threatened. We are constantly striving to be better and we continue to take strategic steps to advance representation.

We also provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and for seriously held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.