Director of Platform Engineering
Virtual Vocations Inc, New York, NY, United States
A company is looking for a Director of Platform & Performance Engineering.
Key Responsibilities
Own and drive the performance, scalability, and reliability roadmap for the backend platform Establish practical performance engineering practices and eliminate performance bottlenecks Recruit and develop a high-performing engineering team focused on backend platform excellence
Required Qualifications
12+ years of backend engineering experience, including senior technical leadership roles Deep hands-on expertise with Java (JEE, Spring, or comparable enterprise frameworks) Strong proficiency in Python for tooling, automation, or services development Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and scalable SaaS architectures Experience designing and implementing load tests
Own and drive the performance, scalability, and reliability roadmap for the backend platform Establish practical performance engineering practices and eliminate performance bottlenecks Recruit and develop a high-performing engineering team focused on backend platform excellence
Required Qualifications
12+ years of backend engineering experience, including senior technical leadership roles Deep hands-on expertise with Java (JEE, Spring, or comparable enterprise frameworks) Strong proficiency in Python for tooling, automation, or services development Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and scalable SaaS architectures Experience designing and implementing load tests