Platform Director
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Job description
- The Mission : We are the first to bridge traditional API Management with the new frontier of AI Agent Security
- The Momentum : A high-growth Leader - combining market credibility with startup speed
- The DNA : We hire people who Hold Nothing Back - passionate builders who want to redefine digital infrastructure
The Role:
AI is reshaping how organisations build, ship, and scale digital products and APIs are the connective tissue that makes it possible.
As a Platform Director , you are the strategic bridge between Gravitee's business goals and our technical execution. You will oversee multiple engineering teams, driving the delivery of innovative, high-quality platform solutions at scale.
Your mission is to build, mentor, and empower the high-performing teams that will define the future of our product and our industry. What You'll Be Doing
At Gravitee, impact isn't abstract, it's visible. In this role, you will:
- Cultivate Excellence : Lead, mentor, and scale engineering teams while championing a culture of innovation, radical accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Proactively identify skill gaps and engineer growth trajectories for team members through targeted coaching and professional development.
- Organisational Alignment : Ensure team objectives are seamlessly integrated with broader product and enterprise-level strategic goals.
- Mission Execution : Own the full lifecycle of engineering projects, ensuring high-velocity delivery without compromising on elite quality standards.
- Drive the architectural direction for scalable, maintainable software solutions that future-proof Gravitee's platform.
- Process Optimisation: Oversee the evolution of Agile/Scrum practices to maximise team velocity, predictability, and cross-functional synergy.
- Establish and enforce world-class engineering practices, including robust code reviews, security protocols, and compliance-first development.
- Risk & Resource Management : Proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks, technical debt, and resource constraints before they impact delivery.
- Monitor emerging technologies and industry trends to integrate cutting-edge capabilities into the Gravitee ecosystem.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading and managing Platform/Infrastructure teams (10+ years in management roles)
- 3+ years overseeing and managing a Platform/Infrastructure team of at least 8 people
- Strong background in networking, automation, IaaC, containerisation, orchestration, databases (Terraform, OpenTofu, Argo, Kubernetes, Cloudflare, Mongo, Elastic, etc.)
- Experience and understanding of architecture principles across infrastructure platforms, API, security, data, integration, and application layers
- Experience with Agile methodologies and tools like Jira or equivalent
- Demonstrated ability to handle ambiguity, prioritise work, and resolve complex technical and organisational challenges
- Highly motivated team player with excellent social, coordination and communication skills
- Ability to work in an international multicultural setting
Who Thrives at Gravitee
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- Published: 18 hours ago
- Competitive
Gravitee is a 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader , on a mission to govern the world's intelligence .
We deliver the industry's most advanced platform for Any API, Any Event, and Any AI Agent , trusted by global leaders like Michelin, Roche, and Blue Yonder.