Director, AI Platform Engineering

• Define and execute the technical roadmap for the AI agent platform (multi-agent orchestration, LLM routing, tool integration, observability)
• Architect for enterprise-grade multi-tenancy, security, and scalability
• Drive platform standardization across agent frameworks (LangGraph, MCP protocol, AG-UI protocol)
• Evaluate and integrate emerging AI technologies (new LLM providers, inference optimization, agentic frameworks)

Team Leadership

• Build, lead, and mentor a team of 8-15 platform engineers (backend, infrastructure, AI/ML)
• Establish engineering best practices: code review, testing, CI/CD, documentation
• Create a culture of technical excellence, ownership, continuous learning, prototyping and delivering
• Foster cross-functional collaboration with product, data science, and business stakeholders

Delivery & Operations

• Own platform reliability, availability, and performance SLAs
• Drive production readiness: observability, alerting, incident response, capacity planning
• Deliver iterative platform capabilities through discovery-driven development processes
• Manage dependencies across multiple consuming teams and agent developers

Technical Decision Making

• Lead architectural decisions using structured frameworks (DACI, ADR etc)
• Evaluate build vs. buy vs. integrate trade-offs for platform components
• Champion developer experience: APIs, SDKs, documentation, self-service tooling
• Ensure AI agent platform security, compliance, and audit requirements

• 10+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years in engineering leadership and management roles (managing managers or large teams)
• Deep experience building and operating production platforms (API platforms, data platforms, or ML platforms)
• Experience with multi-agent orchestration frameworks (LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen)
• Strong knowledge with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar tool-integration standards
• Hands-on expertise with modern AI/ML ecosystem: LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock), agent frameworks, prompt engineering
• Strong systems design: distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architecture
• Production cloud native infrastructure at scale (Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform)
• Python as primary backend language (FastAPI, async patterns)
• Proven track record of shipping platform products used by multiple internal or external teams
• Experience leading technical strategy at the organizational level (not just team-level), * Background in financial services or regulated industries (compliance, audit trails, data governance)
• Experience with real-time streaming protocols (SSE, WebSocket, AG-UI)
• Knowledge of data mesh / data platform architectures (GraphQL, dbt, data catalogs)
• Exposure to Module Federation / micro-frontend architectures
• Open source contributions or community leadership in AI/ML space
• Experience scaling from 01 platform through growth stages

parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, sick time, 401(k), * Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model and Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans

• Your Future: 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Wide Ranging Perspectives: Committed to Celebrating the Variety of Backgrounds, Talents and Experiences of Our Employees
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

SS&C is a leading provider of mission-critical, AI-powered technology and services empowering financial services and healthcare organizations to work smarter, faster, and securely. Founded in 1986, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has offices worldwide. More than 23,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world’s largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology., SS&C Advent’s financial solutions are going Agentic! And we’re growing the team to get us there. Our best-of-breed products that span the investment firm’s front-to-back office will be part of the journey to digital transformation, which started with our cloud-native, award-winning Genesis Platform used by clients around the globe.

We are building a next-generation Agentic AI Framework that integrates Model Context Protocol (MCP), Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication, Machine Learning, and advanced orchestration on top of our enterprise big data platform.

We are seeking a Director of AI Platform Engineering to lead the design, development, and scaling of our enterprise AI agent platform. This role owns the technical vision and execution for a production-grade, multi-tenant platform that enables the organization to build, deploy, and operate AI agent workflows at scale - across investment management, data analytics, and operational domains.

You will lead a team of platform engineers, architect critical infrastructure, and drive the strategy for multi-agent orchestration, LLM integration, observability, and developer experience., Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. SS&C Technologies offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) plan with company match; paid time off, holidays, and parental leave; and professional development reimbursement opportunity.