Director of Platform Engineering Job New York New York USA,IT/Tech

Location: New York

Doma is looking for a hands-on Director of Platform Engineering to own the infrastructure and Dev Ops foundation our product, software, and data teams build on
At Doma, we build differently. The platform supporting our environment was designed and stood up through human-directed AI
This role owns and extends that estate, so fluency in directing AI tools to produce production-grade, secure infrastructure is essential
You will report to our VP Engineering and will be expected to both set direction and stay close enough to the systems yourself to review architecture, work through incidents, and do part of the build alongside your team. This is a backfill at the Director level, with a scope intentionally focused on infrastructure and Dev Ops
Own our cloud infrastructure (Azure) and Kubernetes environment, keeping it reliable, secure, and cost efficient
Lead the team in using AI-assisted engineering to design, build, and operate platform infrastructure — setting the standards, guardrails, and review practices that make AI-generated code and infrastructure reliable, secure, and maintainable at scale
Drive infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and Git Ops practices that let engineering teams ship safely and quickly
Own secrets management and the Dev Ops tooling that underpins our deployment pipeline
Maintain and evolve our database and data warehouse infrastructure
Build observability and reliability practices, and improve developer experience across engineering
Manage and mentor a team of engineers and engineering managers, while staying hands-on enough to contribute directly to the work
Partner with Security and Corporate IT on any handoffs between platform and security

Benefits

We fully support the career development of our team and provide access to development opportunities at all levels
We offer multiple coverage options so you can find the right fit for your health care, vision, dental, 401K, life insurance, and AD&D plans
We offer generous paid time off and family leave, as well as flexible working options for many roles

Comfort operating databases and data warehouse infrastructure at scale7+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or Dev Ops engineering, including hands-on experience on Azure, Kubernetes, Postgres and data warehousing

Experience owning secrets management and related tooling

Deep experience with CI/CD, Git Ops, and infrastructure as code3+ years managing engineers or engineering managers

Strong communication skills, comfortable explaining technical tradeoffs and risk to non-technical stakeholders

Demonstrated proficiency directing AI coding and infrastructure tools to deliver production systems. You can architect the outcome, prompt and steer the AI effectively, and critically review what it produces — you treat AI as a force multiplier while remaining fully accountable for the quality, security, and correctness of the resultA track record of staying hands-on: writing code, reviewing architecture, and working incidents alongside your team, not just directing from above

Experience standing up or scaling a platform engineering function inside a lean, growing company

Experience with observability tooling such as Datadog or Grafana Familiarity with Snowflake or other modern data warehouse platforms

Background in a regulated or compliance-heavy industry, with SOC 2 exposure

Experience partnering with a separate Security or IT function rather than owning it directly