Senior Director of Platform Engineering

Senior Director of Platform Engineering at Ninja One

Join Ninja One as the Senior Director of Platform Engineering.

As the Senior Director of Platform Engineering, you’ll be instrumental in defining and managing the Ninja One platform. In this high‑impact leadership role, you'll shape the evolution of the Ninja One Platform—guiding how we build, scale, and deliver our products to customers around the world. We’re looking for a strategic, execution‑focused leader with deep experience delivering software at scale, a passion for exceptional customer experiences, and a strong track record of platform innovation.

Location:

We are flexible on remote working‑from‑home; you must be located in the USA and reside in one of the following states: CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, KS, MD, ME, MA, NJ, NC, NY, OR, TN, TX, VA, WA. We have physical offices in Austin, TX and Tampa, FL, if you prefer a hybrid option.

We hire the best software engineers; experience in Java, Kotlin, C++, Golang and Postgres will help. Knowledge of large‑scale datastore bottlenecks, asynchronous application design, and client‑server architecture will benefit you.

• Be the subject‑matter expert for all things cloud and platform at Ninja One.
• Collaborate with Development, Product Management, Sales, Marketing, IT, Compliance, and Security teams to manage, develop and grow the existing platform to deliver Ninja One products globally.
• Contribute to the strategy on market positioning, identify appropriate architectural concepts needed to expand globally and improve resiliency of the Ninja One product portfolio.
• Own product requirements to ensure features needed to scale Ninja One products globally are prioritized with Product Management.
• Ensure customer confidence in Ninja One by designing and building robust services to meet Ninja One Service Level Agreements.
• Manage and grow the platform team to support the needs of Ninja One’s products.
• Ensure governance and commitment to compliance frameworks such as ISO 270001, SOX, SOC‑2, NIST 800‑53 rev 5 and more.
• Identify bottlenecks and drive efficiency in our SDLC process.
• Help manage and mitigate runaway costs in our Cloud Infrastructure.
• Other duties as needed.

• 10+ years of experience as a Dev Ops, SRE, IT Systems Engineer within a product organization.
• Extensive knowledge of CI/CD concepts, Cloud IaaS, Development frameworks, and integrating off‑the‑shelf tools to enable scale of SaaS products.
• 3+ years’ experience working in Federal or Gov Cloud environments.
• Demonstrated success working cross‑functionally in fast‑paced product organizations with a development‑first mindset.
• Hands‑on experience leading, growing, and managing Dev Ops/SRE/IT Systems Engineering teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with cross‑functional teams.
• Innovative and creative, comfortable with ambiguity and charting new territories and tackling new initiatives.
• Strong technical knowledge, and a knack for solving complex problems with simple solutions.
• You align with our core values of Curiosity, Integrity, Kindness, Humility, Builders and are committed to creating an environment where these values flourish in our teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field preferred.

Ninja One automates the hardest parts of IT to deliver visibility, security, and control over all endpoints for more than 30,000 customers. The Ninja One automated endpoint management platform is proven to increase productivity, reduce security risk, and lower costs for IT teams and managed service providers. Ninja One is obsessed with customer success and provides free and unlimited onboarding, training, and support.

Ninja One is #1 on G2 in endpoint management, patch management, remote monitoring and management, and mobile device management.

• We are a collaborative, kind, and curious community.
• We honor your flexibility needs with full‑time work that is hybrid remote.
• We have you covered with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• We help you prepare for your financial future with our 401(k) plan.
• We prioritize your work‑life balance with our unlimited…