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Senior Director of Platform Engineering

United States of America · Job Posted January 26, 2026
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Lead the Future of Platform Engineering at Modus Create. As Senior Director of Platform Engineering, you’ll lead and grow our global platform engineering capability—supporting team development, setting the bar for technical excellence, and enabling business-critical outcomes across industries like healthcare, financial services, life sciences, and automotive. We’re looking for a strategic, collaborative and hands-on leader who blends technical depth with consultative finesse—someone who can guide clients through transformation, nurture high-performing, inclusive teams, and evolve how software is designed, delivered, and scaled.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead & Inspire Engineering Excellence
  • Build and scale a high-performing, distributed platform engineering team through strong mentorship and inclusive leadership
  • Define what great looks like—through reusable runbooks, technical standards, and nurturing a culture grounded in quality, belonging, and continuous learning
  • Deliver Business Outcomes, Not Just Code
  • Help clients modernize platforms, launch new infrastructure, and make better innovation investment decisions
  • Ensure every solution is aligned with client goals and drives measurable value, while remaining empathetic to real-world user needs and impact
  • Drive Technical Strategy & Practice Development
  • Own and evolve our delivery frameworks, platform engineering standards, and team operations
  • Champion cloud-native development, DevOps and SRE best practices, and scalable architecture, balancing technical vision with affinity with both the people building and the people using the product
  • Business Development & Sales Support
  • Partner with Sales, Partnerships, and Client Executives to shape and win new opportunities
  • Translate client needs into technical solutions, delivery plans, and estimates
  • Lead development of proposals, estimation, and pre-sales architecture discussions
  • Develop reusable solution assets, infrastructure templates and case studies for future engagements
  • Build trusted advisor relationships with key client stakeholders through authenticity, curiosity, and a shared commitment to outcomes
  • Operate Cross-Functionally
  • Collaborate with leaders in product, security, data, and AI to deliver integrated client solutions
  • Act as a connector between technical teams, sales teams, and client stakeholders, ensuring clarity, collaboration, and a shared sense of purpose
  • Build a Learning Culture
  • Create clear, equitable career paths and performance frameworks for Platform Engineering Directors and their teams
  • Foster a culture of feedback, curiosity, and growth, through psychologically safe and collaborative environment, where everyone feels their voice is heard, their development is supported, and continuous improvement is encouraged

Requirements

  • 15+ years in Platform Engineering/DevOps
  • 7+ years in senior engineering leadership—ideally in consulting or high-growth tech environments
  • A clear point of view on modern architecture, engineering best-practices, and agile delivery
  • Proven experience scaling distributed global teams and platform engineering operations
  • Strong pre-sales and delivery experience—able to shape winning proposals and roadmaps
  • A customer-first mindset and passion for solving complex problems with elegant, scalable solutions
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional and cross-cultural environments
  • A history of growing leaders and fostering high-trust, high-performance teams—while supporting a culture of empathy, accountability, and shared success

What we offer

  • Remote work with flexible working hours
  • Modus Global Office Programme: on-demand access to private offices, meeting rooms, coworking spaces and business lounges in locations in over 120 countries
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Client Referral Program
  • Travel according to client or team needs
  • The chance to work side-by-side with thought leaders in emerging tech
  • Access to more than 12,000 courses with a licensed Coursera account
  • Possibility to obtain paid certification/courses if they align with company goals and are relevant to the employee's role

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