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Engineering LeadershipSan Antonio, TXFull-Time

Director of Engineering — Platform

Lead the Platform Engineering team — internal infrastructure, developer tooling, and shared services that power every TAL Corp product.

About This Role

Great platform engineering is the force multiplier behind every product team. The Director of Platform Engineering owns the internal developer experience.

Responsibilities
  • Own the platform engineering roadmap — shared services, internal APIs, and developer tooling
  • Lead and grow a team of 8–15 platform engineers
  • Define the internal developer platform strategy and build towards a self-serve engineering culture
  • Drive adoption of platform services across all product teams
  • Partner with DevOps and Security on infrastructure reliability and compliance
  • Set technical standards for service design, API contracts, and observability
Requirements
  • BS/MS in Computer Science
  • 10+ years engineering with 4+ years in engineering management
  • Deep expertise in platform or infrastructure engineering
  • Experience building internal developer platforms or PaaS products
  • Strong technical communication and ability to build internal stakeholder buy-in
Nice to Have
  • Experience with Backstage, Port, or similar IDP tooling
  • Background in API gateway design and service mesh architectures
  • Prior platform engineering leadership at a scaled tech company

TAL Corp is an equal opportunity employer. We believe the best team reflects the full diversity of humanity — because we are building for all of it.

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