Ledger is seeking an experienced Platform Engineering Director to manage and lead its Platform Engineering team within the Infrastructure & Operations department. Reporting to the VP Infrastructure & Operations, this role is critical to building and maintaining cloud infrastructure as well as developer platforms and tooling. The ideal candidate combines a strong technical background, exceptional leadership skills, and a passion for building robust, scalable platform services while ensuring production infrastructure reliability.
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Responsibilities
- ▹Define and execute the platform engineering strategy aligned with business objectives and Infrastructure & Operations goals
- ▹Lead and manage the Platform Engineering team to high performance, and act as the final escalation point for complex issues beyond Level 2 operations
- ▹Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of developer platforms enabling application delivery, CI/CD, and deployment automation
- ▹Design and operate scalable, highly available, and reliable production systems, and lead initiatives for infrastructure as code, observability, and monitoring
- ▹Recruit, mentor, and develop platform engineers, manage performance and career development, and build strong cross-functional relationships
- ▹Drive adoption of modern platform engineering practices (GitOps, service mesh, API gateways) and ensure security, compliance, and cost optimisation
- ▹Lead post-mortems and root cause analysis, and own disaster recovery, backup, and high-availability strategies for cloud infrastructure
Requirements
- ▹10+ years of experience in software and platform/infrastructure engineering, including senior technical leadership
- ▹Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- ▹Proven experience leading platform or infrastructure engineering teams, including managers and senior ICs, in distributed and matrixed environments
- ▹Deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, containerisation, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD/deployment automation
- ▹Experience designing, building, and operating developer platforms or internal PaaS
- ▹Knowledge of platform engineering patterns (golden paths, paved roads), service mesh, and API management
- ▹Strong background in production system architecture, capacity planning, performance optimisation, and incident leadership
- ▹Excellent communication skills with senior and executive stakeholders
Soft skills
What we offer
- ▹Hybrid policy allowing employees to work from home up to 3 times per week
- ▹Health and Life Insurance
- ▹Opportunity to become a shareholder in Ledger, plus further financial benefits depending on your country of work
- ▹Commuter allowance towards your preferred means of transportation
- ▹A comprehensive suite of training solutions providing a personalised learning experience
About the company
Ledger is a global platform for digital assets and Web3, securing over 20% of the world's crypto assets. Headquartered in Paris with offices worldwide, its roughly 600 professionals build products and services - including the Ledger hardware wallet line, with more than 7.5 million units sold in 200 countries - that let individuals and companies securely buy, store, swap, grow, and manage crypto assets.