DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, PLATFORM

FloQast
Full-time
San Jose, California / Los Angeles, California
$188,000 - $282,000
Posted on 5 months ago

Job Description

We are seeking a visionary and technically astute Director of Engineering to lead the evolution of FloQast’s platform. This leader will define and drive the technical strategy for a scalable, secure, and API-first architecture that empowers rapid product development, robust data management, and seamless integration across the ecosystem. You will build and lead a high-performing engineering organization and play a critical role in shaping the future of our platform in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own the architectural direction and technical roadmap of FloQast’s platform
  • Champion an API-first approach to accelerate product delivery
  • Recruit, mentor, and scale a world-class platform engineering team
  • Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and accountability
  • Drive adoption of modern engineering practices
  • Define enterprise-wide data models, canonical sources of truth, and governance frameworks
  • Ensure data integrity, accessibility, and compliance
  • Develop standardized patterns for inter-service communication
  • Promote consistency and efficiency in how systems interact
  • Establish platform-wide engineering standards, reference architectures, and design principles
  • Implement API governance models
  • Ensure platform architecture adheres to financial services-grade security, compliance, and regulatory standards
  • Design systems for high availability, performance, and scalability

Requirements

  • 15+ years of software engineering experience
  • 8+ years in platform engineering leadership roles
  • Proven experience managing high-performing engineering teams
  • Strong expertise in distributed systems, data infrastructure, modern data technologies
  • Strong expertise in cloud platforms
  • Strategic thinker who can translate business goals into scalable technical platforms
  • Inspirational leader with a track record of building high-performing teams

Benefits

  • No benefits