Director, Platform Engineering
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Coppell, TX (Corporate)
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Part time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
- 12+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, platform engineering, ortechnology leadership.
- 5+ years of experience leading engineering organizations.
- Experience managing engineering managers and technical leads.
- Strong experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure.
- Strong background in software architecture and enterprise integrations.
- Experience implementing DevSecOps practices and CI/CD automation.
- Experience with reliability engineering, production operations, and observability platforms.
- Experience leading large technology modernization programs.
- Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive organizational change.
Nice to have
- Experience working in a distributed restaurant, retail, or entertainment environment.
- Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, or similar CI/CDplatforms.
- Experience with API management and integration platforms.
- Experience leading Platform Engineering organizations.
- Experience implementing SRE practices and reliability frameworks.
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale distributed applications.
- Experience leveraging AI and automation to improve engineering productivity.
- Experience in hospitality, entertainment, retail, or consumer-facing digital organizations.
- Previous experience leading cloud modernization initiatives.
Full description
Job Description:
The Director, Platform Engineering & Reliability isresponsible for leading the engineering, delivery, reliability,and quality functions that support Dave & Buster'senterprise technology platforms.
This role provides strategic and operational leadership forPlatform Engineering, Integration Engineering, DevSecOps,Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Quality Engineering.The Director will establish engineering standards, modernsoftware delivery practices, operational reliabilityframeworks, and platform modernization strategies thatimprove engineering velocity, system reliability, andbusiness agility.
The Director will serve as a key technology leader withinthe Enterprise Architecture, Platforms & Engineeringorganization and will partner closely with Architecture,Infrastructure Operations, Enterprise Applications, Security,and Business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, andresilient technology solutions.
Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership
- Lead enterprise software engineering teams responsible for backend platforms, integrations,APIs, and enterprise applications.
- Establish engineering strategy aligned with business and technology objectives.
- Develop engineering roadmaps that support platform modernization efforts.
- Drive adoption of modern engineering practices and cloud-native design patterns.
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Platform Engineering
- Establish scalable platform engineering capabilities supporting enterprise systems.
- Lead modernization of integration and backend technology platforms.
- Define standards for APIs, integration frameworks, microservices, and shared services.
- Promote reuse and platform-based delivery models.
DevSecOps & Delivery Excellence
- Drive enterprise CI/CD strategy and implementation.
- Establish Infrastructure as Code standards and automation practices.
- Integrate security controls into delivery pipelines.
- Improve deployment frequency, reliability, and developer productivity.
- Partner with Security and Architecture teams to ensure secure-by-design delivery practices.
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
- Establish reliability engineering practices across enterprise platforms.
- Define and manage service level objectives (SLOs) and service level indicators (SLIs).
- Lead observability, monitoring, and operational excellence programs.
- Improve incident response, recovery, and operational resiliency.
- Drive platform performance, scalability, and availability improvements.