Director of Platform Engineering

We are a fast-growing Series A startup building cutting‑edge technology to revolutionize cloud development processes and support highly efficient dev & test feedback loops.

We have closed our last $25 million round in Q4 2024, led by Notable Capital, CRV and Heavybit.

At its core, Local Stack provides a high‑fidelity emulator and local cloud development platform.

Imagine developing cloud applications and data pipelines entirely on your local machine within a lightweight cloud sandbox, running in Docker.

Our mission is to empower developers to rapidly build and test their cloud applications, allowing for a more enjoyable dev experience, and saving valuable time and resources.

Local Stack has a large and active open‑source community with over 100 k active users worldwide and 290 M+ downloads to date.

Our customer base ranges from SMBs to Global Fortune 500 companies.

We are sustainably growing our globally distributed team across sectors.

Local Stack is headquartered in Zurich/Switzerland, with a main engineering office in Vienna/Austria and remote team members from the US, France, the UK, Canada, Spain and many more countries.

Requirements

• What you will be working on / responsible for
• Define and execute the strategic roadmap for Local Stack's Saa S platform engineering function, ensuring our infrastructure is future‑ready.
• Partner closely with the CTO, Director of Core Engineering, and Product & Software Engineering leaders to align platform initiatives with Local Stack's wider technical vision.
• Lead the architecture, development, and scalability of our core platform services.
• Help integrate data concerns into platform and product decisions, while empowering the Head of Data to define the data strategy and architecture.

Experience we expect you to bring to the role

• Strong technical background in distributed systems, microservices architecture, event‑based systems, and scalable platform design.
• Proven track record leading software platform teams, building cloud Saa S platforms, and implementing operational best practices.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, CDK, etc.), and modern Dev Ops practices.
• Demonstrated success managing teams across multiple complex projects and initiatives.
• (Preferred) Experience building Saa S platforms, ideally in the developer productivity space (e. g., CI/CD, analytics, observability, etc.).
• (Preferred) Experience working in a high‑velocity startup/scale‑up environment.
• Experience in leading a strong Saa S team and (preferred) Data team (at minimum strong understanding of product telemetry and analytics data), as well as the intersection of both areas (e. g., Data as a product feature, integration of transactional with analytical data).
• Values we hold at Local Stack
• Care: we create with compassion. We prioritize empathy and understanding in every interaction.
• Ownership: we own the outcome. We take responsibility for our work and are passionate about its impact.
• Openness: we build trust together through open communication and honest feedback.
• Courage: we dare to innovate. We embrace bold challenges and take calculated risks to move the needle.
• Excellence: we chase the extraordinary, raising the bar and striving for greatness in everything we do.

Benefits

• Fully remote.
• Competitive salary.
• Annual company retreat.
• Two extra company‑wide holidays.
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture (community guilds and online company events).

Sounds like a good match? We’d love to hear from you! Join us in shaping the future of cloud development at Local Stack.

To apply, follow the Linked In application process or apply on our career page. Make sure to include a short motivation outlining why you are the perfect candidate for this role.

If your profile looks like a good match, Alex Paiser will be in touch to organize further steps within two weeks.

Please note that due to a high volume of candidates, we cannot offer personalized feedback to each candidate.

• Seniority level
• Director
• Employment type
• Full‑time
• Job function
• Other
• Industries
• IT Services and IT Consulting
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