Director, Engineering Operations

Felix Technologies•San Francisco, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a visionary, data-driven Director of Engineering Operations to lead, scale, and elevate our foundational technology domains. In this executive leadership role, you will own the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of our Security, DevOps, QA, Infrastructure, CI/CD, and Observability functions. You will act as the bridge between core software development and operational reliability, ensuring our engineering teams can ship high-quality, secure code quickly and safely. The ideal candidate is a strategic leader who balances high-level architecture and organizational design with deep technical empathy for developers.

Requirements

12+ years in software engineering, infrastructure, or platform operations, with at least 5+ years in senior engineering management (Director level or above).
Deep hands-on background in Cloud Architecture (AWS/GCP), Container Orchestration (Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
Experience overseeing enterprise tooling for: CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD Observability: Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic, OpenTelemetry Security: Snyk, SonarQube, Wiz, Palo Alto Networks, HashiCorp Vault Developer Portal: Port.io
Proven track record using DORA metrics and operational data to improve deployment velocity and system stability.
Strong familiarity with zero-trust network architectures, IAM, and compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO 27001, PCI).
Exceptional cross-functional leadership and clear executive communication style.
Equivalent competencies in any of the above will also be considered.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading platform engineering transitions or enterprise-scale cloud migrations.
Active involvement in the open-source community or CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) landscape.
Background managing globally distributed, remote-first engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Build, mentor, and scale multi-disciplinary engineering teams across DevOps, Platform Engineering, Quality Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security Operations.
Manage cloud infrastructure costs (FinOps), tooling licenses, vendor relationships, and team budgets to maximize ROI and efficiency.
Foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, zero-trust security, and high accountability.
Drive the evolution of our developer platform, establishing standard patterns and self-service tools that reduce friction for application developers.
Architect and optimize robust, automated CI/CD pipelines to achieve frictionless, highly reliable, and continuous deployments.
Oversee scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud architecture (GCP required, AWS) using Infrastructure-as-Code.
Embed security practices directly into the development lifecycle, including automated vulnerability scanning, container security, and code analysis.
Partner with Legal and Compliance teams to maintain compliance standards (e.g., SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI).
Co-lead incident preparedness, red team/blue team exercises, and response protocols for security vulnerabilities.
Oversee end-to-end observability frameworks (logging, tracing, metrics) to ensure complete system visibility and proactive issue resolution.
Define and maintain Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and Error Budgets across all platform services.
Drive robust incident management, post-mortem processes, and continuous system hardening to minimize MTTR (Mean Time to Repair).
Modernize QA practices by driving an automation-first testing strategy (unit, integration, end-to-end, performance, and load testing).
Ensure reliable, scalable, and production-like test and staging environments.
Track and optimize core performance metrics, including DORA metrics (Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, Change Failure Rate, MTTR) and SPACE framework indicators.
Identify bottlenecks in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and relentlessly optimize developer workflows.