Technical Platform Director

pmtbox•Orem, UT

4h•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves owning the construction and maintenance of the core platform, managing a team of engineers, and ensuring platform development supports growth. It requires hands-on technical leadership, including designing, reviewing, and contributing to code, setting high engineering standards, and unblocking engineers. The director will lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of ownership and accountability. The position also involves close partnership with the CTO to prioritize customer impact over technical convenience. The engineering team operates with a TDD-first approach, CI/CD pipelines, strong architectural patterns, documentation, and AI-assisted development workflows, emphasizing autonomy and quick shipping within strong guardrails.

Requirements

Led engineers and stayed close enough to the work to contribute meaningfully
Built real systems, not just managed them
Think about customer problems first, not just code
Naturally connect engineering decisions to business outcomes
Are Framework-Agnostic and Think in Systems
Choose tools based on the problem and not preference or convenience
Understand data, workflows, APIs, and architecture
Improve product outcomes and not just code
Use AI as a Force Multiplier and Have High Ownership
Demonstrate how AI has meaningfully improved your development speed or approach
Demonstrate how you build systems around AI (not just prompts)
Demonstrate how you validate outputs and handle failure modes
Understand where AI works and where it breaks
Take responsibility for outcomes, not just your role
Don’t wait to be told what to do

Nice To Haves

Experience with Ruby / Rails is ideal

Responsibilities

Own the construction and maintenance of our core platform
Manage a team of engineers to ensure the delivery of solutions on ambitious timelines
Ensure platform development avoids dead ends that would hinder our growth
Stay close to the code: design, review, and contribute when needed
Set a high bar for engineering quality, speed, and pragmatism
Unblock engineers quickly and effectively
Lead, mentor, and develop a small, high-performing engineering team
Build a culture of ownership, accountability, and builders (not ticket-takers)
Partner closely with the CTO to prioritize what matters most
Think in terms of customer impact, not just technical convenience