Vice President, Platform Engineering

Udemy • San Francisco, CA

72d • $355,000 - $415,000

About The Position

As VP of Platform Engineering, you will lead our engineering organization through a period of technological evolution. You'll be responsible for driving technical strategy, modernizing systems, and ensuring our platform can support millions of learners worldwide. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of online education technology while building a world-class engineering culture that attracts and retains top talent.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience, including 5+ years in senior engineering management roles
• Proven track record of scaling engineering teams and organizations through periods of rapid growth
• Deep experience with modern software architecture patterns, cloud platforms, and distributed systems at scale
• Strong background in leading cross-functional initiatives and driving technical strategy in complex product environments
• Experience building and managing engineering teams of 50+ people across multiple disciplines and locations
• Demonstrated success in partnering with product and business leaders to deliver customer-focused technology solutions
• Track record of implementing engineering best practices, development processes, and quality standards
• Experience with education technology, e-learning platforms, or consumer-facing web applications is a plus

Nice To Haves

• A track record of getting your hands dirty in Kotlin/Java/JVM, Go, TypeScript
• Experience with GraphQL, gRPC, Kafka
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, AWS Cloud services and datastores, and Databricks

Responsibilities

• Define and execute comprehensive engineering strategy that aligns with company objectives and supports scalable growth
• Lead, mentor, and grow a diverse team of engineering managers and individual contributors across multiple disciplines
• Partner with product, design, and business leaders to deliver transformational learning solutions, while modernizing the systems and structure that support these solutions
• Drive adoption of best practices in software development, including code quality, testing, security, and performance optimization
• Oversee technology stack decisions and architectural evolution to ensure platform reliability and scalability
• Establish and monitor key engineering metrics, including delivery velocity, system reliability, and team health indicators
• Build and maintain strong relationships with executive leadership, providing regular updates on engineering progress and challenges
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture that promotes innovation, learning, and professional development

Benefits

• Full access to Udemy courses
• Monthly UDay to invest in yourself
• Budget to spend on personal improvement
• Equity and bonus eligibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees