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  • Own the multi-year technical strategy and architectural direction for the Platform across six architectural layers, including Modeling, Orchestration, and AI.
  • Lead delivery of the Platform's most impactful projects as a hands-on technical leader, focusing on customer experience and developer ergonomics.
  • Partner with senior EPD leadership to connect platform investments to business outcomes and coach engineers toward greater strategic impact.

Platform Engineering Distributed Systems Architecture Technical Leadership Communication

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Global 16w maternity 16w paternity

  • Defines and owns the multi-year technical vision for Docker's foundational platform, encompassing accounts, billing, data, enterprise governance, and infrastructure.
  • Drives cross-company technical programs and architectural decisions that directly enable revenue generation and business model evolution.
  • Serves as the definitive technical authority on platform architecture, mentoring senior engineers and influencing strategy at the executive level.

Docker provides developer tooling including Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, and Docker Scout, trusted by over 20 million monthly users and powering over 20 billion container image pulls. The company is a globally distributed, remote-first team focused on building the tools that define how software gets built and delivered.

$175,000–$222,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Define and own enterprise platform architecture strategy, establishing technical vision for systems and services.
  • Champion AI-first design philosophy, ensuring AI capabilities are first-class architectural concerns.
  • Govern back-end and API architecture standards, including service decomposition and microservices patterns.

Origami Risk delivers single-platform SaaS solutions for risk, insurance, compliance, and safety management. Founded by industry veterans, the company is committed to client success and diversity.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Define architecture and technical direction for core product capabilities spanning clients, distributed services, data platforms, and shared infrastructure.
  • Establish engineering standards and reusable architectural patterns for scalable, maintainable, and resilient product systems across Product Engineering.
  • Drive long-term technical strategy across critical product areas, balancing delivery needs with scalability, operational excellence, and platform sustainability.

1Password builds the foundation for a safe, productive digital future by securing employee productivity through identity and access management. As a leader in cybersecurity with over 180,000 business customers and a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100, the company fosters a collaborative, human-centric culture focused on excellence and innovation.

Global

  • Design and implement platform architecture decisions for AI CX tools.
  • Serve as the organization's problem solver, shipping code to unblock squads across the engineering org.
  • Train up engineers and set patterns through reference implementations, raising the team's overall level.

TTEC Digital is an innovation group inside TTEC (NASDAQ: TTEC), building the next generation of AI CX tools. They operate with a startup mentality backed by the scale and enterprise client base of a company obsessed with customer experience since 1982.

$151,535–$189,418/yr
United States Unlimited PTO 12w maternity 12w paternity

  • Lead platform engineering and technical strategy across diverse clients
  • Drive architecture, scalability, and AI integration in production systems
  • Mentor teams and influence client CTOs and executive decisions

8th Light is a technology solutions consultancy that partners with organizations from startups to large enterprises to build durable software. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Chicago, it fosters a culture of continuous education, mentorship, and collaborative honesty.

$180,000–$235,000/yr
US

  • Design and drive the architectural vision for the AI Intelligence Platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
  • Own complex initiatives end-to-end, from architecture through development, deployment, and iteration.
  • Build the foundation that unifies data and turns it into personalized insights to protect customers and their families.

Aura is on a mission to create a safer internet, offering a suite of intelligent digital safety products. Their team of over 400 people worldwide is guided by a leadership team experienced in growing startups into multi-billion dollar organizations.

Poland

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 8-10 strong systems and backend engineers.
  • Own the vision and roadmap for the platform layer of the Bidding Platform.
  • Deliver self-service platforms with clear usage contracts for vertical teams.

RTB House is a next-generation performance demand-side platform that uses proprietary Deep Learning AI algorithms to help brands grow. Founded in 2012, it operates in 90+ markets and is private-by-design, embracing first-party advertising and innovation.

$240,000–$280,000/yr
Americas

  • Own Platform's company-level objectives and the engineering plan that delivers them, translating company priorities into a platform roadmap.
  • Coach engineering managers to a higher bar with clear feedback, growth plans, and direct support.
  • Drive technical excellence across infrastructure, data, developer experience, and AI tooling.

ClassDojo builds a communication network that connects teachers, children, and families, used in the vast majority of U.S. schools and reaching tens of millions globally. They are a small, high-talent-density team with experience from leading technology companies, valuing ownership, speed, and thoughtful decision-making.

$180,000–$210,000/yr
US

  • Provide technical leadership across the platform, driving architectural excellence and influencing technical direction.
  • Design scalable, maintainable solutions while contributing hands-on to full-stack software development.
  • Mentor and coach senior engineers, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and operational best practices.

UJET leads the way in AI-powered contact center innovation, delivering a future-proof, cloud platform that redefines the customer experience with cutting-edge AI, true multimodality, and a mobile-first approach. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, UJET fosters a collaborative, inclusive team culture valuing big ideas and creative solutions.

US

  • Design and build core database platform features enabling high performance, scalability, and AI readiness.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver cloud-native solutions from edge to cloud.
  • Drive system architecture decisions and mentor engineers to uphold best practices in distributed systems.

Couchbase provides an AI-ready operational data platform that powers mission-critical workloads for Fortune 100 companies. With over 30% of the Fortune 100 as customers, Couchbase fosters an inclusive culture and has been recognized as a Best Place to Work in the Bay Area and UK.

US

  • Lead technical architecture and engineering standards across customer-facing and operational systems.
  • Champion AI-assisted development, establishing best practices for LLMs in coding, testing, and workflows.
  • Mentor engineers and drive engineering excellence through code quality, CI/CD, and operational reliability.

Koala Health aims to make managing your pet’s health simple and delightful, offering a pharmacy service for medications and supplements delivered in pre-sorted pouches. The company fosters a remote-first culture built on flexibility and trust, with a supportive, close-knit team that celebrates wins and learns fast.

Global 16w maternity 16w paternity

  • Define technical solutions for new AI security products and shape architecture.
  • Mentor team members and serve as technical point of contact.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Security to deliver high-impact features.

Docker provides developer tools for building, sharing, and running applications, trusted by over 20 million monthly users and powering over 20 billion container image pulls. We are a globally distributed, remote-first team with a culture of freedom, flexibility, and ownership.

EMEA

  • Act as a technical advisor to help customers establish a technical foundation and design solutions on the ServiceNow Platform.
  • Work with executives and development teams to translate business goals into technical outcomes and roadmaps.
  • Ensure technical governance, instance health, and alignment with leading practices while supporting sales efforts.

ServiceNow provides an intelligent cloud-based platform that connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations. It serves over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500, with a culture of innovation and AI-enhanced technology.

Global

  • Own the end-to-end technical vision for the Integration team, from concept to long-term evolution.
  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate ambiguous product goals into concrete technical strategy and execution plans.
  • Contribute production code, setting the standard for design quality, code quality, and operational rigor.

Horizon3.ai is a fast-growing remote cybersecurity company that builds the NodeZero autonomous pentesting platform. The team consists of former special operations and startup engineers who foster a culture of respect, collaboration, ownership, and results.

Global

  • Own outcomes for Git & Gitaly Operations, Nonlinear Productivity, and Platform Staff.
  • Set the technical bar across all three functions by reviewing distributed systems designs and crisis management plans.
  • Build operating rhythm and metrics to ensure predictable outcomes without relying on one-person heroics.

GitLab is a DevSecOps platform that enables organizations to improve developer productivity and security. With over 50 million users and trust from the Fortune 100, it has a high-performance culture driven by values.

Global

  • Define and execute a multi-year technology roadmap to modernize legacy systems while maintaining product stability.
  • Lead, manage, and develop the engineering team, fostering a culture of excellence, psychological safety, and continuous improvement.
  • Partner with business leadership to align engineering priorities with competitive strategy and ensure reliable delivery.

M3 is the global leader in digital solutions in healthcare, providing services such as market research, medical education, and clinical development. With over 1 billion dollars in annual revenue and continuous growth, M3 fosters a culture of innovation and mission-driven work to improve longevity and reduce medical costs.

$221,200–$387,100/yr
North America

  • Architect and build AI-native products for enterprise service operations.
  • Lead technical direction and design scalable distributed systems.
  • Mentor engineers and drive engineering excellence across teams.

ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention, helping 85% of the Fortune 500 work smarter, faster, and better. The company fosters an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together.

India

  • Own your team's delivery, health, and growth, including planning, execution, and shipping across teams.
  • Hire, grow, and retain engineers through 1:1s, performance management, and career development.
  • Set and raise engineering standards, processes, and ways of working, providing technical direction without micromanaging.

Turing is a research accelerator for frontier AI labs, partnering with global enterprises to deploy advanced AI systems. Recognized by Forbes and Fast Company, its leadership includes technologists from top tech firms.

Romania

  • Lead the end-to-end engineering strategy, architecture, delivery, and quality of a multi-deployment email security platform.
  • Drive an AI-first software development lifecycle by integrating AI-assisted workflows into specification, coding, testing, code review, and deployment.
  • Build, mentor, and lead high-performing distributed engineering teams while fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

The company develops secure software products for enterprise and critical infrastructure customers. It is a global technology organization with a remote-friendly, collaborative culture.

Global

  • Define product strategy and drive end-to-end delivery for client-facing reporting and analytics.
  • Lead a cross-functional domain pod to build robust, headless capabilities on the Agentic Integration Platform.
  • Champion a 'You Build It, You Run It' culture to ensure bank-grade reliability and data accuracy.

Yuno is an AI-native operating system of global commerce, powering financial infrastructure for enterprise merchants, banks, and wallets. It is a growing company with a culture of ownership and high autonomy.