Director, Platform Engineering in United States (# 1867)

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Job Description

Our culture is characterized by collaboration, inclusivity, and a commitment to continuous learning, fostering an environment where diverse perspectives lead to groundbreaking solutions. Team members are empowered to share ideas and experiment across teams in all aspects of the business, fostering innovation and creativity. Leading edge technologies and inclusive practices drive both individual and collective growth as we modernize and grow our tech capabilities.

The Director of Platform Engineering will play a pivotal role in continuing to drive the organization’s industry leading engineering platform strategy and implementation. This senior leadership position is responsible for overseeing the continued design, implementation, and governance of our Kubernetes based engineering platform, working towards rapid adoption while tracking customer performance, ensuring they align with business objectives and drive innovation. Leverage your deep understanding of lean software development and developer experience to create a friction free environment to allow for continuous deployment of business value while creating a joyful creative engineering environment. 

The Director of Platform Engineering will partner heavily with the CTO, leadership in Engineering Enablement and Cloud Engineering to optimize investments based on qualitative data and input directly from internal customers. They will have an opportunity to work directly with industry luminaries in this space who have had an influence in the development of tooling in this space. 

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the company’s engineering platform strategy in alignment with business goals
• Establish a clear vision for how platform engineering will enable a friction free, positive developer experience, ensuring scalability and adaptability
• Partner with leaders in Engineering Enablement and SRE to enforce best practices for quality and value stream management within the platform 
• Partner with leaders across RB Global to uplift engineering teams into the platform environment
• Partner with Engineering Enablement and Developer Experience leaders to establish relationships with key cloud and software vendors, managing costs and generating the highest ROI possible on investments in tooling
• Lead initiatives to improve the delivery value stream across the organization
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of technical professionals
• Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the cloud and software engineering organizations
• Communicate platform strategy and architecture initiatives to executive leadership and stakeholders
• Present insights and recommendations to drive data-driven decision-making

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related field; 
• 8+ years of software development and 5+ years of management experience. 
• Strong knowledge of Kubernettes, cloud computing, platform engineering, lean software development
• Proven track record of driving data-driven business transformations and managing large-scale enterprise platform initiatives 
• Experience with managing workloads and data distributed across cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and on prem
• Established industry credentials, including publication, conference presentations, open source contributions will give you an edge
• Demonstrated to be a quick learner, energized by challenge, able to connect and communicate new technologies to lead large scale change efforts

EEOC

Ritchie Bros. is an equal opportunity employer and ensures nondiscrimination in all activities in accordance with all applicable laws. This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located. Candidate selection is made by Talent Acquisition. Only electronic applications can be accepted.