Director of Engineering, Product Platforms

Aerospike is the real-time database for mission-critical use cases and workloads, including machine learning, generative, and agentic AI. Aerospike powers millions of transactions per second with millisecond latency, at a fraction of the total cost of ownership compared to other databases.

Global leaders, including Adobe, Airtel, Barclays, Criteo, DBS Bank, Experian, Grab, HDFC Bank, PayPal, Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Trade Desk, and Wayfair, rely on Aerospike for customer 360, fraud detection, real-time bidding, profile stores, recommendation engines, and other use cases.

At Aerospike, we dream big and deliver even bigger. Our mission is to unleash the power of the world’s real-time data with a database built for infinite scale, speed, and sustainability .

To foster strong team alignment and productivity, Bay Area–based team members are expected to work from the office 2–3 times per week—typically Tuesday through Thursday.

If you're ready to shape the future of data, join us.

As the Director of Engineering over our Product Platforms, you will lead high-caliber teams of engineers to build and scale a robust, cloud-native platform that serves as the foundation for the next generation of data-driven innovation from Aerospike. This is a unique opportunity to shape the technical roadmap of a portfolio of platforms and services that bring Aerospike products to life in the cloud, while fostering a culture of engineering excellence and operational rigor. We are looking for a transformative leader who thrives at the intersection of complex distributed systems and strategic product delivery. Join us to redefine what’s possible in the world of high-performance data and leave a lasting legacy on the backbone of the modern digital economy.

Responsibilities

• Lead leaders, guide multiple platform teams through the development of Aerospike Cloud into a product platform for all Aerospike products
• Build platforms that empower other product engineering teams to own their cloud products, from control and data planes, billing, licensing, telemetry, and UIs
• Communicate regularly with stakeholders, product managers, product engineering leaders, SREs teams, and other developers regarding progress on a long-term technology roadmap
• Convert business requirements into actionable engineering plans and work items
• Steward the quality and reliability of both your teams’ services and other teams’ services running on the platform
• Attract, develop and retain top-tier engineering talent into Aerospike and create avenues for them to succeed through technology, mentorship, and processes
• Provide technical leadership on company-wide initiatives
• Participate in an on-call process as a manager escalation to provide guidance and correct decision-making during incident response

Required skills and qualifications

• 7+ years