[Hiring] Director of Platform Engineering @ServiceNow

Role Description

We are looking for a visionary and experienced Director of Platform Engineering to lead Veza's core platform organization - the foundation that powers everything Veza delivers. This role owns three of the most critical engineering domains in the company: the Access Graph, the integrations ecosystem, and the data pipeline infrastructure that connects them. Together these systems process billions of permissions across the world's most complex enterprise environments.

This is a senior leadership role at the intersection of scale, security, and AI-native architecture. You will set the technical vision and drive execution across multiple teams, partnering closely with Product, Security Engineering, SRE, and the ServiceNow platform organization as Veza evolves within one of enterprise software's most strategic acquisitions.

What you will do

• Define and drive the technical vision and strategy for Veza's platform organization.
• Own architecture decisions for distributed systems, high-performance graph services, and large-scale data platforms.
• Partner with Tech Leads and Principal Engineers on high-impact architectural decisions.
• Identify and champion emerging technologies and approaches - including AI/ML and graph-native capabilities.
• Establish and drive engineering excellence across the organization.
• Partner closely with Product, Security Engineering and GTM to translate business objectives and customer needs into platform capabilities.
• Drive execution across complex, multi-team roadmaps.
• Represent platform architecture in cross-organizational discussions with the ServiceNow platform teams.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineering managers, tech leads, and senior engineers.
• Own the full talent lifecycle across the platform organization.
• Create an environment where strong engineers thrive.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in backend or platform software engineering.
• 6+ years in senior engineering leadership roles spanning both startup and enterprise SaaS environments.
• Proven track record scaling enterprise SaaS data platforms and distributed systems.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture, cloud-native design patterns, and API design.
• Experience with graph technologies, large-scale relationship modeling, or graph database platforms.
• Strong experience with streaming and data pipeline technologies such as Kafka, Spark, or Flink.
• Understanding how identity and access relationships are structured across complex enterprise environments.
• Experience integrating AI/ML approaches into platform workflows, or leveraging AI for system intelligence at scale - strongly preferred.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to lead, scale, and develop multiple engineering teams and managers.
• Proven track record hiring, developing, and retaining engineering leaders.
• Strong organizational and program management skills.

Benefits

• Base pay of $221,200 - $387,100, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits.
• Health plans, including flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) Plan with company match.
• ESPP and matching donations.
• Flexible time away plan and family leave programs.