Forge Global

Director of Platform & Reliability Engineering

New York, New York, United States · Director

Sponsorship not specified$235k-$245kDetected 48 days ago

Distributed SystemsCloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringIncident ResponseStakeholder ManagementRecruitingLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned technical and people leader who can operate strategically while remaining close enough to architecture, delivery, and operations to guide strong technical decision-making.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop the Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering teams, including organizational design, hiring, coaching, and performance management.
Drive improvements in availability, performance, scalability, security, and operational maturity across production systems.
Partner with product and software engineering leaders to create paved-road solutions that improve delivery speed, reliability, and developer experience.
Lead cloud capacity, cost, and architecture planning to ensure infrastructure investments align with business priorities and engineering demand.
Collaborate with security, compliance, and risk partners to ensure platform and infrastructure practices meet the needs of a regulated business.
This leader will be responsible for building and scaling the capabilities, teams, and operating model needed to deliver resilient infrastructure and strong internal engineering platforms across Forge.
Forge's differentiated global marketplace addresses rising demand among individual and institutional investors for exposure to private company stocks and is building a growing network effect.

Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience, including significant time leading infrastructure, platform, cloud, or reliability-focused teams.
Deep experience with cloud infrastructure, infrastructure as code, observability, incident response, and modern platform engineering practices.
Experience defining engineering strategy, driving cross-functional alignment, and translating business priorities into platform and infrastructure roadmaps.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical leaders.
5+ years of people leadership experience, including leading managers and building high-performing engineering organizations.
Strong technical judgment in distributed systems, production operations, service reliability, and scalable engineering architecture.

Nice to have

Experience in FinTech, financial services, or another regulated industry.
Experience leading organizations through cloud modernization, platform standardization, or large-scale reliability transformations.
Strong familiarity with Kubernetes, container platforms, CI/CD systems, and infrastructure automation tooling.
Experience at growth-stage companies where balancing scale, speed, and reliability is essential.
Physical requirements: operate a computer for 8 hours per day
give and receive detailed information through verbal and written communication
Forge is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Compensation

For residents of New York, NY the annual salary range for this role is $235,000 - $245,000+ annual bonus.

Benefits

As technology innovators in the private market, our vision is to deliver a richer future for everyone.
We live that vision through our values of being bold, accountable, and humble.
We experience the value that our vision brings to the world every day, helping the teams behind the greatest innovations of our generation, from space travel to artificial intelligence, and more.
Establish and evolve standards for incident management, service ownership, operational readiness, disaster recovery, and post-incident learning.
Create and monitor meaningful service level objectives (SLOs), operational metrics, and executive-level reporting for reliability and platform health.

Company info

At Forge, we know our team is our greatest asset.

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