Director - Developer Platforms, Infra, Data Engineering and Platform

Job Description

We are looking for a Director - Developer Platforms, Infra, Data Engineering and Platform to lead and evolve the engineering platforms and infrastructure that power Carousell Group at scale.

This is a senior technical leadership role for someone who can operate across Platform Engineering, Infrastructure / SRE and Data Engineering and go deep in at least two of these areas.

You will help shape how our engineering organisation builds, operates and scales systems while driving the adoption of AI-native and agentic engineering practices across the organisation.

We are looking for someone who is comfortable operating at both strategic and technical depth. You should be able to engage with senior engineers on architecture and technical decisions while also leading managers and engineering organisations through complex, multi-year initiatives.

What You Will Do

• Lead and evolve our platform, infrastructure and engineering capabilities to support highly scalable and reliable systems across Carousell Group.
• Drive agentic engineering and AI adoption across engineering teams, leading from the front with hands-on experience applying AI to engineering workflows and software development.
• Provide technical direction across Platform Engineering, Infrastructure / SRE and Data Engineering and make sound architecture decisions across these areas.
• Lead the design and operation of highly scalable distributed systems with strong focus on reliability, performance, observability and operational excellence.
• Partner with engineering leaders across the organisation to improve developer productivity, engineering velocity and system reliability.
• Build and develop a strong engineering leadership layer and help principal and senior engineers grow their technical leadership.
• Lead distributed engineering teams through managers and create an environment where senior technical talent can do their best work.
• Drive engineering excellence across areas including service runtime, observability, scaling, service communication, data consistency, developer tooling, networking, security and infrastructure.
• Own and influence significant infrastructure and platform investments including engineering efficiency and cloud cost optimisation.
• Work closely with Product, Data, Engineering and executive stakeholders to shape technical strategy and influence business outcomes.
• Operate effectively across multiple markets, teams and cultures within Carousell Group.

What Success Looks Like

In this role, success will mean:

• Our engineering teams are increasingly AI-native and effective in using agentic engineering practices.
• Our platform and infrastructure can scale reliably with the growth of the business.
• Engineering teams have strong internal platforms, tooling and infrastructure that allow them to move faster without compromising reliability.
• Senior technical talent is being developed into stronger technical and organisational leaders.
• Platform and infrastructure investments are managed with a strong balance between engineering quality, reliability, developer productivity and cost.
• You become a trusted technical partner to engineering and business leaders across Carousell Group.