Director of Platform Engineering

Blackpoint Cyber is the leading provider of world-class cybersecurity threat hunting, detection and remediation technology. Founded by former National Security Agency (NSA) cyber operations experts who applied their learnings to bring national security-grade technology solutions to commercial customers around the world, Blackpoint Cyber is in hyper-growth mode,  fueled by a recent $190m series C round. 

Company Culture

At Blackpoint Cyber, we value high-quality execution, ownership, and strong morals. Our principles are never tested, and we are proud to always do right by our customers. We are an energetic and collaborative team that maintains a high-performance culture and enables growth by overcoming challenges in the modern cyber threat landscape. If you are a driven professional with a passion for learning and contributing at a high level, Blackpoint Cyber welcomes you.

Position Overview

Blackpoint Cyber is seeking a strategic and visionary Director of Platform Engineering to lead the development and execution of its Unified Security Posture data platform, which powers the company’s data-centric cybersecurity solutions. This leader will serve as the single-threaded owner for the roadmap and operations of the cloud-based platform, including vendor integrations, developer and data tooling, identity, authentication, tenant management, and other core services.

This role will drive vision and execution across multiple engineering teams, working cross-functionally with internal stakeholders, product leaders, and site reliability engineering partners. The Director of Platform Engineering will translate business and technical needs into clear strategies, oversee roadmap execution and service quality, and build a high-performing organization through strong hiring, mentorship, and technical leadership. As a highly visible leader, this person will also help establish company-wide operational excellence practices for instrumentation, incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the platform roadmap aligned with product and business goals.

• Partner across the Product organization and SRE team to ensure platform security, reliability, and scalability.

• Lead the development of the data pipeline, integrating with Blackpoint’s endpoint agent and vendor data, including storage, tiered access, and query capabilities.

• Deliver platform services and public APIs supporting core functions such as tenant management, identity, and role-based access control.

• Lead platform tooling and APIs that accelerate AI/ML and business intelligence initiatives.