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Gap Inc.

Senior Director, Platform Engineering

Gap Inc.

. Lead the strategy, development, and operations of the enterprise Cloud Platform across Azure and GCP .

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeDallas • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
ApacheAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead the strategy, development, and operations of the enterprise Cloud Platform across Azure and GCP
  • Define and execute the multi-cloud platform strategy ensuring architectural consistency, security, and scalability
  • Own the API gateway and service mesh layer (Istio)
  • Drive adoption of modern CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, GitOps workflows, and progressive delivery practices
  • Champion developer experience (DevEx) as a first-class product
  • Establish and track platform adoption metrics aligned with DORA benchmarks
  • Lead the infrastructure-as-code practice using Terraform
  • Define and own the enterprise observability strategy
  • Build and mentor a high-performing platform engineering organization
  • Serve as the primary technology leader for cloud platform and delivery infrastructure

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, infrastructure, or platform engineering
  • Deep hands-on background in cloud platforms (Azure and/or GCP required; multi-cloud experience strongly preferred)
  • Proven experience building and operating Kubernetes-based platforms at enterprise scale
  • Strong expertise in API gateway architecture, service mesh (Istio), traffic management, and microservices communication patterns
  • Demonstrated experience with enterprise observability and monitoring platforms
  • Hands-on knowledge of event streaming and messaging platforms, particularly Apache Kafka
  • Strong command of infrastructure-as-code practices with Terraform and modern DevOps toolchains
  • Demonstrated success standing up or maturing a FinOps function
  • Track record of building high-performing engineering teams
  • Excellent executive communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud platformsAzureGCPKubernetesAPI gateway architectureservice meshIstioinfrastructure-as-codeTerraformevent streaming
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationstrategic planningteam buildingdeveloper experienceexecutive communication