Upbound

Director of Engineering

Upbound

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • New York • United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

CloudDistributed SystemsKubernetes

About the role

  • Own the strategy for Upbound Marketplace as the distribution layer for Crossplane providers, extensions, and control plane building blocks.
  • Help define and drive the long-term vision for hosted control planes and ecosystem extensibility.
  • Ensure Marketplace, UXP, APIs, and Extensions operate as a cohesive control plane experience.
  • Lead managers and managers-of-managers across multiple teams.
  • Scale engineering org structure to support product velocity and ecosystem expansion.
  • Establish operational rigor: roadmap planning, delivery predictability, uptime SLAs, and production excellence.
  • Partner closely with Product, GTM, Alliances, and Customer Success to align ecosystem strategy with revenue goals.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of engineering leadership experience, including leading managers of managers.
  • 5+ years building or scaling cloud-native, infrastructure, or platform engineering products.
  • Deep familiarity with Kubernetes and the Cloud Native ecosystem.
  • Experience building SaaS control planes or distributed systems at scale.
  • Strong understanding of APIs, SDKs, declarative systems, and extensibility frameworks.
  • Proven experience growing ecosystem-driven products (marketplaces, providers, plugins, or integrations).
  • Track record of delivering reliable production services with strong uptime and performance standards.
  • Ability to operate strategically while diving deep technically.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible working hours
  • Health insurance
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Remote work options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
cloud-nativeinfrastructure engineeringplatform engineeringKubernetesSaaS control planesdistributed systemsAPIsSDKsdeclarative systemsextensibility frameworks
Soft Skills
engineering leadershipstrategic thinkingoperational rigorroadmap planningdelivery predictabilityteam managementcross-functional collaborationproduct velocityecosystem expansioncustomer success alignment