As a Platform Engineering Director at loanDepot, you will lead the strategic direction of platform engineering, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) functions, ensuring high-velocity software delivery while maintaining operational integrity. Your daily responsibilities include standardizing CI/CD processes, enhancing observability, and improving production reliability through automation and governance. You will work with modern cloud technologies like AWS, Azure, or GCP, implementing enterprise-grade solutions for deployment traceability and security compliance. This role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, and hands-on experience with container engineering and production-scale troubleshooting. Ideal candidates have over 10 years of relevant leadership experience and a strong track record of driving operational maturity across large-scale engineering teams.
Define and execute long-term strategy for platform engineering, DevOps, and SRE.
Standardize CI/CD, observability, deployment traceability, and operational controls across teams.
Improve production reliability through automation, validation, and platform-enforced standards.
Build internal platforms as productized capabilities with clear roadmaps and SLAs.
Lead maturity and adoption of SRE principles, defining SLIs, SLOs, and incident management.
What we're looking for
10+ years of engineering experience in platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, or distributed systems.
Proven leadership in scaling platform engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, or reliability organizations.
Deep expertise in modern cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) and distributed systems.
Strong track record in implementing CI/CD, observability, and operational governance at scale.
Demonstrated ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on technical guidance.
Experience driving enterprise-wide engineering standardization and maturity initiatives.
Market check
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$142,320–$213,480.
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$142,320–$213,480
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Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$157,350–$225,000
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About LoanDepot
loanDepot is a retail mortgage lender and real estate services company providing home purchase loans, refinances, and home equity products to consumers across the United States. Industry: Mortgage Lending & Real Estate Finance
LoanDepot currently has
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