Director, Software Engineering (Platform)

The role

The Director of Software Engineering, Platform will lead the design, scaling, and reliability of core infrastructure. This platform supports health data, member data, and system reliability across clinics and internal product systems.

What you will do

• Establish a scalable, secure infrastructure platform on Azure supporting health and member data
• Enable faster product deployment cycles through platform improvements
• Increase system reliability and reduce operational incidents affecting clinics
• Build and scale a high-performance platform engineering team of 10-15 engineers initially
• Define long-term platform strategy in partnership with Product and Data

Required qualifications

• Proven experience building and scaling large-scale infrastructure systems
• Experience building infrastructure as a platform (PaaS mindset) or SRE-level systems
• Strong hands-on engineering background; ability to code and design systems
• Experience scaling infrastructure across regions
• Experience using AI tooling platforms (Claude Code)
• Experience leading managers and scaling to multi-team structures

Nice to have

• Deep experience with Microsoft stack (Azure, Cosmos DB, Docker)
• Experience supporting data platform infrastructure
• Experience in highly regulated or mission-critical environments
• Exposure to AI platform development

About the company

Neko is redefining what prevention means, from treating illness when it arrives, to sustaining health before it's ever at risk. The mission is to make data-driven, preventative care accessible to more people, before symptoms appear.