Director, Platform Engineering (Canada)

Director, Platform Engineering (Canada)

21 Oct
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MaintainX
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Canada

21 Oct

MaintainX

Canada

MaintainX is a leading mobile-first work execution platform for industrial and frontline teams. More than 13,000 customers, including Duracell, McDonald's, Shell, DHL and Volvo, use MaintainX to cut unplanned downtime and run better operations, across 13.9 million managed assets and 79.5 million completed work orders. Autodesk's strategy is to converge design, make and operate into one continuous lifecycle: design an asset, build it, run it, then feed what you learn running it back into the next design. We're looking for an Engineering Director to lead MaintainX's Platform division. Platform owns the seven foundational teams every product engineer builds on: AI Builder, DevOps, Compliance, Testing Frameworks, Backend Frameworks, Mobile Frameworks, and SRE. This is a manager-of-managers role for someone who wants to define how a high-growth engineering org operates at scale. Own the roadmap and operating model for Platform Engineering: set division-level priorities, manage cross-team dependencies, and translate business goals into multi-quarter platform investments. Lead and develop a team of Software Development Managers
- coaching on people development, technical judgment, and organizational effectiveness across seven teams. Set the engineering standards every product team depends on: framework conventions, reliability targets, compliance posture, and CI/CD health. Drive MaintainX's AI-native platform strategy
- the AI Builder team's agent orchestration, tool registry,



and developer environments sit in this division; Partner with the CTO and peer engineering leaders on org design, architectural decisions, and headcount planning. Represent Platform Engineering to the business
- translating infrastructure investment into engineering velocity, developer experience, and customer trust. 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in engineering leadership, including 2+ years managing managers across multiple teams. Technical depth in at least two of: distributed systems, backend or mobile frameworks, platform engineering, reliability engineering Track record of owning platform or infrastructure-focused teams at a growth-stage B2B SaaS company, with demonstrated impact on engineering velocity. AI-forward: you set direction for teams building on LLMs and agentic workflows, and you hold your org to an AI-native standard. Experience leading a Testing Frameworks, Quality Engineering, or Developer Productivity platform function. Hands-on history scaling developer platforms through rapid headcount growth (Series D+). Familiarity with CMMS, IoT, or industrial SaaS domains. Factories, fleets, hospitals and campuses stay up because the people who maintain them have tools worth using. Depending on the role, compensation may also include commission, an annual bonus and equity. com For roles in Canada and other countries, the plan differs on health coverage, retirement and leave, and your recruiter will walk you through it. Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost on building the future of connected operations, and AOS SVP Stephen Hooper on welcoming MaintainX to Autodesk. #

📌 Director, Platform Engineering (Canada)
🏢 MaintainX
📍 Canada

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