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Senior Director of Engineering, Technical Platform

Flatiron Health · NY office · On-site

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About Flatiron Health

Flatiron Health transforms oncology by leveraging real-world data and AI to provide actionable insights, improving patient outcomes and advancing cancer research globally. Backed by GV.

About the role

This role is on our engineering leadership team, reporting directly to our Chief Technology Officer. In this role, you will consolidate and lead our global Developer Platform and AI infrastructure capabilities — serving ~300 software and data engineers across four core engineering pillars. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • You believe internal software platforms should be treated with the same customer-centric rigor as external products -- focusing on adoption, developer satisfaction, and measurable impact
  • You have proven experience leading platform engineering organizations supporting hundreds of software and data engineers across distributed teams
  • You possess strong technical depth across large-scale data processing pipelines, storage architectures, cloud platform services, and high-availability enterprise environments
  • You have hands-on or strategic experience operationalizing AI/ML developer workflows, LLM infrastructure, or agentic developer tools
  • You understand the impact of empathetic communication and excel at building trust across engineering pillars, product partners, security teams, and business functions
  • You have a track record of driving cross-functional alignment on cost governance and risk guardrails without introducing unnecessary bureaucratic friction
More about this role

Reimagine the infrastructure of cancer care within a community that values integrity, inspires growth, and is uniquely positioned to create a more modern, connected oncology ecosystem.

We’re looking for a Senior Director of Engineering, Technical Platform to help us accomplish our mission to improve and extend lives by learning from the experience of every person with cancer. Are you ready to be the next changemaker in cancer care?

This role is on our engineering leadership team, reporting directly to our Chief Technology Officer. In this role, you will consolidate and lead our global Developer Platform and AI infrastructure capabilities — serving ~300 software and data engineers across four core engineering pillars.

  • Treat the Platform as a Product: Lead and evolve our core developer platform with a product mindset. Lead teams that build and support opinionated "paved paths" and self-service capabilities that reduce cognitive load, remove engineering friction, and optimize developer velocity across multiple business units.
  • Co-Drive Platform Strategy: Partner closely with Product Management partners to define end-to-end platform vision, roadmapping, and metrics. Ensure platform...

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