Director/Senior Director, Platform Software Engineering

Responsibilities

• Set platform software strategy in partnership with Product Design and company leadership
• Build a high-performing engineering team and develop strong leaders
• Build Nex's in-house platform engineering capability and DevOps practices
• Implement OS platform roadmap balancing capabilities with system health, performance, and security
• Guide architectural trade-offs across hardware integration and compatibility
• Drive international compliance including children's privacy (GDPR, COPPA)
• Establish standards across cloud services, OTA pipelines, and subscription platforms
• Ensure reliability, security, and operational excellence as the fleet scales globally

Requirements

• Experience leading teams delivering operating systems and cloud services at scale
• Proven people leadership experience including hiring and developing managers
• Strong technical judgment across device software and cloud systems
• Track record of improving quality, reliability, security, and privacy
• Significant flexibility working across global timezones

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with subscription or commerce platforms
• Familiarity with reliability practices such as SLOs and observability
• Experience with consumer privacy regulations (GDPR, COPPA)
• Experience with connected devices, fleets, or hardware-software integration
• Experience building products for kids or families

About the Company

Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement through technology and play. Their award-winning Nex Playground is an active play system designed to encourage healthy, social, and interactive movement for kids and adults alike.