Director, AI Platform Reliability at LogicMonitor
San Francisco, CA
$247,500–$275,000from the description
Aug 18, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Director-level engineering leadership role at an AI-driven infrastructure observability company, responsible for architecting, building, and operating large-scale distributed platforms that handle hundreds of millions to billions of events and terabytes to petabytes of data. The role spans people management (engineering managers, architects, staff engineers) and deep technical ownership of Java-based microservices, Kafka streaming pipelines, data lakehouse platforms, and cloud-native services. Suited to a hands-on engineering leader who can set technical strategy while staying close to production systems and complex architectural decisions.
Principal level · 10+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 30 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 20–45
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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What the occupation pays Median $238,011 (middle half $208,323–$320,108). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (5)
This role sits at the boundary between people management (11-3021) and hands-on senior engineering (15-1252). The posting explicitly calls it a 'strategic leadership role' with direct responsibility for recruiting, mentoring, and developing engineering managers and architects — but also emphasizes the candidate must remain technically hands-on, participate in architecture reviews, and guide teams through production incidents. 11-3021 was chosen as primary because the scope (multiple teams, org-wide technical strategy, people management) is the dominant framing.
AWS is listed as an example cloud platform alongside Google Cloud and Azure ('at least one major cloud platform, such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure'); all three are captured as alternatives under a single skill.
The posting mentions 'data lake and Data Lakehouse platforms' and 'relational, NoSQL, streaming, and object-storage technologies' in the responsibilities/requirements sections but without naming specific products (e.g., Snowflake, Delta Lake, S3). Only the generic capability categories are captured.
The compensation range ($247,500–$275,000) is stated as base salary only; variable compensation and benefits are noted as additional components but not quantified.
The role is listed as hybrid (#LI-Hybrid), not fully remote.
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