Director of Engineering

Upbound is redefining how modern infrastructure is built for the Agentic AI Era. We’re the creators and primary maintainers of Crossplane, and we’re building the Intelligent Control Plane—a new platform layer that makes infrastructure programmable, autonomous, and composable. Our mission is to power the AI-native enterprise with a foundational platform layer that helps teams provision, operate, and adapt infrastructure at scale—so platforms are ready for both humans and AI agents.

Requirements

• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience, including leading managers of managers
• 5+ years building or scaling cloud-native, infrastructure, or platform engineering products
• Deep familiarity with Kubernetes and the Cloud Native ecosystem
• Experience building SaaS control planes or distributed systems at scale
• Strong understanding of APIs, SDKs, declarative systems, and extensibility frameworks
• Proven experience growing ecosystem-driven products (marketplaces, providers, plugins, or integrations)
• Track record of delivering reliable production services with strong uptime and performance standards
• Ability to operate strategically while diving deep technically

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Stock options
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Visa Sponsorship
• Four Day Work Week
• Generous Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance