Cambodia: Director of Engineering – Platform, DevOps & SRE

Location

Phnom Penh

Type

Full-time

Sector

Tech

Compensation

USD 9,000 – 11,000 monthly

Summary

Lead platform engineering strategy and oversee DevOps/SRE at a top bank, driving automation, team leadership, and innovation. This senior position shapes technology direction, fosters a strong engineering culture, accelerates developer experience, and ensures scalability and reliability in platform services.

Core Responsibilities

• Direct the Internal Developer Platform strategy and product roadmap, ensuring self-service, standardized CI/CD, and clear documentation for engineers.
• Automate the development lifecycle to reduce manual work and increase efficiency across all teams.
• Manage, mentor, and expand DevOps/SRE teams, emphasizing ownership and a strong automation focus.
• Oversee hiring, succession planning, and performance management to grow engineering leadership.
• Enable platform adoption through training and knowledge-sharing, not central control.
• Report platform performance, risk, and budget to senior leadership, aligning with business needs.
• Champion adoption of AI tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot) for workflow and CI/CD optimization.
• Set and drive engineering performance targets and SDLC improvements (lead time, change failures, etc.).
• Define robust, scalable CI/CD architecture and enforce automated quality/testing/security gates.
• Standardize Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code for environment consistency.
• Lead observability, monitoring, SLO/SLA metrics, alerting, and establish automation for issue remediation.

Requirements

• At least 10 years in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering, with 5+ in leadership over multiple teams or leads.
• Proven ability to define and realize engineering/infrastructure strategy at large scale.
• Extensive experience building and operating scalable distributed systems with architectural influence.
• Led the creation and rollout of internal developer/self-service platforms.
• Expert in CI/CD, automation, and managing large-scale infrastructure.
• Experience introducing AI tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot) to engineering teams.
• Track record of improving SDLC metrics: lead times, deployment frequency, MTTR.
• Strong Kubernetes/container background.
• Hands-on with major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure).

The Organization

Join Cambodia's leading banking innovator, offering digital-first services, accessible financial products, and a vast branch network. Renowned for technology, their commitment to digital transformation and customer service has set new standards across the financial sector.