Director of Platform Engineering -Somnia

Somnia’s portfolio of technology covers both the core high-performance Somnia EVM blockchain, along with key protocols and features ranging from on-chain decentralised LLM execution to prediction markets and fully on-chain order book DEXes.

When building and operating decentralised infrastructure and protocols there is a natural challenge to maintain reliability, security and performance of the chain and protocols while also keeping engineering velocity with a lean team and supporting downstream application development.

As Director of Platform Engineering, you will own the ongoing operations of the chain and core protocols and the organisation that owns them. You’ll report to the CTO and partner closely with product engineering leadership to keep rapid feature development and system reliability aligned. We run a multi-cloud footprint (GCP, Runpod) supporting an ultra-high TPS L1 blockchain, RPC node fleets, a DEX, consumer products, and AI-driven oracles. This includes many 3rd party operators who run parts of the chain and protocols and other key services. The infrastructure is live and operational, but our complexity is outpacing the processes and tooling around it, reliability practices are still informal, and the team is ready for more structured leadership.

Your first priority is formalising reliability. We need SLOs defined, incident response tightened, and a deliberate shift toward proactive engineering. From that foundation, you'll build toward a self-serve internal developer platform that reduces infra as a bottleneck for product teams. You'll also carry the operational side of running a ~30-person platform org: headcount, vendor relationships, and cloud spend. This is a senior leadership role with real scope. You'll have a functioning foundation to build on, but plenty of room to put your stamp on how it evolves.