# Director, Platform Architecture

Hiring organization: [HOKA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/hoka)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/3a38c034-1007-4208-9b53-37f3209ee9a1

Listed on HOKA's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Director
- Salary: 154700 – 208800 USD per year

## Summary

This role leads the design and evolution of a cloud-native data platform at a major consumer brand, establishing architecture standards, security frameworks, and reusable services that enable analytics and AI across the enterprise. It suits experienced platform architects with deep AWS expertise and a track record scaling data systems in large organizations.

_Our summary, not HOKA's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), Amazon Redshift, Amazon S3, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Iceberg, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Glue

## Required

- 10 to 15 years of platform or enterprise systems architecture experience
- 5 or more years leading cloud-native data platform development
- AWS solutions architect–level expertise in data, compute, networking, and security services
- Understanding of modern data architectures including lakehouse and real-time streaming
- Leadership experience influencing cross-functional teams without direct authority
- Knowledge of data governance, cataloging, and privacy frameworks like GDPR and CCPA

## Nice to have

- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification
- Master's degree
- Experience in retail, consumer products, or e-commerce
- Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks and open table standards

Apply on HOKA's site: https://deckers.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Deckers/job/US---California-Remote/Director--Platform-Architecture_20064