# VP of Engineering, Platform & Operations

Hiring organization: [Blue Apron](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/blue-apron)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/51e96e93-1c50-44ee-b415-83f97d339902

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

**This role has closed** and is no longer accepting applications.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: VP
- Salary: 345000 – 404500 USD per year

## Summary

Lead Wonder's platform and infrastructure engineering organization spanning cloud services, developer tools, logistics systems, and merchant operations across Wonder, Grubhub, and Blue Apron. This role suits an experienced engineering leader with deep infrastructure expertise who can drive technical strategy and consolidation while managing operational scale and building high-performing teams.

_Our summary, not Blue Apron's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Kafka, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), CI/CD, Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure, Redis, Salesforce

## Required

- 15+ years of engineering experience
- 4+ years leading infrastructure or platform engineering at Senior Director level
- Production experience with multi-cloud infrastructure (Azure, GCP, AWS)
- Expertise with container orchestration (Kubernetes/AKS), Kafka, observability stacks, and SRE practices
- Track record owning high-availability production platforms at scale
- Ability to recruit and build senior infrastructure and platform engineering teams
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant STEM discipline or equivalent practical experience
- Located in or willing to work from New York office 3+ days per week
- No visa sponsorship required

## Nice to have

- Experience leading logistics or real-time dispatch platform engineering
- Track record of improving developer productivity and building internal developer platforms
- Experience operating across engineering cultures in acquisition-heavy environments
- Experience preparing infrastructure for IPO-level operational maturity and audit readiness