Director of Data Engineering & Platform

Planet is a global provider of integrated technology and payments solutions for retail and hospitality customers.

We create great experiences for the millions of people who use our payments, software, and tax-free solutions every minute of every day.

Planet empowers its customers to deliver great customer experiences by combining payments and software in ways that drive greater loyalty, increase revenue and save time.

Founded over 35 years ago and with our headquarters in London, today we have more than 2,500 employees located across six continents serving our customers in more than 120 markets.

We are seeking a hands-on, strategically minded, and execution-focused Director of Data Platform & Migration Engineering to lead our Hospitality data engineering function and support one of the company's most important strategic initiatives: the bulk migration of customers from On-Prem Property Management Systems (PMS) to our Cloud PMS platform.

This role will own the strategy and execution across data migrations, database architecture and health, performance engineering, and reporting data enablement. You will lead a team of 3-5 data engineers responsible for building scalable migration capabilities, strengthening our data platforms, and creating reliable foundations for reporting and downstream data solutions.

The successful candidate will bring broad, practical AWS experience beyond managed database services. They should be comfortable operating within a cloud-native ecosystem and partnering on architecture, security, networking, observability, reliability, automation, and cost-aware design. They will work closely with application engineering, Product, QA, DevOps, Architecture, and Operations because many database and migration improvements require coordinated changes across the wider platform.

This is an equal part strategic and hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys solving complex data problems, improving operational efficiency, and applying AI where it produces measurable value in migrations, reporting, or data engineering.

Own the strategy and roadmap for Hospitality data platforms, ensuring scalable, secure, resilient, maintainable, and cost-effective solutions within the broader AWS environment.

10+ years of experience across data engineering, cloud platforms, software engineering, or related disciplines, including meaningful technical leadership responsibility.

Why Planet:

Planet is an equal opportunity employer where diversity is valued, and all employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

Come and grow your career in the most exciting, fast paced technology market, with a business that delivers feel-good connected commerce.

We would love to hear from you – Apply now.

At Planet, we embrace a hybrid work model, with three days a week in the office.

Reasonable accommodations may be made in order to allow for an individual to perform the essential functions of this role successfully.