Director of Engineering – Infrastructure

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and develop a small Infrastructure Engineering team, including responsibilities for hiring and performance management.

• Take ownership of the technical direction for cloud infrastructure, backend services, our website, developer tooling, observability, and operational systems.

• Enhance reliability, scalability, security, and engineering effectiveness across the platform.

• Facilitate a smoother and safer process for engineers to build, deploy, and operate software.

• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Data Science, and business stakeholders on architecture, technical strategy, and operational priorities.

• Oversee incident response readiness, operational practices, and service ownership throughout the organization.

• Balance long-term technical investments with the demands of a rapidly evolving product business.

• Ensure the platform is capable of supporting the company’s next generation of products, experiences, and growth initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of software engineering experience.

• Proven experience in leading engineering teams, managers, or senior technical contributors.

• Strong technical expertise encompassing cloud infrastructure, backend systems, web technologies, and operational tooling.

• Experience in operating and scaling systems on AWS.

• Familiarity with CI/CD, observability, deployment automation, and contemporary engineering practices.

• Experience in supporting consumer-facing products at scale is highly preferred.

• Demonstrated capability to lead small, high-impact teams with a strong sense of ownership and autonomy.

• Proven success in navigating ambiguous environments.

• A growth mindset, intellectual curiosity, and a proactive approach to action.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership abilities.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Life and disability benefits.

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).

• 401(k) with company match.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

• Flexible Time Off.

• Volunteer Time Off.

• Paid holidays.

• Family building and caregiving support.

• Generous Family Care and Parental leave.

• Fitness Reimbursement.

• Access to wellness programs.