Head of Platform & Infrastructure Engineering

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

📋 Description

• Report directly to the Co-Founder and CTO of Ashby.

• Develop and sustain a long-term vision along with a six-month roadmap for Platform & Infrastructure.

• Expand the Platform & Infrastructure team by recruiting individual contributors and managers.

• Create a headcount plan and evaluate the need for specialized roles, such as Database Administrator.

• Foster and enhance relationships with Product Engineering.

• Empower Product Engineering to operate swiftly without sacrificing performance or reliability.

• Evaluate and enhance monitoring and incident-management processes.

• Improve uptime measurements and coordinate with Support during incidents.

• Maintain vendor relationships and negotiate pricing for AWS, ClickHouse, Datadog, Braintrust, and other essential infrastructure.

• Recruit and manage a manager within the initial six months.

• Possibly oversee developer experience and developer tools while establishing a dedicated DevEx team.

• Guide the Platform & Infrastructure organization through ongoing company growth.

• Deliver product, feature, and infrastructure changes within the first few months.

• Create and refine a six-month onboarding plan.

• Conduct 30-day, 60-day, 90-day, and six-month reviews with the CTO.

• Engage in technical pairing, leadership interviews, reference checks, and discussions on team leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• Hold an important leadership position during a company's high-growth phase, either as an IC Lead or Engineering Leader.

• Proven experience in making high-quality decisions under pressure while balancing immediate solutions and long-term investments.

• Skilled in hiring and establishing hiring processes, including designing interviews, interview loops, and hiring strategies.

• A strong record of effective collaboration with Product Engineering, Product, Sales, or Support teams.

• Familiarity with platform and infrastructure technologies, networking, and hardware.

• Understanding of Kubernetes, load balancers, pods, and the underlying hardware/cloud abstractions.

• Exceptional written communication skills and the ability to convey technical concepts to less-technical stakeholders.

• Experience in managing managers.

• Comfortable overseeing teams that span from the Americas West Coast to Europe.

• Must reside within the PST-GMT time zone.

• Proficient in coding and staying current with technology trends.

• Experience in leading the definition and evolution of engineering culture and processes.

• Ability to collaborate with highly autonomous Senior+, Staff, and Principal engineers.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity options.

• 10-year exercise window for stock options.

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).

• Minimum of 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave; may be longer outside the US to align with regional requirements.

• Generous budget for equipment, software, and office furniture.

• $100/month education budget; larger expenses such as conferences are covered with manager approval.

• Comprehensive top-tier health insurance for employees and their dependents, with 100% of premiums covered by Ashby.

• Outside the US, high-quality supplemental health insurance for employees and their dependents, fully covered.

• Opportunities to meet in person at least twice a year, once as a department and once as a company.

• Small budget allocated for meet-ups with colleagues in your local city or region.

• Flexible remote work options allowing employees to set their own hours.

• AI/developer tooling with an unlimited token budget.

• Generous paid family leave policy.