Director of Infrastructure Engineering
About this role
Director of Infrastructure Engineering
Remote | $350,000–$500,000/year | 1 Opening
About the Role
Lead and scale the platform powering production AI systems. Own the strategy and execution behind cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, and reliability practices — ensuring systems remain secure, observable, and resilient. This is a hands‑on leadership role for someone who thrives at every level: defining long‑term infrastructure strategy, solving production incidents, and mentoring high‑performing engineers.
Key Responsibilities
Architect and evolve multi‑cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP
Lead and grow a high‑performing Infrastructure/Platform Engineering team
Build infrastructure as code (Terraform or equivalent) for reproducible environments
Design and improve CI/CD systems for secure, reliable delivery
Establish world‑class observability across metrics, logs, traces, and alerting
Drive reliability practices: incident response, on‑call ops, SLOs, error budgets, disaster recovery, blameless postmortems
Partner with Security and Engineering leadership to embed security by default and maintain compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC)
Continuously improve developer experience through automation and platform tooling
Required Skills
AWS and GCP expertise
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
CI/CD systems
Security‑first mindset
Team leadership
Qualifications
8+ years building/operating production infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps, or SRE systems
3+ years leading engineering teams in high‑growth environments
Strong experience with Kubernetes, containers, and modern CI/CD platforms
Proven track record building highly available, observable, and resilient systems
Deep understanding of infrastructure security, compliance, and risk management
Experience scaling engineering organizations and infrastructure in fast‑moving environments
Excellent communication skills to influence technical strategy across teams and executives
Preferred Experience
AI/ML infrastructure or large‑scale data platforms
Familiarity with model training, inference, evaluation, or data pipeline infrastructure
Experience with regulated cloud environments (FedRAMP, GovCloud, CMMC Level 2)
Contributions to platform engineering, open‑source infrastructure, or developer productivity initiatives
Compensation & Benefits
Pay range: $350,000–$500,000/year (national base salary range: $230,000–$260,000 USD)
Equity compensation eligibility
Performance‑based bonuses
Comprehensive benefits package including:
Up to 100% reimbursement for health‑insurance premiums
Paid time off
401(K) plan with company match
Additional benefits supporting a high‑performing, remote‑first workforce
Equal Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- Fully remote contract role open to candidates in United States.
- Compensation: $230,000 - $260,000/year, paid in USD.
- Vetted and managed by Recruitment Room — no placement fees for candidates.
- Flexible hours; part-time and full-time engagements available.
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