Director, Cloud Infrastructure
Core
Lead cloud infrastructure strategy, platform foundations, and operational discipline for a high-scale SaaS content operating system handling millions of requests per minute.
Role type
Director, Cloud Infrastructure
Builds
Cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, networking, CI/CD pipelines, observability platforms, and deployment automation for a global content platform.
Domain
SaaS, Cloud Infrastructure, Content Operations
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Cloud infrastructure strategy, Kubernetes, GCP, Terraform, networking, service discovery, API gateways, CDNs, observability, CI/CD, incident response, cost optimization, multi-region architecture, disaster recovery, compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI, HIPAA), hiring and coaching technical leaders
Preferred skills
Experience scaling SaaS/infrastructure companies, managing high request volumes, defining Platform vs SRE boundaries, executive communication
Technologies
GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Fastly, Varnish, Mead
Responsibilities
Set infrastructure strategy and roadmap, lead shared foundation teams, define Platform vs SRE ownership boundaries, raise reliability standards, optimize cloud costs, shape multi-region architecture, hire and coach infrastructure leaders
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities