Director, Software Engineering - Infrastructure
Core
Director of Software Engineering - Infrastructure leading cloud platform strategy, cost optimization, and reliability for a converged AI workspace.
Role type
Director, Infrastructure Engineering (Strategic & Hands-on)
Builds
Scalable multi-shard, multi-region cloud platform supporting AI, enterprise search, and task management features.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / AI Platform Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
AWS infrastructure mastery, Terraform, EKS, networking (VPC/TGW/DNS), strategic roadmap ownership, cross-team influence, people leadership at scale, operational rigor, security-first instincts, AI & automation mindset
Preferred skills
AI/ML infrastructure experience (GPU orchestration, model-serving, inference compute)
Technologies
AWS, EKS, Terraform, OpenSearch, Backstage, ALB
Responsibilities
Drive infrastructure cost savings via workload migration and self-hosting; consolidate ingress architecture; build team bench depth and eliminate single points of ownership; align infrastructure planning with product/AI/enterprise demand; automate shard buildout and deployment rollouts; reduce P0/P1 incidents through hardened patterns and policy guardrails; grow and retain distributed senior teams; manage multi-million dollar AWS spend and vendor contracts.
Seniority
Director, strategic direction & senior team leadership
