Engineering Director, Infrastructure
Core
Lead infrastructure teams to own cloud architecture, CI/CD, and production operations for a scalable, secure, and cost-efficient platform serving AI/ML and product engineering.
Role type
Senior IC infrastructure engineering director (cloud/SRE)
Builds
Cloud infrastructure, compute, networking, database, production, and AI inference platforms
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, AI/ML inference
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Cloud-native infrastructure design, Kubernetes/EKS, Terraform, MySQL operations, asynchronous architectures, incident management, disaster recovery, cost optimization, AI inference optimization, cross-functional leadership
Preferred skills
GPU inference optimization, AI-assisted engineering tools, Python/Django/FastAPI familiarity
Technologies
AWS, Kubernetes, EKS, Terraform, MySQL, Python, Django, FastAPI, WebSockets
Responsibilities
Own architecture and operation of cloud and AI inference infrastructure; Translate business plans into infrastructure roadmaps and staffing plans; Establish metrics, observability, and engineering standards; Improve developer velocity via automation and CI/CD; Strengthen incident response and business continuity; Partner with AI/ML teams on inference performance; Recruit and lead infrastructure engineering organization; Communicate priorities and tradeoffs to executives
Seniority
Director, hands-on leadership