Director of Architecture and Infrastructure

Role overview Lead two platform engineering teams responsible for the infrastructure and shared services that support customer- and partner-facing applications. This remote, player-coach role sets technical direction, strengthens reliability and security, and helps teams make sound architectural decisions across the engineering organization.

Responsibilities - Lead, mentor, and grow infrastructure and application platform teams, including setting expectations and developing future leaders. - Improve the stability, resilience, and operational readiness of infrastructure and shared services; maintain a sustainable, documented on-call rotation. - Set direction for cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and developer tooling. - Advise engineering teams on architecture and design for larger projects, lead reviews, and improve the organization’s review practices. - Guide the evolution of a microservices architecture, including breaking down larger components where appropriate. - Work closely with security and other engineering leaders on secure design and controls supporting SOC 2 and SOX compliance; contribute hands-on where useful.

Requirements - 12+ years in software, infrastructure, or platform engineering, including 7+ years managing engineering teams. - Strong architecture and design skills, including experience leading design reviews and operating microservices-based systems. - Deep experience with AWS, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, and deployment tooling such as Terraform, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions, or Helm. - Experience with event-driven systems and API design, such as Kafka and REST or GraphQL. - Experience with reliability improvements and on-call operations, plus familiarity with SOC 2 and SOX controls. - A security-minded approach and the ability to partner effectively across technical and business teams.

Nice to have - Experience with Go or Ruby, or similar languages. - A degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field; equivalent experience may be suitable.