Director of Infrastructure

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. Define infrastructure strategy and execution through roadmaps and standards .

Posted 11/2/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing and scaling macOS and Linux fleets, building scalable cloud infrastructure, and leading infrastructure initiatives with a focus on automation, reliability, and performance. Capable of translating business needs into executable infrastructure plans while effectively communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Infrastructure Strategy DevelopmentLinux And macOS Fleet ManagementCloud Infrastructure ScalingIncident Management And Root-Cause AnalysisAutomation And Configuration Management

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Hard Skills

Cloud InfrastructureLinux ManagementMacOS ManagementKubernetesAutomationConfiguration ManagementData PipelinesBilling SystemsIncident ResponseDebugging

Soft Skills

Technical JudgmentCommunicationMentoringAdaptabilityStrategic Planning

Tools & Technologies

Observability ToolsCI/CD SystemsProvisioning ToolsMonitoring SystemsLifecycle Management Tools

Industry Keywords

Infrastructure InitiativesOperational ImprovementsElastic ComputeCapacity PlanningOn-Call Rotations

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudKubernetesLinuxMacOS

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define infrastructure strategy and execution through roadmaps and standards
Set priorities and balance long-term infrastructure work against operational needs
Own macOS and Linux fleets, developer infrastructure, code review systems, and provisioning
Build automation and configuration management systems
Run observability and lifecycle management across infrastructure
Operate data pipelines and data engineering systems
Build and operate billing infrastructure
Scale macOS and Linux fleet management and plan multi-cloud expansion
Lead reliability, performance, availability, incident response, and troubleshooting
Join on-call rotations alongside the team
Contribute to architecture, implementation, debugging, and operational improvements
Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar
Partner with engineering and product to communicate strategy, trade-offs, risks, and progress
Deliver elastic compute across multiple clouds and regions for builds, CI, and Simulators
Manage capacity planning, cost per minute, launches, and peak usage
Find, evaluate, and build or acquire data center warehouses for Mac and Linux fleets starting next year
Translate business needs into executable infrastructure plans
Communicate gaps, timelines, cost/speed/risk trade-offs, and changes to executives, engineers, and customers
Build secure, reliable platform tooling and paved paths for product teams and agents
Improve engineering velocity by identifying and removing cross-team bottlenecks

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong depth in at least one low-level area: OS, cloud, or Kubernetes
Ability to drop into any infrastructure layer and fix complex issues
Track record of leading infrastructure initiatives while remaining directly involved in execution, including writing code, debugging systems, and resolving operational challenges
Strong experience managing and scaling Linux and macOS fleets, including provisioning, automation, configuration management, reliability, and lifecycle operations
Significant experience building scalable cloud infrastructure, including elastic capacity and resource utilization
Multiple cloud environments is a strong plus
Familiarity with developer infrastructure, code review systems, and internal platforms
Ability to lead across data pipelines, billing systems, and other business-critical services
Strong technical judgment across multiple domains
Significant experience with on-call rotations, incident management, root-cause analysis, monitoring, and production reliability improvement
Ability to anticipate infrastructure needs, set technical direction, prioritize, and communicate decisions and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience thriving in a lean, fast-moving environment while balancing strategic planning with direct technical execution
Comfortable adapting to changing priorities
Willingness and ability to participate in on-call rotations

Benefits

Comp & perks

On-call rotation participation
Opportunity to work with agentic infrastructure, automation, and open-source/cloud services
Leadership and technical development through mentoring engineers and driving infrastructure improvements