Head of Platform & Infrastructure Engineering

Ashby

. Report directly to Ashby’s Co-Founder and CTO .

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $340,000 - $400,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and managing Platform & Infrastructure teams, with a strong focus on hiring, leadership, and collaboration across engineering and product functions. Proficient in platform technologies, incident management, and vendor negotiations to ensure high performance and reliability.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Leadership In High-Growth EnvironmentsHiring And Building Hiring ProcessesKnowledge Of Kubernetes And Cloud TechnologiesExcellent Written CommunicationExperience Managing Managers

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Hard Skills

Platform TechnologiesInfrastructure ManagementIncident ManagementKubernetesLoad BalancersNetworkingCloud AbstractionsTechnical Decision-MakingCoding ProficiencyEngineering Culture Development

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationDecision-Making Under PressureTeam ManagementAdaptability

Tools & Technologies

AWSClickHouseDatadogBraintrust

Industry Keywords

High-Growth PeriodProduct EngineeringDeveloper ExperienceOnboarding PlanVendor Negotiation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Report directly to Ashby’s Co-Founder and CTO
Build and maintain a long-term vision and six-month roadmap for Platform & Infrastructure
Grow the Platform & Infrastructure team by hiring individual contributors and managers
Build a headcount plan and assess whether specialized roles such as Database Administrator are needed
Maintain and improve relationships with Product Engineering
Enable Product Engineering to move quickly without compromising performance or reliability
Assess and improve monitoring and incident-management processes
Improve uptime measurement and coordination with Support during incidents
Maintain vendor relationships and negotiate pricing for AWS, ClickHouse, Datadog, Braintrust, and other critical infrastructure
Hire and manage a manager within the first six months
Potentially manage developer experience and developer tools and build a dedicated DevEx team
Lead the Platform & Infrastructure organization through continued company growth
Ship product, feature, and infrastructure changes during the first months
Develop and refine a six-month onboarding plan
Conduct 30-day, 60-day, 90-day, and six-month reviews with the CTO
Participate in technical pairing, leadership interviews, reference checks, and team leadership discussions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Important leadership role during a company’s high-growth period, as an IC Lead or Engineering Leader
Experience making high-quality decisions under pressure while balancing short-term fixes and long-term investments
Experience hiring and building hiring processes, including designing interviews, interview loops, and hiring strategy
Track record of excellent collaboration with Product Engineering, Product, Sales, or Support
Knowledge of platform and infrastructure technologies, networking, and hardware
Understanding of Kubernetes, load balancers, pods, and underlying hardware/cloud abstractions
Excellent written communication and ability to communicate technical concepts to less-technical stakeholders
Experience managing managers
Comfortable managing teams spanning the Americas West Coast to Europe
Must live in the PST-GMT time zone
Comfortable coding and staying up to date on technology
Experience leading the definition and evolution of engineering culture and processes
Ability to work with highly autonomous Senior+, Staff, and Principal engineers

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and equity
10-year exercise window for stock options
Unlimited PTO
Minimum of 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave; outside the US, it may be longer to align with regional requirements
Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget
$100/month education budget; more expensive items such as conferences covered with manager approval
US top-tier health insurance for employees and dependents with 100% of premiums covered by Ashby
Outside the US, high-quality supplemental health insurance for employees and dependents, fully covered
Meet in person at least twice a year, once as a department and once as a company
Small budget to meet up with colleagues in your city/region
Remote, flexible work with employees keeping their own hours
AI/developer tooling with unlimited token budget
Generous paid family leave