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Director of Platform Operations – Infrastructure

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full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $195,000 - $280,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

CloudDistributed SystemsKubernetes

About the role

  • Lead global operations for core infrastructure platforms, including Kubernetes (EKS), developer environments, CI/CD systems, and enterprise integrations, ensuring performance, reliability, and security.
  • Define and execute the roadmap for secure, multi-tenant infrastructure that powers engineering and AI/ML workloads across the company.
  • Drive automation for build and release processes, incident response, and compliance readiness while maintaining strong reliability standards.
  • Oversee platform-wide observability, including logging, monitoring, distributed tracing, and SLO instrumentation.
  • Partner with AI platform teams to operationalize next-gen infrastructure such as GPU provisioning, MCP/Agent Marketplace, and model-serving environments.
  • Recruit, mentor, and scale a high-performing, globally distributed team that fosters innovation and technical excellence.
  • Represent infrastructure operations in strategic planning and architectural reviews, influencing company-wide platform investments and direction.

Requirements

  • Proven experience (10+ years) in software engineering with 3+ years leading high-performing infrastructure or platform teams.
  • Deep technical expertise in cloud-native systems, Kubernetes, CI/CD platforms, and distributed systems operations.
  • Experience designing and scaling AI/ML platforms for model training, deployment, and monitoring.
  • Demonstrated success in building reusable, self-service platforms that accelerate developer productivity.
  • A growth-minded leader with exceptional communication and collaboration skills who thrives in cross-functional environments.
Benefits
  • comprehensive medical coverage for you and your family
  • unlimited PTO
  • a 401(k) plan with matching
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
KubernetesCI/CDcloud-native systemsdistributed systems operationsAI/ML platformsmodel trainingmodel deploymentobservabilityautomationincident response
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationmentoringinnovationtechnical excellencecross-functional teamworkstrategic planninginfluencingproblem-solving
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