Director of Engineering – Infrastructure

Ziff Davis

Director of Engineering overseeing infrastructure systems for Lose It's health-focused products. Leading a team to ensure scalability, reliability, and effective operations.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, mentor, and grow a small Infrastructure Engineering team, including hiring and performance management.
Own the technical direction for cloud infrastructure, backend services, our website, developer tooling, observability, and operational systems.
Improve reliability, scalability, security, and engineering effectiveness across the platform.
Make it easier and safer for engineers to build, deploy, and operate software.
Partner with Engineering, Product, Data Science, and business stakeholders on architecture, technical strategy, and operational priorities.
Lead incident response readiness, operational practices, and service ownership across the organization.
Balance long-term technical investments with the needs of a fast-moving product business.
Ensure the platform can support the company’s next generation of products, experiences, and growth initiatives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of software engineering experience, including experience leading engineering teams, managers, or senior technical contributors.
Strong technical background spanning cloud infrastructure, backend systems, web technologies, and operational tooling.
Experience operating and scaling systems on AWS.
Experience with CI/CD, observability, deployment automation, and modern engineering practices.
Experience supporting consumer-facing products at scale is strongly preferred.
Proven ability to lead small, high-impact teams with a high degree of ownership and autonomy.
Demonstrated success operating in ambiguous environments and driving progress despite changing priorities or constraints.
A growth mindset, intellectual curiosity, and a bias toward action.
Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
Life and disability benefits
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
401(k) with company match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Flexible Time Off
Volunteer Time Off
Paid holidays
Family building and caregiving support
Generous Family Care and Parental leave
Fitness Reimbursement
Access to wellness programs

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud infrastructurebackend systemsweb technologiesoperational toolingAWSCI/CDobservabilitydeployment automationsoftware engineeringscaling systems

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationcollaborationmentoringproblem-solvingadaptabilityownershipautonomygrowth mindsetintellectual curiosity