Head of Platform & Infrastructure Engineering

We are looking for an experienced engineering leader to oversee and scale Platform & Infrastructure Engineering, ensuring the performance, reliability, and scalability of a rapidly growing technology platform. In this strategic role, you will define the long-term infrastructure vision, build high-performing engineering teams, and drive operational excellence across distributed systems. You will work closely with Product Engineering and other departments to enable fast, independent development without compromising system stability. You will also lead improvements in monitoring, incident management, cloud infrastructure, and developer experience. This is an opportunity to combine technical depth with organizational leadership in a highly autonomous, remote-first engineering environment. The ideal candidate is passionate about engineering excellence, empowering exceptional talent, and building scalable systems without unnecessary processes.

• Significant experience leading engineering organizations through periods of rapid growth, either as a technical lead or senior engineering leader.

• Proven experience managing managers and leading senior engineering teams, including Staff and Principal Engineers.

• Demonstrated ability to recruit exceptional engineering talent, design effective interview processes, and establish scalable hiring strategies.

• Strong technical understanding of platform and infrastructure engineering, including cloud architecture, networking, hardware, distributed systems, and container orchestration.

• Practical knowledge of Kubernetes, including networking, load balancing, pods, and the underlying infrastructure that supports cloud-native environments.

• Experience balancing short-term operational priorities with long-term architectural investments while maintaining product performance and reliability.

• Strong collaboration skills and a track record of influencing initiatives across Engineering, Product, Sales, and Support.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex infrastructure concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Ability to lead geographically distributed teams across the Americas and Europe, with experience coordinating across multiple time zones.

• A strong engineering background and genuine passion for technology, including the ability to remain technically engaged and contribute to engineering discussions and decisions.

• Alignment with a high-autonomy, low-process engineering culture that values ownership, trust, collaboration, and exceptional individual contribution.

• Must be based within the PST–GMT time zone range to support collaboration with the distributed engineering organization.