Director of Infrastructure Engineering

Outschool is hiring a Director of Infrastructure Engineering to lead our Infrastructure and Platform team, whose mission is to accelerate innovation and deliver operation stability through a combination of robust infrastructure, principled platformization, and empowering DevX.

You'll own hard problems, from deep-diving into a full infrastructure stack, to up-leveling DevX, to establishing automations, to hardening security, to evolving systems to be AI-native, to developing platform components. You will succeed with both strong organizational and people leadership skills, as well as exceptional hands-on development skills.

You might be a great fit for this role if:

• You are a deep infrastructure expert familiar with all common modern infra technologies, and you thrive in diving into details
• You understand platformization, and have deep experience building platform components that are principled, efficient, usable, and maintainable
• You have experience as an engineering manager in a fast-paced startup or growth-stage company, and enjoy supporting teams through change and scale, including managing engineers across multiple sites
• You bring strong technical judgment and a track record of leading engineering teams that ship impactful systems quickly and iteratively
• You’re passionate about education, access, and user experience, and motivated by a mission-driven environment
• You enjoy balancing technical decision-making with coaching, and you’re committed to building inclusive, high-performing teams
• You excel at owning and driving engineering roadmaps; collaborating with cross-functional partners to prioritize initiatives, align with business objectives, and ensure timely, high-quality execution

• →Lead, mentor and grow a multi-site team of 5-10 engineers while remaining hands-on with architecture, technical direction, as well as day-to-day development
• →Establish both short-term deliverables and long-term strategies across Outschool’s entire Infrastructure stack, including identifying and investing into opportunities for infra upgrade, platformization, and AI enablement as appropriate
• →Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Data, Marketing and Operations to deliver an exceptional systems and experiences
• →Partner with senior leadership to align on strategy, metrics and priorities
• →Champion technical excellence and a culture of high ownership, providing mentorship, feedback, and support for the professional growth of engineers on your team
• →Drive adoption of AI-development principles and agentic engineering workflows across the team

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years of engineering management experience leading medium-sized teams, with demonstrated proficiency in performance management, career development, and people logistics
• Strong background in infrastructure and platform engineering, including deep expertise with AWS, Postgres, Kubernetes, Redshift, Terraform, Cloudwatch, and more
• Familiar with full-stack development using a combination of TypeScript, React, Node.js, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL
• Familiar with AI-native development paradigms and understands how to take teams through AI transformations
• Demonstrated ability to oversee multiple parallel projects from planning to execution and on time delivery
• Ability to align team goals with business objectives and contribute to strategic planning
• Experience in recruiting, hiring, and onboarding software engineers
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, both written and verbal

• Experience in EdTech or building products for learners, educators, or families
• Experience with infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and consolidations
• Background in marketplace technologies
• Experience at a fast-paced startup or high-growth company