Director, Cloud & Integrations Engineer

• →Own the end-to-end architecture, reliability, security, and scalability of Relay’s cloud environments (IaaS and PaaS). 

• →Set cloud standards, reference architectures, and best practices, ensuring alignment with security, compliance, and cost-optimization goals. 

• →Lead complex cloud migrations, upgrades, and modernization initiatives with minimal disruption to mission-critical systems. 

• →Partner with Technology leadership to define the multi-year cloud and integration roadmap. 

• Establish and lead an API-first, integration-driven architecture, enabling scalable, reusable, and well-governed services across the enterprise. 

• Design, build, and oversee APIs and event-driven integrations connecting SaaS platforms, core business systems, data platforms, and internal applications. 

• Own API lifecycle management, including versioning, security, monitoring, documentation, and developer experience. 

• Serve as the senior technical authority for integration capabilities (e.g., workflow orchestration, messaging/event-driven and API management), guiding design decisions and resolving complex integration challenges. 

• Lead the design and implementation of secure, resilient cloud solutions, APIs, and data pipelines using modern engineering practices. 
• Ensure strong DevOps practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and logging. 
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and code/architecture reviews for complex initiatives. 
• Partner closely with Product, Data, Security, and Project Management to plan, prioritize, and deliver cloud and integration initiatives. 

• Translate business needs into scalable technical solutions, clearly communicating tradeoffs and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

• Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation, standards, and operating procedures. 

Relay is committed to creating and maintaining a compensation and benefits system that supports our ability to recruit and retain a diverse and talented team. As we make decisions about compensation, we will be guided by the following values: clarity, consistency, and internal equity. The salary range for this role is $96,525 - $135,135. New hires will be offered a salary at the starting point of the range, $96,525 to allow for an equitable starting salary process and continual salary growth during an employee’s time at Relay GSE.

To ensure internal pay equity:

• Relay does not currently differentiate starting salary offers based on years of experience
• All staff salaries will be capped at the salary range maximum, and
• Relay does not negotiate salary offers.

Relay offers a comprehensive total rewards package. For full-time roles, this includes health insurance benefits, disability and life insurance, retirement plan, professional development, gym reimbursement, adoption assistance, paid time off (PTO), parental leave, etc.To learn more about Relay’s benefits, please visit here.   

Employees must have a primary work location within the U.S., where they are legally authorized to work. Relay is a registered employer in the following states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington State and Washington DC. Please note that Relay Graduate School of Education's headquarters are in New York City. Employees who choose to perform work from states not listed here will be subject to NYC state withholdings.

Relay highly encourages all employees to be fully vaccinated with an FDA or WHO authorized vaccine. Relay abides by each state’s requirements, and acknowledges those may change over time. If moved forward to the phone screen stage, you will have the chance to ask your recruiter more about this policy.