Director of Engineering, Developer Infrastructure

Summary

Join Aledade as a Director of Engineering and lead the development, implementation, and optimization of our infrastructure and developer tools. Manage a talented engineering team responsible for building and maintaining scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-based infrastructure. Collaborate with various teams to drive innovation and optimize the developer experience. Leverage AWS services and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices to create and optimize infrastructure. Drive improvements in CI/CD practices and ensure seamless integration of development and infrastructure operations. Foster a high-performance culture, mentor engineers, and ensure security and compliance across all cloud infrastructure. Define the future of our cloud platform and developer toolset.

Requirements

• BS/BTech (or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field required
• 10+ years of production-level experience as an engineer and technical lead building highly scalable and reliable software
• 5+ years of managerial experience building and leading technical engineering teams

Responsibilities

• Build a high performing team by hiring and nurturing engineering talent
• Strong technical leadership - drive technical solutioning and building roadmaps
• Set aggressive and clear goals and remove all roadblocks for the team to achieve them
• Working seamlessly and collaboratively with stakeholders across Aledade to achieve business outcomes
• Work closely with engineering leaders to drive engineering excellence in our processes and systems
• Lead the development, implementation, and optimization of Aledade Infrastructure, Dev tools/productivity platforms
• Manage a talented engineering team responsible for building and maintaining scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-based infrastructure and developer tools
• Drive improvements in CI/CD practices, automate manual workflows, and ensure the seamless integration of development and infrastructure operations
• Guide your teams through technical challenges, and optimize both performance and cost efficiency in the cloud environment
• Be responsible for cloud cost, and budgets
• Foster a high-performance culture, mentor engineers, and work to ensure security, compliance, and disaster recovery across all cloud infrastructure
• Play a key role in defining the future of our cloud platform and developer toolset

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven track record of successfully leading and scaling engineering teams, with an emphasis on mentorship, fostering a collaborative culture, and driving technical excellence
• Ability to set and execute a strategic vision for cloud platforms and infrastructure, aligning engineering initiatives with business goals
• Experience in optimizing cloud infrastructure for cost efficiency without sacrificing performance, reliability, or security
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills, especially in high-pressure situations and complex technical challenges
• Proven ability to scale technology platforms and teams in a rapidly expanding or a startup environment, with a focus on agility, speed, and resourcefulness
• Expertise in IaC tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar technologies. Proven ability to automate cloud infrastructure provisioning and management
• Strong background in designing, deploying, and managing Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions, with a focus on scalability, performance, and security in cloud environments
• Expertise in AWS architecture, including compute (EC2, Lambda), storage (S3, EFS), networking (VPC, Route 53), and security (IAM, KMS, CloudTrail)
• Proven ability to design and scale CI/CD pipelines using AWS services and other tools, with a focus on automation and continuous delivery
• In-depth knowledge of cloud security best practices, including IAM roles and policies, data encryption, secure application architecture, and regulatory compliance (e.g., SOC2, GDPR)
• Experience in leveraging CloudWatch, X-Ray, and other AWS tools to monitor infrastructure and application performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement improvements

Benefits

• Flexible work schedules and the ability to work remotely are available for many roles
• Health, dental and vision insurance paid up to 80% for employees, dependents and domestic partners
• Robust time-off plan (21 days of PTO in your first year)
• Two paid volunteer days and 11 paid holidays
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents
• Six weeks paid sabbatical after six years of service
• Educational Assistant Program and Clinical Employee Reimbursement Program
• 401(k) with up to 4% match
• Stock options