Lead and scale infrastructure engineering for production AI systems with expertise in AWS, GCP, and Terraform; focusing on security, observability, and developer experience.
Experience
6–25 yrs
Location
Remote
Experience
6–25 yrs
Location
Remote
The Brief
TITLE
Director of Infrastructure Engineering
TYPE
Full-time
POSTED
Aug 11, 2026
JOB ID
019ff0b7
TITLE
Director of Infrastructure Engineering
TYPE
Full-time
POSTED
Aug 11, 2026
JOB ID
019ff0b7
Remote | $350,000–$500,000/year | 1 Opening
Lead and scale the platform powering production AI systems. Own the strategy and execution behind cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, and reliability practices — ensuring systems remain secure, observable, and resilient. This is a hands‑on leadership role for someone who thrives at every level: defining long‑term infrastructure strategy, solving production incidents, and mentoring high‑performing engineers.
Architect and evolve multi‑cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP
Lead and grow a high‑performing Infrastructure/Platform Engineering team
Build infrastructure as code (Terraform or equivalent) for reproducible environments
Design and improve CI/CD systems for secure, reliable delivery
Establish world‑class observability across metrics, logs, traces, and alerting
Drive reliability practices: incident response, on‑call ops, SLOs, error budgets, disaster recovery, blameless postmortems
Partner with Security and Engineering leadership to embed security by default and maintain compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC)
Continuously improve developer experience through automation and platform tooling
AWS and GCP expertise
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
CI/CD systems
Security‑first mindset
Team leadership
8+ years building/operating production infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps, or SRE systems
3+ years leading engineering teams in high‑growth environments
Strong experience with Kubernetes, containers, and modern CI/CD platforms
Proven track record building highly available, observable, and resilient systems
Deep understanding of infrastructure security, compliance, and risk management
Experience scaling engineering organizations and infrastructure in fast‑moving environments
Excellent communication skills to influence technical strategy across teams and executives
AI/ML infrastructure or large‑scale data platforms
Familiarity with model training, inference, evaluation, or data pipeline infrastructure
Experience with regulated cloud environments (FedRAMP, GovCloud, CMMC Level 2)
Contributions to platform engineering, open‑source infrastructure, or developer productivity initiatives
Pay range: $350,000–$500,000/year (national base salary range: $230,000–$260,000 USD)
Equity compensation eligibility
Performance‑based bonuses
Comprehensive benefits package including:
Up to 100% reimbursement for health‑insurance premiums
Paid time off
401(K) plan with company match
Additional benefits supporting a high‑performing, remote‑first workforce
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
About the company
Recruitment Room is a global workforce solutions company helping businesses build, manage, and scale distributed teams across international markets. We partner with startups, scale-ups, SMEs, and enterprise organizations to deliver end-to-end workforce solutions that support business growth, operational efficiency, and global expansion.
Our services extend beyond talent acquisition to include Employer of Record (EOR), Contractor of Record (COR), contractor management, global payroll, HRIS, workforce strategy, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), executive search, and AI-powered talent intelligence. By combining human expertise with intelligent technology, we simplify the complexities of hiring, employing, and managing talent across borders.
For professionals, Recruitment Room provides access to career opportunities with innovative employers worldwide while supporting long-term career growth through our global talent ecosystem.