# Director of Engineering, Infrastructure & Platform

**Company:** [Alchemy](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/alchemy)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $300k – $350k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, AWS, Java, Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure, Multi-Cloud, Multi-Region, Web3, AI
**Posted:** 2025-12-19

> Leads engineering teams building scalable infrastructure and platform for blockchain products, owning strategy, architecture, and execution at massive scale. Requires 10+ years software engineering with 5+ years leadership in distributed systems and cloud.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Lead and scale multiple engineering teams across **Cloud Infrastructure**, **Platform**, **Data Platform**, and **Internal Tooling**, including distributed and international teams.
- Define and own the platform and infrastructure strategy, ensuring **scalability**, **reliability**, **performance**, and **cost efficiency** across the organization.
- Serve as a senior technical leader, influencing **architecture** and **systems design** for large-scale, mission-critical distributed systems.
- Partner with **Product**, **Security**, **Finance**, and **Executive Leadership** to align platform investments with company goals and customer needs.
- Drive execution excellence by evolving processes, setting clear priorities, and ensuring predictable delivery as the organization scales.
- Stay ahead of emerging technologies and ecosystem trends (**Web3**, **cloud infrastructure**, **AI**) and translate them into actionable technical strategy.
- Build, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering leaders and ICs; provide coaching that raises the technical bar across teams.
- Own hiring strategy and workforce planning for the org, recruiting top-tier talent and developing future leaders.
- Shape and strengthen engineering culture through standards, mentorship, and programs that promote continuous learning and innovation.

## What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in **Computer Science**, **Engineering**, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- **10+ years** of software engineering experience, with deep expertise in **distributed systems**.
- **5+ years** of engineering leadership experience, including managing managers and leading orgs responsible for critical production infrastructure at high-growth startup.
- Strong hands-on understanding of large-scale **distributed systems** and **cloud infrastructure**.
- Experience with **Java**, **Kubernetes**, **AWS**, **multi-region**, **multi-cloud** is strongly preferred.
- Excellent **problem-solving**, **analytical**, and **decision-making** skills.
- Exceptional judgment and decision-making skills, especially when balancing speed, quality, and long-term technical health.
- Strong written and verbal **communication** skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and engage with the open-source community.
- Strong **ownership** mindset; comfortable operating with ambiguity and driving initiatives end-to-end.
- Ability to balance perfection with pragmatism and ship impactful solutions quickly.
- Passion for building platforms that enable others and curiosity about emerging technologies—**crypto**, **AI**, and complex systems.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive compensation, including **base salary** and **equity**.
- Comprehensive **medical**, **dental**, and **vision** coverage.
- Other benefits such as **401k** and **unlimited flexible time off**.

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