Director, DevOps & Cloud Engineering — Lead CI/CD

Ladders; New York (NY); On-site; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental & vision insurance

Employee Assistance Program

401(k) matching

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Unlimited PTO + 10 holidays

Parental leave

Impactful healthcare technology

Job summary

Ladders in New York, NY seeks a Director, DevOps & Cloud Engineering to lead a distributed team delivering secure, reliable and scalable technology solutions. You will shape engineering practices, strengthen CI/CD automation, and drive platform engineering in a regulated healthcare environment.

Reporting to engineering leadership, you will advance release management, SRE practices, and compliance, while enhancing developer experience and operational performance across the software delivery

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering, QA, DevOps, or platform engineering, with 3-5 years in a leadership role.
• Experience leading QA and DevOps functions with a focus on high-performing teams.
• Expertise in CI/CD pipeline design and developer experience tooling.
• Strong background in test strategy and automation across multiple testing frameworks.
• Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS, and IaC tools.
• Experience in regulated environments such as HIPAA, SOC 2, or FDA, with knowledge of compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of engaging with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a distributed QA and DevOps team, fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement
• Define quality engineering strategies, including automation frameworks and quality metrics
• Own the roadmap for DevOps and platform engineering, driving CI/CD and deployment automation
• Collaborate with engineering leaders to establish compliant release management processes
• Implement SRE practices, including incident response and reliability metrics
• Set clear quality gates throughout the SDLC to minimize defects and enhance release confidence
• Ensure a security-first approach in infrastructure and release processes

Skills

CI/CD pipeline design

DevOps leadership

Automation testing

Cloud infrastructure AWS

IaC (Infrastructure as Code)

Regulated environment compliance

Developer tooling

Quality engineering strategy

Job description

Ladders in New York, NY seeks a Director, DevOps & Cloud Engineering to lead a distributed team delivering secure, reliable and scalable technology solutions. You will shape engineering practices, strengthen CI/CD automation, and drive platform engineering in a regulated healthcare environment.

Reporting to engineering leadership, you will advance release management, SRE practices, and compliance, while enhancing developer experience and operational performance across the software delivery