Platform & Infra Leader: Scale, Reliability & DevEx

Ashby, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashby, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Leader for Platform & Infrastructure to drive performance and reliability as the company scales. You will report to the Co-Founder and CTO, shape the 6-month roadmap, and build out a high-caliber team including managers and ICs.

You will partner with Product Engineering to enable fast, reliable delivery while optimizing vendor relationships and hosting costs. You will also lead monitoring, incident management, and DevEx initiatives, with a focus on reducing

Qualifications

• Led a company through high-growth periods and made high-quality decisions under pressure.
• Designed and executed hiring processes, interview loops, and hiring strategy.
• Collaborated across Product Engineering, Product, Sales, or Support to push initiatives forward.
• Knowledgeable about platform/infrastructure technologies, networking, and hardware.
• Excellent written communication and ability to discuss complex topics with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a long-term vision and 6-month roadmap for Platform & Infrastructure.
• Grow the Platform & Infrastructure team; hire ICs, managers, and create headcount plans.
• Foster fast, reliable product engineering collaboration without introducing

Skills

Strategic leadership

Hiring & interviewing

Cross-functional collaboration

Platform & infrastructure knowledge

Communication (written)

Tools

Kubernetes

Load balancing

Monitoring & incident response tools

Job description

Ashby, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Leader for Platform & Infrastructure to drive performance and reliability as the company scales. You will report to the Co-Founder and CTO, shape the 6-month roadmap, and build out a high-caliber team including managers and ICs.

You will partner with Product Engineering to enable fast, reliable delivery while optimizing vendor relationships and hosting costs. You will also lead monitoring, incident management, and DevEx initiatives, with a focus on reducing