Platform & Infrastructure Leader: Scale & Reliability, DevEx

Ashby, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 230,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashby, Inc. is seeking an engineering leader for Platform & Infrastructure to own the long-term vision and 6-month roadmap. You will grow a high-performing team and build out a headcount plan, including specialized roles as needed.

You will partner with Product Engineering to maintain speed without sacrificing performance, drive monitoring and incident processes, and manage key vendor relationships. Expect to lead managers and shape DevEx strategy where appropriate.

Qualifications

• Led a company through high-growth periods and made high-quality decisions under pressure.
• Designed interview loops and hiring strategy; built hiring processes.
• Collaborated with Product Engineering, Product, Sales, or Support at company level.
• Knowledge of platform and infrastructure tech, networking, and hardware; Kubernetes, traffic flows, and cloud abstractions.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a long-term vision and 6-month roadmap for Platform & Infrastructure.
• Grow the Platform & Infrastructure team with ICs and managers, including headcount planning.
• Establish strong relationship with Product Engineering to enable fast, reliable delivery.
• Assess and improve monitoring and incident management, uptime measurement, and coordination with Support.
• Manage vendor relationships and pricing for hosting and observability infrastructure (AWS, ClickHouse, Datadog).
• Manage managers and hire a manager within 6 months; oversee DevEx if applicable.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Hiring strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Kubernetes

Networking & infrastructure

Technical writing

Tools

AWS

ClickHouse

Datadog

Braintrust

Job description

Ashby, Inc. is seeking an engineering leader for Platform & Infrastructure to own the long-term vision and 6-month roadmap. You will grow a high-performing team and build out a headcount plan, including specialized roles as needed.

You will partner with Product Engineering to maintain speed without sacrificing performance, drive monitoring and incident processes, and manage key vendor relationships. Expect to lead managers and shape DevEx strategy where appropriate.