Director of Infrastructure Engineering
RunpodGPU Cloud company
United States$225,000 - $325,000Director
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead and scale Runpod's core cloud and bare-metal environments.
- •Own the critical foundational layers of our platform.
- •Key Responsibilities Own Core Infrastructure & SRE: Lead multiple engineering teams responsible for Site Reliability Engineering, networking, and storage.
- •Architect HPC & Global Networking: Oversee the design, scaling, and operation of Runpod's global network backbone.
- •Drive Storage Engine Innovation: Direct the architecture and performance tuning of highly scalable, distributed storage systems.
- •Build a High-Output Org: Hire, mentor, and grow highly technical engineering managers and senior ICs.
- •Translate Scale into Strategy: Partner with Program Management and Product to forecast capacity requirements and shape technical roadmaps.
- •Requirements Engineering Leadership Experience: 7+ years leading software, infrastructure, SRE, or networking teams.
- •Deep Infrastructure Expertise: 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
- •HPC & Advanced Networking: Proven hands-on background or strong architectural understanding of ultra-low latency networking.
- •Storage Systems Knowledge: Experience building, operating, or tuning high-performance distributed storage systems.
- •SRE / DevOps Culture: Strong foundation in reliability engineering, infrastructure-as-code, container orchestration, and modern observability stacks.
Required skills
TerraformAnsibleKubernetesDockerCI/CDPrometheusGrafanaDatadogNew RelicPagerDutyNginxHAProxy
Nice-to-have skills
Engineering ManagementTechnical LeadershipStrategic PlanningOrganizational DesignCoachingMentoringChange ManagementCross-functional Leadership
Domain expertise
ai
Benefits & perks
equity, medical, dental & vision plans, flexible PTO, home office & equipment stipend
Tech stack
TerraformAnsibleKubernetesDockerCI/CDPrometheusGrafanaDatadogNew RelicPagerDutyNginxHAProxy