A16zcrypto

Director of Engineering, Infrastructure & Platform

San Francisco · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 215 days ago

JavaDistributed SystemsAWSCloud PlatformsKubernetesLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoring

About the role

Your work will enable developers to move faster with confidence and help unlock blockchain adoption for the next billion users.

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.
Build, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering leaders and ICs
Own hiring strategy and workforce planning for the org, recruiting top-tier talent and developing future leaders.
Build, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering leaders and ICs; provide coaching that raises the technical bar across teams.
You'll lead multiple teams responsible for the core platform that powers Alchemy's products, where reliability, performance, and cost efficiency at massive scale are mission-critical.

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.
Ability to balance perfection with pragmatism and ship impactful solutions quickly.
Experience with developer platforms or API products
Experience in crypto, blockchain, or adjacent infrastructure markets

Experience with Java, kubernetes, K8s, AWS, multi-region, multi-cloud is strongly preferred.

🏥 Medical, Dental, & Vision
🖥️ Home Office Build-out Budget
🧘‍♂️ Wellbeing & Mental Health Perks
🧠 Learning & Development Stipend
As Director of Engineering, Infrastructure & Platform, you will own the vision, strategy, and execution of one of the most sophisticated, high-throughput distributed systems in the blockchain ecosystem.
Shape and strengthen Alchemy's engineering culture through standards, mentorship, and programs that promote continuous learning and innovation.

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