Director of R&D

Job Description

ScaleOps is redefining autonomous cloud and AI infrastructure. We're on a mission to free DevOps and platform engineers from manual resource management so they can focus on innovation, not tuning resources. The results: maximized performance and a reduction of cloud costs by up to 80%.

As the category leader in Autonomous Cloud and AI Infrastructure Resource Management, we're trusted by leading enterprises including Adobe, Wiz, Epic Games, Northwestern Mutual, Coinbase, DocuSign, and Fortune 100 companies to autonomously manage their most critical production environments.

Backed by Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and other leading VCs with over $210M in funding, ScaleOps is the leading player in a massive and growing market. We are building the autonomous infrastructure management platform that will power the next decade of enterprise compute.

What You Will Be Doing

- Lead and grow a high-performing engineering organization responsible for our core product offering.

- Define and execute the engineering strategy for our Kubernetes resource management platform, enabling DevOps teams worldwide to operate more efficiently.

- Partner closely with Product, Design, and Go-to-Market leaders to translate business strategy into engineering execution.

- Drive technical excellence, architectural direction, and engineering best practices across multiple teams.

- Build, mentor, and develop engineering managers and senior engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement.

- Scale engineering processes, organizational structure, and delivery capabilities while maintaining a high bar for quality and execution.

- Balance hands-on technical leadership with organizational leadership, making key architectural and strategic decisions when needed.

- Create an environment where talented engineers can do their best work with a high degree of autonomy, accountability, and collaboration.

What You Bring Along

- An inspiring engineering leader who is passionate about building exceptional teams and empowering people to grow.

- 7+ years of software engineering experience, including several years leading engineering organizations in high-growth SaaS or cloud infrastructure companies.

- Proven experience managing multiple engineering teams and developing engineering managers.

- Strong technical background in distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, and containerized environments, with the ability to engage deeply in technical discussions.

- Experience scaling engineering organizations, processes, and product delivery through periods of rapid growth.

- A track record of partnering effectively with Product and Executive leadership to deliver business impact.

- A degree in Computer Science from a leading academic institution or equivalent experience, including service in an elite technological IDF unit.

- A collaborative, ownership-driven leader who sets a high bar for execution while fostering a positive, high-performance engineering culture.