Head of Infrastructure

The role

The Head of Infrastructure will lead Cloud Infrastructure and Developer Infrastructure functions. You will set strategy across compute, storage, data platforms, and developer tooling to support ValonOS.

What you will do

• Define and communicate a multi-year infrastructure strategy.
• Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing organization.
• Own the portfolio roadmap and investment decisions.
• Set company-wide standards for reliability, security, and operational excellence.
• Partner with executive and functional leaders to align priorities.
• Build planning, review, and operating mechanisms.
• Guide architecture and engage in technical decisions and incidents.
• Recruit exceptional talent and develop leaders.
• Represent infrastructure to the broader company.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• 4+ years leading multiple teams, engineering managers, or a substantial infrastructure organization
• Experience owning a broad infrastructure portfolio including cloud platforms, compute, storage, databases, SRE, or developer infrastructure
• Strong technical depth in distributed systems
• Track record of operating critical production systems at scale
• Experience setting strategy across both production infrastructure and developer experience, or the ability to credibly lead leaders in both areas
• Hands-on experience with cloud providers such as AWS or GCP, container orchestration, data stores, CI/CD, and observability
• Excellent organizational judgment
• Demonstrated success hiring, developing, and retaining strong teams
• Clear, concise communication

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity
• 401(k) plan
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Daily lunch and dinner provided through Forkable for in-office team members
• Pre-tax commuter benefits for public transit, rideshares, and parking
• Company wide orientation and learning & development opportunities
• Quarterly budgets for team and company outings
• Flexible paid time off with no annual limit
• Sick days
• 11 company holidays
• 12 weeks of fully paid leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents

About the company

Valon is the leading AI platform for mortgage servicing, building the AI-native operating system for regulated finance. ValonOS is on track to power 1 in 6 U.S. mortgages across major mortgage servicers.