240K–300K GBP / year
Head of Platform & Infrastructure Engineering
Engineering managerRemote — United Kingdom, PST-GMT time zones
Published on 2026-11-06
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About this role
Lead Ashby’s Platform & Infrastructure Engineering organization, with responsibility for product performance, reliability, and scaling the team. Set the team’s long-term vision and roadmap, work closely with Product Engineering, and contribute technically while developing leaders.
About the company
Ashby is a technology company that provides a recruitment platform designed to streamline the hiring process for businesses. They serve various sectors with a focus on enhancing talent acquisition and management through innovative engineering and support solutions.
The team
Platform & Infrastructure team of 11 senior-level engineers, reporting to the Co-Founder and CTO.
Stack
AWSClickHouseDatadogKubernetesBraintrust
What you'll do
- Set and maintain the long-term vision and six-month roadmap for Platform & Infrastructure.
- Grow the team, plan headcount, and hire engineers and managers.
- Improve collaboration between Platform & Infrastructure and Product Engineering.
- Assess and improve monitoring and incident management processes.
- Manage vendor relationships and negotiate infrastructure and observability pricing.
- Manage managers and provide leadership across time zones.
- Contribute hands-on, including shipping product and infrastructure changes.
What we're looking for
- Have played a significant leadership role during a company’s high-growth period.
- Experience hiring engineers and designing interview processes.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, especially in writing.
- Knowledge of platform and infrastructure technologies, networking, and hardware.
- Experience managing managers or leading an Engineering department.
- Live within the PST–GMT time zones.
Nice to have
- Experience managing developer experience or developer tools teams.
Benefits
- Equity and bonus.
- 10-year stock-option exercise window.
- Unlimited paid time off.
- At least 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
- Equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
- $100 monthly education budget, with manager-approved coverage for larger items.
- Fully covered supplemental health insurance outside the US.
- Budget for regional meetups and in-person department and company gatherings.
Hiring process
- Introduction call with the Co-Founder and CTO (30 minutes).
- Pairing technical screen in the company codebase (1 hour).
- Leadership experience interview (1 hour).
- Interview with the Head of EMEA Engineering (45 minutes).
- Final round with team members covering leadership and technical topics (3 hours).
- Reference checks with a former manager, two direct reports, and an Engineering peer.