Director of Engineering Infrastructure & Platform

The Role

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. 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.

In this role you will set the long-term technical direction for platform infrastructure partner closely with Product and Executive Leadership and ensure Alchemy continues to operate at the frontier of Web3 infrastructure. Your work will enable developers to move faster with confidence and help unlock blockchain adoption for the next billion users.

What You'll Do:

• 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.

• Stay ahead of emerging technologies and ecosystem trends (Web3 cloud infrastructure AI) and translate them into actionable technical strategy.

• Build mentor and retain high-performing engineering leaders and ICs; provide coaching that raises the technical bar across teams.

• Own hiring strategy and workforce planning for the org recruiting top-tier talent and developing future leaders.

• Shape and strengthen Alchemy’s engineering culture through standards mentorship and programs that promote continuous learning and innovation.

What We're Looking For:

• 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.

• Strong hands-on understanding of large-scale distributed systems and cloud infrastructure

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

• Excellent problem-solving analytical and decision-making skills.

• Exceptional judgment and decision-making skills especially when balancing speed quality and long-term technical health.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and engage with the open-source community.

• Strong ownership mindset; comfortable operating with ambiguity and driving initiatives end-to-end

• Ability to balance perfection with pragmatism and ship impactful solutions quickly.

• Passion for building platforms that enable others and curiosity about emerging technologies— crypto AI and complex systems.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with developer platforms or API products

• Experience in crypto blockchain or adjacent infrastructure markets

• Previous founder or startup leadership experience

Benefits and Perks

🏥 Medical Dental & Vision
💪 Gym Reimbursement
🖥️ Home Office Build-out Budget
🥙 In-Office Group Meals
🚅 Commuter Benefits
🌴 Flexible Time Off
🧘‍♂️ Wellbeing & Mental Health Perks
🧠 Learning & Development Stipend
🌎 Company Sponsored Conferences & Events
💸 HSA and FSA Plans
🧬 Fertility Benefits

What We Do

Alchemy powers the top blockchain companies globally and has been featured in TechCrunch Forbes Bloomberg and elsewhere. Our mission is to bring web3 to a billion people by providing builders with the tools they need to build exceptional onchain products. Alchemy is the only complete developer platform that offers the powerful APIs SDKs and tools necessary to build and scale onchain apps and rollups. Our infrastructure powers 70% of the top web3 teams 90%+ of web2 companies building in web3 and 100+ million end users. Our customers include top web3 brands like Polymarket OpenSea Circle WorldCoin as well as major global brands like Shopify and Adobe. The Alchemy team draws from decades of deep expertise in massively scalable infrastructure AI and blockchain from leadership roles at leading companies and universities like Google Microsoft Facebook Stanford and MIT. We're backed by the world's leading VCs and institutions including Lightspeed Silver Lake a16z Coatue Pantera Addition Stanford University Coinbase and Charles Schwab among others.

Why Work With Us

Alchemy is on the cutting edge of web3 working to bring the life-changing potential of this technology to everyone. By thinking big and moving fast we’re tackling the challenges of innovation and creating a future with massive global impact. Working it Alchemy is a chance to learn and grow in ways you've never even imagined. It’s an opportunity

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