Director, Engineering - Infrastructure

About the role

Federato is on a mission to defend the right to efficient, equitable insurance for all. We enable insurers to provide affordable coverage to people and organizations facing the issues of today—the climate crisis, cyber-attacks, social inflation, etc. Our vision is understood and well-funded by those behind Salesforce, Veeva, Zoom, Box, and others. Federato is the only AI-native platform that spans the full policy lifecycle and changes the way insurance work gets done. Better decisioning is built-in, not bolted on: insurers' unique portfolio goals, strategies, rules, and appetite are part of the workflow so underwriters win the right deals, faster.

Our Infrastructure team is responsible for the platform that powers everything we build. From cloud infrastructure and site reliability to security, this team ensures our platform is scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-efficient as we continue to grow. You'll lead a senior, highly technical team that partners closely with Engineering, Product, and Customer teams to build the operational foundation that enables the rest of the company to move quickly and confidently.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Infrastructure organization, overseeing both our SRE/Infrastructure and Security teams while fostering a high-performing engineering culture.
• Partner with senior technical leaders to evolve our cloud infrastructure, improving platform reliability, scalability, developer productivity, and operational efficiency.
• Drive the team's roadmap and execution, proactively identifying opportunities to mature processes, improve delivery, and reduce operational risk.
• Represent the Infrastructure organization with executive leadership and customers, serving as a trusted technical leader internally and externally.
• Remain technically engaged by reviewing architecture, providing technical guidance, and occasionally contributing code when appropriate.

Requirements

• 8+ years of engineering experience with at least 5 years leading high-performing infrastructure, platform, SRE, or DevOps engineering teams.
• Experience managing senior and Staff-level engineers while creating an environment where experienced technical leaders can thrive.
• Strong background building and operating cloud infrastructure for B2B enterprise SaaS products, ideally within high-growth startup environments.
• Able to balance strategic leadership with technical credibility, including participating in architectural reviews and technical discussions.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with experience partnering across engineering, executive leadership, and customer-facing teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading both Infrastructure and Security organizations.
• Experience scaling engineering teams through periods of rapid company growth.
• Proven success driving cloud cost optimization initiatives while improving platform reliability and performance.
• Experience building operational excellence through improved engineering processes, incident management, and reliability practices.

Pay

$250,000 - $275,000 a year. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience, and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above. Total compensation package includes stock options, benefits, and additional perks.

About Us

Here at Federato, your capabilities are important, but culture fit is essential. We move fast, are eager to listen to our users, take a first principles approach to solving problems, and value learning and the ability to change our minds. Most importantly, we're here to have fun. Our ability to make a difference starts with our people.