Lightfield · 1 month ago
Head of Infrastructure & Data
HQ: San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$300K/yr - $350K/yr
10+ years expLightfield is an AI-native CRM that rethinks traditional systems by adapting to how companies actually work. They are seeking a senior engineering leader to establish and scale the Infra & Data function, collaborating with founders to set architectural direction and build a foundational engineering team.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)CRMInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Define and execute Lightfield’s infrastructure & data strategy for our next phase of scale
Advance the data, search, retrieval, and agent-execution systems that power our AI-native CRM
Shape our event architecture and orchestrate reliable, high-throughput asynchronous processing and user-defined workflow execution
Strengthen observability and operational practices to ensure reliability, performance, and proactive issue detection
Recruit, grow, and lead a world-class Infra & Data engineering team
Mentor engineers across Lightfield, contribute to code reviews, and elevate our engineering culture and practices
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience building and scaling backend, data, and infrastructure systems
Deep experience designing high-performance data infrastructure for large-scale ingestion, processing, indexing, and retrieval
Strong expertise in relational database design, indexing strategies, and query optimization (PostgreSQL or similar)
Experience with full-text search systems (e.g., Typesense) enabling fast, structured querying
Experience with vector search and semantic retrieval (e.g., Pinecone) to power AI-driven context and recommendations
Experience with job orchestration and durable workflow technologies (e.g., Temporal, Celery) and event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka)
Excited about LLMs and building systems that leverage them for search, retrieval, reasoning, and automated insights
Comfortable ramping quickly on our stack: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Apollo GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Typesense, Pinecone, BullMQ
Strong engineering fundamentals, with a degree in Computer Science or a related field
Thrives in ambiguity and can independently drive complex projects in a fast-moving environment
Clear, thoughtful communicator who can articulate technical decisions across engineering, product, and business
Passionate about building products customers love—ensuring our CRM is intuitive, intelligent, and indispensable
Benefits
Competitive salary
Meaningful early equity
Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
3 weeks of PTO
11 paid company holidays + we enjoy a winter holiday break
3 months of paid family leave
Wednesdays work from home
Regular team dinners, events, offsites, and retreats
401k plan
Other perks include: commuter and lunch stipend
Company
Lightfield
Lightfield offers a CRM that helps teams manage customer conversations and uses AI to suggest actions and reminders.
11-50 employees
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