Alchemy · 5 hours ago
Director of Engineering, Infrastructure & Platform
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$300K/yr - $350K/yr
10+ years expAlchemy is a company on a mission to bring web3 to a billion people by providing builders with the necessary tools to create exceptional onchain products. As the Director of Engineering, Infrastructure & Platform, you will lead the vision and execution of sophisticated distributed systems, ensuring scalability and performance while mentoring engineering leaders and teams.
BlockchainDeveloper APIsDeveloper PlatformProductivity ToolsWeb3
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
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
Preferred
Experience with Java, K8s, AWS, multi-region, multi-cloud is strongly preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
401k
Unlimited flexible time off
Company
Alchemy
Alchemy is a developer platform that helps companies to build reliable decentralized applications.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$563.9MKey Investors
C1FundAndreessen Horowitz
2025-11-25Series Unknown
2022-02-08Series C· $200M
2021-10-28Series C· $250M
Leadership Team
Guillaume Poncin
Chief Technology Officer
Bill Platt
Chief Operating Officer
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