Director of Platform Operations (Infrastructure)

TL;DR

Director of Platform Operations (Infrastructure): Lead and evolve hirify.global’s core infrastructure platforms including Kubernetes, CI/CD, developer tooling, and AI/ML infrastructure with an accent on platform resilience, scalability, and innovation-readiness. Focus on designing and scaling secure, multi-tenant cloud-native systems, driving automation, and operationalizing next-gen AI/ML infrastructure.

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company

hirify.global is a global human and AI-powered work marketplace connecting businesses with skilled independent talent across various domains including AI, software development, and more.

What you will do

• Lead global operations for core infrastructure platforms such as Kubernetes, CI/CD systems, and developer environments ensuring performance, reliability, and security.
• Define and execute roadmap for secure, multi-tenant infrastructure powering engineering and AI/ML workloads.
• Drive automation for build/release processes, incident response, and compliance readiness while maintaining reliability standards.
• Oversee platform-wide observability including logging, monitoring, distributed tracing, and SLO instrumentation.
• Partner with AI platform teams to operationalize next-gen infrastructure like GPU provisioning and model-serving environments.
• Recruit, mentor, and scale a high-performing, globally distributed team fostering innovation and technical excellence.

Requirements

• Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 10+ years software engineering experience with 3+ years leading infrastructure or platform teams.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native systems, Kubernetes, CI/CD platforms, and distributed systems operations.
• Experience designing and scaling AI/ML platforms for model training, deployment, and monitoring.
• Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills in cross-functional environments.