Own the technology strategy and execution roadmap across backend and frontend, ensuring delivery predictability, quality, and performance
Lead and develop engineering leaders and teams (hiring, onboarding, goal setting, performance management, coaching, and career ladders)
Drive architecture and engineering standards for our stack: Node.js (latest LTS), NestJS, pnpm, esbuild on the backend; React, Vue 3, Vite, pnpm on the frontend (with strong typing practices and modern engineering standards)
Build an AI-native engineering culture: identify and deliver high-impact AI use cases, set patterns for safe AI adoption, and define developer workflows for rapid iteration with appropriate governance
Own edge and security posture with Cloudflare (WAF, DDoS, CDN, access controls as applicable), and ensure resilience, observability, and incident readiness
Raise security and compliance maturity: threat modeling, secure SDLC, dependency management, access control, secrets management, vulnerability remediation SLAs, and audit readiness
Establish modern engineering operations: delivery metrics, technical debt management, CI/CD expectations, release management, and post-incident reviews

Proven experience in a senior technology leadership role, owning outcomes across multiple teams
Distributed systems / event-driven architecture / Kafka / microservices + contract & version governance
Strong hands-on background with modern backend development, including Node.js in production environments
Experience leading frontend engineering in a modern framework
Solid understanding of modern build and tooling practices (e.g., pnpm, esbuild, Vite ecosystem), performance tuning, and developer experience
Demonstrated ability to deliver AI-native products and/or platforms, including practical experience with LLM-enabled workflows and safe adoption patterns
Working knowledge of Cloudflare services and edge/security concepts (WAF, CDN, DDoS protection, access controls) and ability to incorporate them into a secure architecture
Strong security mindset and experience improving security maturity (secure SDLC, risk management, incident response, and stakeholder communication)
Excellent communication: ability to present clearly to executives, align cross-functional teams, and make pragmatic decisions under ambiguity
Ability to work EST business hours and collaborate effectively with distributed teams

Opportunity to shape the backbone systems of a modern, data-driven digital company
A collaborative, innovation-first environment that values initiative and experimentation
Ability to work EST business hours

INFUSE Academy is hiring a Deputy Director of Technology (Remote, Contract)