At AbsenceSoft, we’re transforming the employee experience. Our secure, intuitive technology helps employers bring humanity, certainty, and efficiency to some of the most complex moments in the workplace. Built by HR professionals for HR professionals, we’re proud of where we’ve been and even more excited about where we’re going.

We’re seeking a strategic and hands-on Director, Cloud Engineering to lead AbsenceSoft’s Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, and Cloud Operations functions. This role is accountable for the availability, reliability, and security of our platform while driving operational excellence, infrastructure automation, and cost optimization. The ideal candidate is both a visionary leader and a technical expert who can scale infrastructure to meet business growth, mentor high-performing teams, and foster cross-functional alignment with engineering, product, and security leaders.

What you'll do

• Lead, mentor, and grow high-performing teams of infrastructure and DevOps engineers.
• Define and execute multi-quarter infrastructure and cloud engineering roadmaps aligned with company strategy.
• Establish standards for infrastructure, DevOps, and cloud operations, ensuring operational excellence.
• Oversee platform availability SLAs through proactive monitoring, incident management, and blameless post-mortems.
• Direct adoption of Infrastructure as Code, ensuring full Terraform implementation across AWS environments.
• Manage CI/CD architecture and operations, including Jenkins, ECS, and related tooling.
• Lead AWS cost management and FinOps practices through forecasting, right-sizing, and governance.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, and Security leadership to align infrastructure investments with company priorities.
• Maintain SOC2 compliance and audit readiness through secure operational practices.
• Build self-service infrastructure capabilities for development teams with compliance guardrails.
• Serve as a player-coach, contributing to complex technical problem solving and maintaining technical credibility.

 What you'll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering.
• 3+ years in director or senior manager-level leadership roles overseeing technical teams.
• Proven success managing production infrastructure in high-availability SaaS environments.
• Deep expertise in AWS, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins required).
• Experience leading incident management, on-call operations, and platform reliability at scale.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services, networking, cost optimization, and multi-account strategies.
• Experience with SOC2 compliance and cloud security best practices.
• Strong financial acumen for managing infrastructure budgets and optimizing cloud spend.
• Ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly to executives and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborative leadership style with a focus on operational excellence, resilience, and cross-functional alignment.
• Hands-on expertise with modern cloud and DevOps practices; familiarity with Kubernetes or multi-cloud environments a plus.
• Knowledge of AI tools and concepts to enhance infrastructure automation and team efficiency.

Why join us

At AbsenceSoft, we LEAD with our values:

Lead with Innovation - We create meaningful change through intelligence, focus and passion.  We embrace curiosity, data, and insight to shape the future of our industry. Always innovating, learning and evolving.

Elevate Every Voice - Every perspective matters. We listen, learn, and build a culture where diversity of thought and experience drives better solutions and smarter decisions.

Achieve Together - The customer fuels everything we do. We share knowledge, collaborate, celebrate wins, and face challenges as one team because success is always a collective achievement.

Drive Outcome - Every action we take delivers measurable value to our teams, our customers, and the employees they support. Accountability is non-negotiable. We honor our commitments, take responsibility for results, and see every success and setback as a chance to grow stronger.

We offer:

• Impact that matters. You’ll do work that shapes the future of the modern workplace
• Flexibility and trust. We’re remote-first and results driven. You’ll have the freedom and flexibility to do your best work, wherever you do it best.
• Growth and development. We believe the best work happens when people are growing. You’ll have access to learning resources, leadership programs, and real opportunities to take on new challenges and expand your impact.
• Competitive rewards. We offer comprehensive benefits, a performance-based bonus program, and equity opportunities – because when we grow, you should too.
• Time for life. Recharge and reconnect with flexible time off, paid holidays, and flexible leave programs designed to support every season of life.
• Belonging and balance. We’re building an inclusive culture where every voice is valued, collaboration is celebrated, and success is shared.
• Compensation Transparency. Compensation range for this position is $208k - $246k annually, depending on experience and location.

We Offer

• Impact that matters. You’ll do work that shapes the future of the modern workplace
• Flexibility and trust. We’re remote-first and results driven. You’ll have the freedom and flexibility to do your best work, wherever you do it best.
• Growth and development. We believe the best work happens when people are growing. You’ll have access to learning resources, leadership programs, and real opportunities to take on new challenges and expand your impact.
• Competitive rewards. We offer comprehensive benefits, a performance-based bonus program, and equity opportunities – because when we grow, you should too.
• Time for life. Recharge and reconnect with flexible time off, paid holidays, and flexible leave programs designed to support every season of life.
• Belonging and balance. We’re building an inclusive culture where every voice is valued, collaboration is celebrated, and success is shared.
• Compensation Transparency. Compensation range for this position is $172k - $215k annually, depending on experience and location.