HubSpot

VP, Infrastructure Engineering

HubSpot$435K — $500K+*
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Significant executive engineering leadership experience in large organizations.
  • Proven success in scaling Infrastructure or Cloud Platform organizations in modern SaaS businesses.
  • Experience with globally available systems for millions of users.
  • Deep understanding of cloud-native architecture and modern software delivery.
  • Demonstrated ability to define technical strategy with measurable outcomes.
  • Strong in developing leadership and fostering high-performing teams.
  • Excellent communication and cross-functional influencing skills.
  • Passion for AI in transforming engineering and operations.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute long-term vision for Infrastructure Engineering.
  • Lead and develop a high-performing engineering organization.
  • Drive evolution of engineering platforms, focusing on cloud and data infrastructure.
  • Transform infrastructure for an AI-first future, identifying key opportunities.
  • Accelerate global infrastructure expansion while ensuring reliability and security.
  • Align infrastructure investments with company strategy and product priorities.
  • Champion modern Site Reliability Engineering practices and operational excellence.
  • Foster a culture of inclusion and technical excellence across the organization.

Benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements including remote work options.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits to support employees.
  • Equity participation in HubSpot's stock plans.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Supportive accommodations for candidates with disabilities.
Full Job Description
Role Summary

As VP, Infrastructure Engineering, you'll shape the platforms that make that mission possible by enabling every engineering team to build, deploy, and operate software at scale.

You'll lead an Infrastructure Engineering organization responsible for the cloud platforms, developer experience, data infrastructure, reliability, observability, and engineering productivity capabilities that power HubSpot's products. Reporting to senior engineering leadership, you'll be responsible for defining how infrastructure engineering evolves in an AI-first software company. This is a transformational leadership opportunity to influence HubSpot's technical strategy, accelerate engineering velocity, and help hundreds of engineers deliver remarkable experiences for millions of customers worldwide.
Team Overview

The Infrastructure Engineering organization provides the shared platforms, services, and tooling that every HubSpot product team depends on. From cloud infrastructure and developer platforms to data infrastructure, reliability engineering, observability, and AI-enabled engineering productivity, the team enables product engineers to move faster while delivering secure, reliable, and scalable customer experiences.
What You'll Do
  • Define and execute the long-term vision for Infrastructure Engineering, ensuring HubSpot's platforms continue to scale with our customers, products, and engineering organization.
  • Lead and develop a high-performing organization of engineers, building leadership depth and succession across the organization.
  • Drive the evolution of HubSpot's engineering platforms, including cloud infrastructure, platform as a service, data infrastructure, observability, and reliability engineering.
  • Lead the transformation of Infrastructure Engineering for an AI-first future by identifying opportunities where AI fundamentally changes how software is built, operated, and supported.
  • Accelerate global infrastructure expansion while ensuring platform reliability, security, scalability, and operational excellence.
  • Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Security, and executive leadership to align infrastructure investments with company strategy and product priorities.
  • Champion modern Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, operational excellence, and continuous improvements to platform reliability and developer experience.
  • Drive adoption of scalable platform capabilities that improve engineering velocity while reducing operational complexity.
  • Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, inclusion, and customer focus across the Infrastructure Engineering organization.
  • Build strategic relationships with key technology partners, including hyperscale cloud providers, to maximize long-term platform capabilities and business value.
What You'll Bring
Required Qualifications
  • Significant executive engineering leadership experience leading large, multi-layer engineering organizations.
  • Proven success building and scaling Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering, Developer Platforms, or Cloud Platform organizations within modern cloud-native SaaS businesses.
  • Experience operating highly available, globally distributed systems serving millions of users or customers at internet scale.
  • Deep understanding of cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, developer platforms, reliability engineering, observability, infrastructure automation, and modern software delivery.
  • Demonstrated ability to define long-term technical strategy while delivering measurable business outcomes.
  • Experience partnering with executive leadership to shape organizational strategy and technology investment decisions.
  • Strong track record developing engineering leaders, building inclusive organizations, and creating high-performing teams.
  • Excellent executive communication, organizational leadership, and cross-functional influencing skills.
  • Passion for leveraging AI to transform engineering, infrastructure, operations, and the entire software lifecycle.
Nice-to-Have Qualifications
  • Experience operationalizing modern database technologies and large-scale data platforms.
  • Experience building or evolving internal developer platforms that significantly improve engineering productivity.
  • Experience partnering strategically with AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure.
  • Track record improving cloud efficiency and operational cost optimization at enterprise scale.
  • Active participation in the broader engineering community through technical writing, speaking, or open-source contributions.


Pay & Benefits

The cash compensation below includes base salary, on-target commission for employees in eligible roles, and annual bonus targets under HubSpot's bonus plan for eligible roles. In addition to cash compensation, some roles are eligible to participate in HubSpot's equity plan to receive restricted stock units (RSUs). Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are tailored to your skills, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.

This resource will help guide how we recommend thinking about the range you see. Learn more about HubSpot's compensation philosophy.

Benefits are also an important piece of your total compensation package. Explore the benefits and perks HubSpot offers to help employees grow better.

At HubSpot, fair compensation practices aren't just about checking off the box for legal compliance. It's about living out our value of transparency with our employees, candidates, and community.

Annual Cash Compensation Range:

$435,200-$696,300 USD

We know the confidence gap and impostor syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don't hesitate to apply - we'd love to hear from you.

If you need accommodations or assistance due to a disability, please reach out to us using this form.

At HubSpot, we value both flexibility and connection. Whether you're a Remote employee or work from the Office, we want you to start your journey here by building strong connections with your team and peers. If you are joining our Engineering team, you will be required to attend a regional HubSpot office for in-person onboarding. If you join our broader Product team, you'll also attend other in-person events, such as your Product Group Summit and other gatherings, to continue building on those connections.

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About HubSpot

HubSpot is a leading growth platform. Since 2006, HubSpot has been on a mission to make the world more inbound. Today, over 100,000 customers in more than 120 countries use HubSpot's award-winning software, services, and support to transform the way they attract, engage, and delight customers. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA with offices in Dublin, Ireland; Singapore; Sydney, Australia; Tokyo, Japan; Berlin, Germany; Bogotá, Colombia; and Portsmouth, NH.
Learn more about HubSpot
Size
6,404 employees
Market Cap
$13.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$85 million
Founded
2006
5 Year Trend
+36.9%
Revenue
$883 million
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