Remote (Global)

Compa is hiring a Director of Technical Services

About the Role

Lead the technical services function by driving operational excellence, managing infrastructure strategy, and supporting product development through hands-on leadership and long-term planning.

Responsibilities

  • Direct the strategy and execution of technical operations
  • Oversee system architecture and infrastructure planning
  • Ensure high availability and performance of core platforms
  • Manage incident response and disaster recovery protocols
  • Lead capacity planning and scalability initiatives
  • Supervise technical support teams and service delivery
  • Develop and maintain operational policies and procedures
  • Collaborate with engineering on deployment workflows
  • Drive adoption of automation and monitoring tools
  • Evaluate and integrate new technologies
  • Maintain compliance with security and regulatory standards
  • Coordinate with external vendors and partners
  • Optimize cloud and on-premise resource usage
  • Mentor senior technical staff and support career development
  • Establish KPIs and report on team performance
  • Support product launches with technical readiness assessments
  • Manage technical documentation and knowledge sharing
  • Lead root cause analysis for critical system issues
  • Align technical strategy with business objectives
  • Foster a culture of reliability and continuous improvement

Compensation

Competitive salary with performance-based incentives

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with flexibility based on team and project needs

Team

Collaborative environment with engineering, product, and operations teams

Leadership Expectations

  • Set vision and direction for technical services organization
  • Promote accountability and transparency across teams
  • Drive alignment between technical capabilities and business goals
  • Champion innovation while maintaining system stability

Technology Stack

  • Primary use of cloud infrastructure with multi-region deployment
  • Containerization and orchestration via Kubernetes
  • Monitoring stack includes Prometheus and Grafana
  • CI/CD powered by Jenkins and GitOps practices
  • Infrastructure as code using Terraform
Required Skills
Customer SuccessProcess Improvement
About company
Compa
Compa is a venture-backed SaaS startup revolutionizing the future of compensation. Compa has developed the premier real-time compensation data platform, delivering top-tier compensation intelligence to leading enterprise teams.
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Job Details
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Posted a year ago