Director of Engineering, Infrastructure

Job description

Position at Everyday Health - Consumer The Opportunity: Lose It! is looking for a Director of Engineering, Infrastructure to lead the team behind the systems that power our products and business. This role reports directly to the CTO. Millions of people rely on Lose It! every day to build healthier habits, lose weight, and reach their goals. As we invest in coaching, personalization, and new product experiences, we need an engineering leader who can scale the systems behind them. You'll lead a small, high-impact team responsible for cloud infrastructure, backend services, our website, developer experience, observability, and the systems that support product development, marketing, and business operations. The scope is intentionally broad: you'll be building the foundation that helps millions of people live healthier lives, and we're looking for someone who enjoys learning new domains, navigating varied technical challenges, and unblocking engineers across the company. We operate with a high degree of ownership and autonomy. Success in this role means balancing reliability, speed, and pragmatism while helping teams navigate ambiguity, make thoughtful tradeoffs, and deliver meaningful outcomes. You'll partner closely with Engineering, Product, Data Science, and business leaders to keep our systems reliable, scalable, and effective as the company grows. Work Arrangement: Remote Travel Requirements: Minimal travel expected Key Responsibilities: Lead, mentor, and grow a small Infrastructure Engineering team, including hiring and performance management. Own the technical direction for cloud infrastructure, backend services, our website, developer tooling, observability, and operational systems. Improve reliability, scalability, security, and engineering effectiveness across the platform. Make it easier and safer for engineers to build, deploy, and operate software. Partner with Engineering, Product, Data Science, and business stakeholders on architecture, technical strategy, and operational priorities. Lead incident response readiness, operational practices, and service ownership across the organization. Balance long-term technical investments with the needs of a fast-moving product business. Ensure the platform can support the company’s next generation of products, experiences, and growth initiatives. Job Qualifications: 8+ years of software engineering experience, including experience leading engineering teams, managers, or senior technical contributors. Strong technical background spanning cloud infrastructure, backend systems, web technologies, and operational tooling. Experience operating and scaling systems on AWS. Experience with CI/CD, observability, deployment automation, and modern engineering practices. Experience supporting consumer-facing products at scale is strongly preferred. Proven ability to lead small, high-impact teams with a high degree of ownership and autonomy. Demonstrated success operating in ambiguous environments and driving progress despite changing priorities or constraints. A growth mindset, intellectual curiosity, and a bias toward action. Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Our Technology Environment Our backend is built primarily in Kotlin and Java and runs on AWS. The team owns cloud infrastructure, backend services, our website, CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling, and a variety of business-critical operational systems. While this isn’t a day-to-day coding role, you’ll be expected to stay technically engaged and actively participate in architectural and operational decisions across the organization. About Lose It! Lose It! is on a mission to change the way people view weight loss. Through the proven approach of calorie counting, Lose It! empowers members by providing support, motivation, and the tools they need for success on their journey to a healthy weight. We mobilize the world to achieve its health goals by developing best-in-class mobile experiences on iOS and Android. Life at Everyday Health At Everyday Health Group, the Health & Wellness division of Ziff Davis, we work in a culture of collaboration and welcome those who desire to join our growing global community. We believe in careers versus jobs and people versus employees. We seek enthusiastic individuals with an entrepreneurial spirit looking for an environment that rewards your best work. Everyday Health offers competitive salaries in addition to robust, health and wellness-focused benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, as well as life and disability benefits. Our employees enjoy Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), a 401(k) with company match, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. We are committed to work-life balance with Flexible Time Off, Volunteer Time Off and paid holidays. We offer family building and caregiving support and generous Family Care and Parental leave, when you need it. We also provide Fitness Reimbursement and access to wellness programs, ensuring our team stays healthy both physically and mentally. Our Culture and Values We created our values together to guide our collective purpose and pursuits. We are collaborators and problem solvers. We empower one another to make informed decisions and to be enabled towards action. We embrace success. We recognize that innovation can spark and be born from any of us no matter our individual role or background. We encourage open mindedness and sensitivity to each other and our environment. Our personal and professional passions get ignited, nurtured and supported. We value that doing is greater than talking as the most measurable means of impact. Our collective purpose to deliver enlightened audience experiences with trusted brands is what drives the success of our business and our professional satisfaction. About Ziff Davis Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD) is a vertically focused digital media and internet company whose portfolio includes leading brands in technology, shopping, gaming and entertainment, health, cybersecurity, and martech. Today, Ziff Davis is focused on several key verticals - Technology, Shopping, Entertainment, Health & Wellness, Cybersecurity and Marketing Technology. Its brands include IGN, Mashable, RetailMeNot, PCMag, Humble Bundle, Spiceworks, Everyday Health, BabyCenter, Moz, iContent and Vipre Security. At Ziff Davis & Everyday Health Group, we remain dedicated to creating an environment where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to succeed. We offer Employee Resource Groups, company-sponsored events, and regular opportunities for professional growth through educational support, mentorship programs and career development resources. Our employees are recognized and celebrated through employee engagement programs and recognition awards. Ziff Davis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. At Ziff Davis, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has always been about fairness, equal​ opportunity and belonging, which enables us to attract and retain the best talent, regardless of background or circumstances, allowing our thousands of employees worldwide to thrive​. The Company provides a range for the base pay. Factors that may be used to determine your actual pay may include your specific job related knowledge, skills, experience and geographic location. The salary compensation for this role is $150,000 to $180,000. Individual pay within the compensation range for this business unit specific role is determined based on a variety of factors including experience, scope of the role, capabilities to perform the role, education and training, as well as business and company performance. If you're seeking a dynamic and collaborative work environment where you can see the direct impact of your performance and thrive both personally and professionally, then Everyday Health Group is the place for you. Everyday Health Group has employees located in 40+ states as well as offices in NYC, Asheville, Boston, London, England and Mumbai, India.