What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Infrastructure position at Trial Library?
Our mission is to improve health equity by expanding access to cancer precision medicine.About Trial LibraryTrial Library, Inc. is a venture-backed startup founded in 2022 focused on accelerating enrollment and retention to clinical trials with an AI-platform. Trial Library is a mission-driven health technology company dedicated to improving health equity in cancer care by expanding access to precision medicine through clinical trials. We work with community oncology sites, patients, and industry partners to ensure that clinical research is accessible, navigable, and inclusive.We are seeking an experienced Director, Infrastructure to own and scale our cloud infrastructure, security, compliance, and IT operations. You'll be our first dedicated hire in this domain, reporting to the VP, Engineering and taking end-to-end ownership of the systems that keep our platform secure, reliable, and compliant.This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll build the foundation: AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, security controls, SOC-2 and HIPAA compliance, asset management, and release processes, while establishing the practices and standards that will scale with the company. As we grow, you'll build, develop, and lead a team in this area.Our engineering team embodies our company culture: high trust and low politics, where fast decision-making and open feedback are the norm. We foster a psychologically safe, collaborative environment where engineers are empowered to take action, speak up, and solve problems efficiently.Your ResponsibilitiesOwn cloud infrastructure: Design, maintain, and scale our AWS environment (Lambda, RDS, ECS, S3, etc.) with focus on security, reliability, and cost efficiencyDrive security and compliance: Maintain HIPAA and SOC-2 compliance, work with auditors, respond to security questionnaires, and implement security best practices across the organizationBuild and improve CI/CD: Own release management and deployment pipelines, improving reliability and reducing friction for the engineering teamManage IT operations: Oversee asset management, device configuration (MDM), identity/access management, and onboarding/offboarding for ~50 employeesImplement monitoring and alerting: Establish observability practices to ensure system health and rapid incident responsePartner with engineering: Work closely with backend, frontend, and AI engineers to support their infrastructure needs and unblock technical challengesEstablish standards: Define and document infrastructure practices, security policies, and operational runbooks as the company scalesBuild the team: As needs grow, hire, develop, and lead additional infrastructure and IT team membersQualificationsDeep AWS experience: you've designed and operated production infrastructure across compute, networking, storage, and security servicesSecurity and compliance background: hands-on experience with SOC-2, HIPAA, or similar frameworks; comfortable working with auditors and maintaining compliance programsDevOps and CI/CD expertise: you've built and maintained deployment pipelines and release processesIT operations experience: asset management, MDM, identity management, and supporting a distributed workforceStartup mentality: comfortable wearing many hats, making pragmatic tradeoffs, and building from scratchHigh autonomy: you figure things out independently, make decisions with incomplete information, and own outcomesStrong communication: - can translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and collaborate effectively across teamsHealthcare alignment: genuinely interested in improving clinical trial access and health equityNice to HaveHealthcare/regulated industry experience: prior work in HIPAA-regulated environments or clinical dataInfrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, or similarMonitoring and observability tools: CloudWatch, Splunk, Datadog, or similarPython scripting: for automation and toolingExperience scaling infrastructure: from startup to growth stageOur Core Values1. Ally is our favorite moniker2. The most inclusive approach is worth the work3. Celebrate measurable improvements in equity outcomes4. Fearless advocates for belonging5. Incentives matter to stakeholders choosing our products6. Taking initiative is actually giving 7. We are accountable for the experience of patients and providers8. Empathy and humility are the real dynamic duoTrial Library, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
Salary : $80,000 - $100,000