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Head of Infrastructure Services

Lead infrastructure strategy and roadmap for Crossref's scholarly publishing platform

Lead the strategy and evolution of Crossref's infrastructure ecosystem, owning the infrastructure roadmap and developing the Infrastructure Services Team. Modernize a complex mix of legacy and modern components running on AWS with Terraform, Java, Clojure, Elasticsearch, and PostgreSQL into more loosely connected services. Ensure at least 2 hours overlap with European timezones while working fully remote globally.

Why This Role?

Direct access to the Director of Technology with real impact from day one

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead infrastructure strategy and roadmap development
  • Own and evolve Crossref's infrastructure ecosystem
  • Develop and lead the Infrastructure Services Team
  • Modernize legacy systems into loosely connected services
  • Manage AWS-based infrastructure using Terraform
  • Oversee Java, Clojure, Elasticsearch, and PostgreSQL components

Requirements

  • Strong technical background in cloud infrastructure
  • Experience leading technical teams
  • Proficiency with AWS and Terraform
  • Familiarity with Java, Clojure, Elasticsearch, or PostgreSQL
  • Ability to work with at least 2 hours overlap with European timezones
  • Experience modernizing legacy systems

Required Skills

infrastructureawsterraformleadershipcloud infrastructureinfrastructure strategyteam leadershipsystem modernizationcloud architecture

Indonesia Context

Working Hours Overlap:
Flexible — work your own hours
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View Original Description from HN Who is Hiring

Original description from HN Who is Hiring

Crossref | Head of Infrastructure Services | REMOTE | Full-time | 120k USD or local equivalent I'm the Director of Technology at Crossref and I'm looking for a Head of Infrastructure Services to join my team. This role will lead the strategy and evolution of Crossref's infrastructure ecosystem, own the infrastructure roadmap, and lead and develop our Infrastructure Services Team. Crossref is a not-for-profit organisation that runs infrastructure that connects thousands of scholarly publishers and millions of research outputs, serving an increasingly diverse set of communities across scholarly publishing, research, funding, and beyond. Our system is a complex mix of legacy and modern components, some parts over 20 years old and tightly coupled, running on AWS with Terraform, Java, Clojure, Elasticsearch, and PostgreSQL. You'll play a key role in our efforts to modernise this system into a set of more loosely connected services. We're looking for someone who's as comfortable getting into the weeds of cloud infrastructure as they are leading a team. If you've grown from a strong technical background into leadership, and enjoy using your technical expertise to help a team do its best work, this could be a great fit for you. This role is fully remote, we are hiring globally, but we will need at least 2 hours overlap with European timezones. Full job description and application form here: https://www.crossref.org/jobs/2026-09-01-head-of-infrastruct... We don't use AI as part of the recruitment process, all applications are screened by me. For any questions, feel free to message me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dtkaczyk/

Salary Context

Similar Engineering roles on LokerDollar pay around $215.5k/yr (range $19.6k–1000k/yr, n=567 active listings).

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Company
Crossref
Job Type
full time
Location
Remote · Boston, USA
Category
Seniority
lead
PostedNewNew & verified
Sep 4, 2026

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