Triplelift
Senior Director, Cloud Architecture
Salary
Job description
About TripleLift
We're TripleLift, an advertising platform on a mission to elevate digital advertising through beautiful creative, quality publishers, actionable data and smart targeting. Through over 1 trillion monthly ad transactions, we help publishers and platforms monetize their businesses. Our technology is where the world's leading brands find audiences across online video, connected television, display and native ads. Brand and enterprise customers choose us because of our innovative solutions, premium formats, and supportive experts dedicated to maximizing their performance.
As part of the Vista Equity Partners portfolio, we are NMSDC certified, qualify for diverse spending goals and are committed to economic inclusion. Find out how TripleLift raises up the programmatic ecosystem at triplelift.com.
The Role
TripleLift is looking for a visionary Senior Director, Cloud Architecture to lead and evolve the cloud foundation that powers one of the most dynamic platforms in advertising technology. This is a senior leadership role for someone who operates at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic thinking—someone who can translate complex infrastructure challenges into scalable, forward-looking solutions while inspiring and growing a high-performing team.
You'll own the architectural direction of our cloud environment, partnering closely with Engineering, Security, Product, and business leadership to ensure our infrastructure is built for reliability, performance, and scale. If you thrive in fast-moving environments, embrace ambiguity as an opportunity, and have a track record of turning bold architectural visions into production reality, this role is for you.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive TripleLift's cloud architecture strategy and multi-year roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives, engineering priorities, and product growth
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable, resilient, and cost-optimized cloud infrastructure across AWS, with an emphasis on high-availability and low-latency systems
- Partner with Engineering and Platform teams to establish cloud-native best practices, architectural standards, and governance frameworks that scale across the organization
- Oversee infrastructure as code practices, CI/CD pipeline integrations, and automation strategies to accelerate delivery and reduce operational overhead
- Architect and enforce security-by-design principles, including IAM, network segmentation, encryption, and compliance controls aligned with SOC2, PCI, and other relevant frameworks
- Lead cloud cost management initiatives, identifying optimization opportunities and instilling a culture of fiscal responsibility across engineering teams
- Evaluate and champion emerging cloud technologies and industry trends, translating them into actionable investments that maintain TripleLift's competitive edge
- Serve as a technical escalation point and executive sponsor for critical infrastructure incidents, driving swift resolution and durable remediation
- Mentor and develop a team of cloud and infrastructure engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, psychological safety, and continuous learning
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Security, Data Engineering, and Product to ensure cloud architecture supports evolving platform capabilities and customer commitments
What You Bring
- 12+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure or platform engineering, with at least 4 years in a senior leadership or staff/principal-level technical role
- Deep, hands-on expertise with AWS (EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation/Terraform, and related services)
- Proven ability to architect and scale cloud platforms in high-throughput, low-latency environments—AdTech or media technology experience is a strong plus
- Strong command of infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar) and CI/CD automation practices
- Demonstrated experience driving cloud security, governance, and compliance programs (SOC2, PCI, NIST CSF, or equivalent)
- Track record of leading and developing distributed engineering teams with empathy, clarity, and accountability
- Exceptional communication skills—able to synthesize complex technical decisions for both engineering teams and executive stakeholders
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and navigating competing priorities without losing sight of long-term architectural integrity
- A collaborative, inclusive leadership style with a genuine investment in the growth of others
- Passion for staying current with cloud innovation and translating that curiosity into organizational impact
- Medical, Dental & Vision Plans
- Flexible PTO
- 401k w/ employer match
*Full-time employees are eligible for comprehensive benefits (subject to the terms of applicable plans/policies/agreements, which will be made available to you after commencing employment).
Life at TripleLift
At TripleLift, we’re a team of great people who like who they work with and want to make everyone around them better. This means being positive, collaborative, and compassionate. We hustle harder than the competition and are continuously innovating.
Learn more about TripleLift and our culture by visiting our LinkedIn Life page.
Establishing People, Culture and Community Initiatives
At TripleLift, we are committed to building a culture where people feel connected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We invest in our people and foster a workplace that encourages curiosity, celebrates shared values, and promotes meaningful connections across teams and communities. We want to ensure the best talent of every background, viewpoint, and experience has an opportunity to be hired, belong, and develop at TripleLift. Through our People, Culture, and Community initiatives, we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and feel a true sense of belonging.
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