# Head of Capacity at Blacksmith

- Company: Blacksmith
- What the company does: Speed up your GitHub actions with Blacksmith. Run CI/CD 2x faster, download caches 4x faster, build Docker images 40x faster, and eliminate queue times. Start free today. Backed by Peak XV, Y Combinator and GV.
- Company website: https://www.blacksmith.sh/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: SF / NYC
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-06-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/blacksmith/d345cef0-3c40-4e8f-af1f-f32f9d05dbd5
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/blacksmith-head-of-capacity/

## About the role

Every quarter, we make decisions around servers, storage, networking, datacenter capacity, power, and geographic expansion. As demand for software validation grows, ensuring that capacity is available when and where we need it becomes increasingly important. You'll work directly with the founders and infrastructure team to forecast demand, plan capacity growth, manage supplier relationships, and ensure Blacksmith can scale ahead of customer demand.

## What they're looking for

- Have experience operating large-scale infrastructure, cloud, hosting, networking, or datacenter environments
- Have experience with capacity planning, forecasting, or infrastructure operations
- Can balance long-term planning with day-to-day operational realities
- Are highly analytical and comfortable making decisions under uncertainty
- Have strong vendor management and negotiation skills
- Can work effectively with both technical and business stakeholders

Tags: Operations