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Brent Strange

Enigma · DISC type Dci
Director of Engineering - Infrastructure at Cirrascale Cloud Services
📍 Rathdrum, Idaho, United States

Brent Strange is an engineering leader at Cirrascale Cloud Services specializing in large-scale infrastructure for AI and machine learning. He has a proven history of scaling global organizations and developing high-trust, customer-focused cultures. Colleagues describe him as a smart, insightful, and exceptional leader.

Brent is a 35-year veteran of internet technology who began coding in 1985 on a Commodore 64. He is passionate about sharing knowledge, authoring and illustrating the "Engineering Markdown" newsletter to make complex software engineering, leadership, and human interaction topics easier to understand.

Unique fact: Brent is a patent holder for inventions related to cloud storage, including methods for multi-threaded file uploads and balancing server resources.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering - Infrastructure
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Rathdrum, Idaho, United States
Personality Overview

How Brent shows up

Persuasive & Assertive
Friendly Yet Blunt
Challenger

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing

Priorities

Topics Brent cares about

AI/ML Infrastructure
Currently Director of Infrastructure at Cirrascale and previously managed 1, 000+ NVIDIA GPU servers for AI/ML workloads at DigitalOcean, a core focus of his recent career.
Engineering Culture
Emphasizes creating high-trust, customer-focused environments and has implemented organizational designs like Team Topologies to improve team culture and alignment.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Director of Engineering - Infrastructure
Cirrascale Cloud Services
6-2024 - 3-2025
Director of Engineering - AI/ML Infrastructure
DigitalOcean
11-2021 - 1-2025
Co-Founder & Board of Directors Member
Crypto Talent
5-2023 - 7-2024
Senior Director of Engineering
WebPros
3-2020 - 3-2023
Director of Engineering Excellence
GoDaddy
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Media appearances

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Education
1990 - 1996
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Self-taught
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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