ConvexSan Francisco, CAEngineering Manager, Infra/Systems
Lead the infrastructure team at Convex building the next-generation platform for agentic applications and workloads. Hands-on Engineering Manager with deep distributed systems expertise who grows engineers, sets technical direction, and contributes to architecture and code while prioritizing simplicity and reliability for user-facing services.
From $280k/yr
Hybrid7+ YOEEngineering Management
About the job
What You'll Do
- Manage and grow the Infra team, giving engineers real ownership of hard problems and holding them to a high bar.
- Work closely with our CTO to align the team on priorities and make sure we're working on the right things at the right time.
- Stay hands-on technically, contributing to architecture decisions, code review, and technical direction.
- Design, build, and maintain Convex's global cloud infrastructure alongside the team.
- Investigate and improve the performance and reliability of our systems.
- Help establish technical direction and engineering standards as Convex grows.
- Give direct feedback and have hard conversations when they're needed.
What Excites Us
- Deep knowledge of distributed systems and operating infrastructure at scale, including owning systems through major scale transitions or building core infrastructure from scratch.
- A track record of growing engineers and building strong teams, not just shipping software.
- Strong systems judgment: understanding tradeoffs and knowing when to keep systems simple versus when to invest in complexity.
- Experience working in fast-moving environments where requirements shift and many of the hardest problems are not fully specified upfront.
- Interest in working in-person at Convex's office in SF.
- Ability to write high quality code (knowledge of Rust is a plus, but you'll figure it out).
Ideal Characteristics
- Deeply technical with opinions on technical decisions and the ability to evaluate team work.
- Develops people by giving ownership, holding high standards, and having hard conversations.
- Focuses on the "why" behind work, ensuring the team understands and believes in priorities.
- Understands demands of user-facing live-site services, with preference for OLTP database experience.
- Values simplicity, pragmatism, and bias toward shipping with fewer things done better.
- Brings positive energy and constructive attitude to a hard startup environment.
- Demonstrates integrity and builds deep trust with the team.
Skills
Distributed SystemsInfrastructure At ScaleRustCloud InfrastructureOltp DatabasesSystems ArchitectureCode ReviewTechnical Leadership
