Engineering Manager, Infra/Systems

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.