Engineering Manager
Leads Cloud & Platform engineering team, owning infrastructure, deployments, reliability, and scalability while staying hands-on with architecture, code reviews, and production issues in a fast-paced startup. Requires strong distributed systems background and recent engineering experience.
About the job
What You’ll Own
Cloud & Platform Engineering
- Lead systems responsible for cloud infrastructure, deployments, and platform capabilities
- Support customer environments and production systems at scale
- Drive improvements in reliability, performance, and scalability
Team Leadership (Player-Coach)
- Lead and mentor engineers while contributing technically
- Review architecture, code, and system design
- Potential to grow and manage a larger team over time
Execution in a Startup Environment
- Handle frequent context switching across priorities
- Support high-profile customers and urgent production needs
- Drive velocity while maintaining engineering quality
What We’re Looking For
- Strong background in distributed systems / cloud infrastructure
- Proven experience as a hands-on engineer (recently)
- Experience leading engineers (formal or informal)
- Ability to operate in high-context-switch, fast-moving environments
- Startup experience or large-company experience with understanding of scale
Comp: ~$250K–$300K base + equity
Skills
Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, AWS, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, System Design, Production Systems, Scalability
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