CinderNew York, NYJun 27

Engineering Manager - Core Infra

Own Core Infra team end-to-end: set priorities, raise execution quality, and turn ICs into a self-organizing team. Requires 8+ years building production software (4+ in startups) managing platform engineers, plus deep familiarity with high-throughput and AI-powered systems.

190k – 250k/yr

Hybrid8+ YOEEngineering Management

About the role

What you'll work on

Own the health, direction, and delivery of the Core Infra team
Set clear priorities and a roadmap your team understands
Raise the bar on team-level execution quality
Build a team that self-organizes
Coach and develop engineers with clear expectations and direct feedback
Drive operational rigor proactively, defining SLIs/SLOs and getting ahead of reliability and tech-debt issues
Act as the default liaison to GTM, FDE, CX and other cross-functional partners
Pick up technical work alongside your team when it helps

What we're looking for

8+ years building production software with at least 4 years in a startup environment, managing platform engineers directly
Deep familiarity with high-throughput, data-intensive systems, workflow/automation engines, or AI-powered platforms in production
Experience managing full stack engineers
Track record of turning individual contributors into a high-performing team
Strong enough technically to lead architecture discussions, review work credibly, and contribute to code
Fluent and opinionated about AI tooling and how it changes how teams build
Experience setting roadmaps and priorities in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Point of view on high-performing engineering teams and experience driving reliability, quality, or operational metrics like DORA
Give direct, constructive feedback that people can act on
Clear written communication

Nice to have

Experience in Trust & Safety or abuse prevention
Experience operating at the Product ↔ Engineering boundary, or in a customer-facing engineering capacity

Skills

Platform EngineeringFull Stack EngineeringHigh-Throughput SystemsData-Intensive SystemsWorkflow EnginesAutomation EnginesAi PlatformsArchitectureSlisSLOsDora MetricsRoadmappingCoachingFeedback

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