Engineering Manager (Platform Engineering)

Our team and the role we are hiring for

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Platform Engineering team in optimizing our software development lifecycle and operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for building the underlying platform and infrastructure services that enable our value-stream teams to efficiently deliver features for our customers.

This role reports directly to the Principal Software Engineer. 

Responsibilities

• Manage and guide a team of skilled engineers, providing mentorship, setting goals, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement. 
• Develop and execute the Platform Engineering roadmap, aligning it with business goals, and overseeing the implementation of services, tools and processes for CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and monitoring. 
• Facilitate strong collaboration between development, QA, and security teams to ensure smooth code integration, efficient testing, seamless deployments, improved security posture. 
• Lead efforts in building services, automating manual tasks, building deployment pipelines, and implementing infrastructure as code using tools like Jenkins, Terraform, and Docker. 
• Oversee cloud infrastructure architecture and resource management on AWS and GCP  to ensure scalability, availability, and cost-effectiveness. 
• Implement monitoring and alerting solutions for timely issue detection and resolution. Strive to achieve high system reliability and uptime. 
• Collaborate with security teams to embed security practices into the development lifecycle, including vulnerability assessments, access controls, and compliance checks. 
• Continuously evaluate existing processes, identifying bottlenecks and areas for enhancement. 
• Introduce and manage improvements to increase efficiency and agility. 
• Encourage skill development within the team and provide training opportunities to keep up with the evolving DevOps landscape. 
• Ensure comprehensive and up-to-date documentation of architecture, processes, and configurations. 
• Stay informed about industry trends and emerging technologies, driving innovative solutions to enhance our DevOps practices.