Engineering Manager, Platform
Fully remote work flexibility across approved locations in Canada and the United States.Full-TimeManager
Salary255,000 - 295,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years of engineering experience; 4+ years of people management experience
- Required Skills
- CI/CDDistributed Systems
Requirements
- 8+ years of engineering experience within infrastructure, platform engineering, developer tooling, or related technical domains.
- 4+ years of people management experience, including hiring, mentoring, coaching, and performance development.
- Strong technical foundation with hands-on experience in distributed systems, platform architecture, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale engineering environments.
- Demonstrated ability to lead system design discussions and evaluate architectural trade-offs across complex technical ecosystems.
- Experience building and maintaining internal developer platforms, CI/CD pipelines, observability systems, deployment tooling, or configuration management solutions.
- Proven track record of translating technical objectives and user needs into strategic roadmaps and successful product delivery.
- Strong understanding of reliability engineering, developer experience optimization, and operational best practices.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across engineering, product, and leadership teams.
- Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and commitment to long-term platform health and team success.
- Experience working with open-source technologies and modern cloud-native infrastructure.
- Ability to thrive in fast-moving environments while balancing strategic planning with execution.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of platform engineers through coaching, career development, performance management, and technical guidance.
- Drive execution of critical platform initiatives from concept through delivery, balancing innovation, reliability, scalability, and speed.
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across engineering practices and team processes.
- Guide architectural discussions and system design decisions, helping teams navigate technical trade-offs and long-term infrastructure planning.
- Build and enhance internal developer platforms, shared infrastructure services, CI/CD systems, observability solutions, deployment tooling, and operational frameworks.
- Partner with engineering, product, security, and infrastructure teams to align priorities, define roadmaps, and deliver impactful platform capabilities.
- Break down complex technical challenges into incremental deliverables that provide immediate value while supporting long-term strategic goals.
- Champion improvements in developer experience, platform reliability, security, operational efficiency, and engineering productivity.
- Stay informed about emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices to identify opportunities for future investment and innovation.
- Ensure platform solutions are scalable, maintainable, and capable of supporting evolving business and technical requirements.
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