Senior Manager, Platform Engineering at Jobgether – United States
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About This Position
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Manager, Platform Engineering in United States.
This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a high-impact platform engineering team responsible for a large-scale, Kubernetes-based infrastructure. You will drive modernization, cost optimization, and operational excellence while mentoring a team of engineers who build and maintain foundational systems that enable rapid, reliable software delivery. The position requires balancing strategic technical vision with hands-on leadership, influencing cross-functional teams, and ensuring ultra-high availability for critical production workloads. You will guide the adoption of modern cloud technologies, infrastructure-as-code practices, and observability solutions to support continuous innovation. The role combines team development, platform strategy, and operational oversight in a fast-paced, flexible environment. Success in this position directly affects platform stability, engineering efficiency, and the organization’s ability to scale.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of infrastructure software engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and operational excellence
- Define and execute the technical roadmap for Kubernetes-based platform infrastructure
- Drive continuous platform modernization, operational efficiency, and cost optimization
- Ensure ultra-high availability of production systems and establish SLOs/SLIs for reliability and performance
- Collaborate with application development, SRE, security, and other infrastructure teams to deliver platform-as-a-product solutions
- Implement CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code initiatives, and self-service capabilities for developers
- Lead incident response, monitor platform health, and drive continuous improvement through postmortems and process optimization
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform engineering, or DevOps roles
- 5+ years of people management experience leading technical teams
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes in production environments at scale, including architecture and operations
- Extensive knowledge of cloud platforms, preferably AWS, including core services and EKS
- Proven experience with SDLC methodologies, CI/CD practices, and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm)
- Strong background in ultra-high availability systems and platform reliability
- Hands-on experience with container technologies, service mesh, and cloud-native architectures
- Excellent technical leadership skills and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- Nice-to-have: experience in regulated industries, PCI-DSS/SOC2 compliance, AWS certifications, CKA/CKAD, observability platforms, GitOps practices, and FinOps expertise
Benefits:
- Competitive salary, aligned to location tiers: National ($200,500–$250,600) and Premium ($210,200–$262,800 USD)
- Annual performance bonuses and equity in a publicly-traded company
- Multiple health insurance options and flexible time off
- Retirement savings program with company contributions
- Family-forming benefits, parental leave up to 20 weeks, and fertility support
- Professional development funds, coaching, and education support
- Monthly stipend for remote work, plus flexibility to work from home or office
- Exposure to cutting-edge cloud, container, and platform technologies