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Engineering Manager, Platform

Engineering ManagerEngineering ManagerFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200Since 2012H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

46 days ago

Salary

$175K - $245K / year

Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglishAWSCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud Platform

Job Description

• Lead and grow a team of engineers working on platform services. The team drives the engine of scale for Customer.io and has significant impact on reliability and data systems • Support your team through clear goal-setting, regular feedback, career development, and thoughtful hiring • Partner closely with staff engineers and product managers to plan and execute platform initiatives that improve scale, reliability, and developer productivity • Drive technical execution for distributed systems that process large volumes of events with strong performance and availability requirements • Guide architectural decisions within your team, aligning with broader platform standards and long-term direction • Ensure your team’s services are observable, well-tested, and operationally sound • Lead incident response for your team’s systems and foster a culture of learning and improvement through effective post-incident reviews • Collaborate with adjacent engineering teams, security, and product partners to ensure platform work supports company priorities • Help improve internal tooling, workflows, and processes that enable engineers to do their best work • Leverage modern tooling—including AI-assisted development tools—where appropriate to improve team efficiency and focus

Job Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems
  • 3+ years of experience managing engineers, including hiring, coaching, and performance development
  • Strong technical background with the ability to lead design discussions, review complex systems, and make sound architectural tradeoffs
  • Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP) and modern backend systems
  • Familiarity with distributed systems concepts such as asynchronous processing, event-driven architectures, and data pipelines
  • Proven ability to deliver meaningful technical projects through a team
  • Clear and effective communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to both engineers and non-engineers
  • Comfort balancing people leadership with hands-on technical involvement
  • Strong judgment around prioritization, execution, and reliability in ambiguous problem spaces.

Benefits

  • 100% coverage of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and supplemental insurance premiums for you and your family
  • 16 weeks paid parental leave
  • unlimited PTO
  • stipends for remote work and wellness
  • a professional development budget

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