Hybrid Senior Engineering Manager, Platform

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About the role

  • Senior Engineering Manager leading critical Infrastructure Platform at Highspot. Driving technology vision and operational excellence with skilled engineering teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of engineers, inspiring and motivating your team to do their best work. As we continue building our Infrastructure Platform, this will include regularly jumping in to help with coding and design.
  • Bring your technical expertise to the evolution of Highspot’s software; ensure that our architecture and stack are optimized to keep pace with the demands of hyper-growth; position your product area (and support adjacent product areas) for continued high-availability and reliability across multiple worldwide data centers.
  • Build out our Kubernetes Platform that allows teams to ship services reliably and at scale. Define the abstraction layer that provides the right balance between flexibility and simplicity at an enterprise level.
  • Consistently deliver a product that maximizes quality, security, and reliability. Build and maintain highly observable systems with excellent metrics and actionable alerts
  • Collaborate with key partners in your product area and senior leadership. Ensure decisions are communicated effectively within and outside of your team with all stakeholders
  • Attract, grow, mentor and guide the professional and technical development of the engineers on your team. Enforce accountability through relevant, and objective performance targets and timely feedback and coaching

Requirements

  • At least 5+ years of experience managing infrastructure teams.
  • Strong technical experience with managing and running Kubernetes clusters and cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
  • Experience with IaC technologies such as Terraform or Pulumi and CI/CD systems such as BuildKite, ArgoCD and GitHub Actions.
  • Hands-on experience developing and scaling cloud-native applications and frameworks
  • Proven success as a partner and collaborator who prioritizes the success of the team over individual aspirations
  • Experience with greenfield development and successfully taking a new product from conception to launch
  • Understanding of the SDLC for SaaS applications and previous experience designing and building software products at scale
  • Deep understanding of reliability, observability, operational excellence, and cost optimization in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and executive stakeholder management skills.
  • Passion for developing people and building strong, healthy engineering teams.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life benefits
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
  • 401(k) Matching with immediate vesting on employer match
  • Flexible PTO
  • 8 paid holidays and 5 paid days for Annual Holiday Week
  • Quarterly Recharge Fridays (paid days off for mental health recharge)
  • 18 weeks paid parental leave
  • Access to Coaches and Therapists through Modern Health
  • 2 volunteer days per year
  • Commuting benefits

Job title

Senior Engineering Manager, Platform

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$167,000 - $290,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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