Sr. Engineering Manager, Platform

About the role:

We are looking for a Sr. Engineering Manager to join our Platform team. You will lead two teams (Reliability & Resilience and Developer Productivity) made up of 7 engineers, with a clear growth path to 10+. You will own strategy, execution, and people leadership across core platform and operational domains including local developer environments, CI/CD, Kubernetes, API gateway, storage and caching, observability, secrets management, cost and capacity management, as well as SaaS vendor relationships . You will report to Sr. Director of Engineering and will be located in the US (preferably NYC or SF; remote considered for exceptional candidates).

If you’re based within a pre-determined commuting distance of one of our offices (SF, NY, London, or Berlin), the role includes in-office anchor days on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, even if the role is listed as remote. For location-specific details, please connect with our recruiting team.

What you will do:

• Lead and grow a team of highly independent engineers across Reliability & Resilience and Developer Productivity teams; set org structure, hiring plan, and delivery goals.
• Own the platform roadmap and execution for improvements in development velocity, iteration speed, platform availability, and deployment safety.
• Build an industry-leading reliability practice: manage SLOs and error budgets, run incident response and postmortems, and prioritize resilience work across critical services.
• Operate and evolve core platform services including API gateway, storage and caching infrastructure, secrets management, and observability.
• Manage capacity and cost: forecasting, right-sizing, tuning, and spend governance tied to workload and growth plans.
• Own key relationships with critical SaaS vendors supporting our platform stack, including evaluation, contracts/renewals, and operational integration.

About you:

• 3+ years managing engineers (managing managers is a plus)
• Hands-on technical depth in Kubernetes production operations, CI/CD systems.
• Track record owning key platform dependencies such as API gateways, caches, petabyte-scale KV stores and databases.
• Demonstrated ownership of reliability programs: SLOs, error budgets, incident response, postmortems, and measurable reductions in downtime.
• Proven ability to translate business goals into technical strategy and drive cross-org alignment
• 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems
• Track record establishing trust, psychological safety, and clear expectations; skilled at timely, candid feedback
• Strong facilitator in technical conflict—you listen, synthesize, decide, and bring the team with you

Bonus if you:

• Have experience using Vercel platform

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation package, including equity.
• Inclusive Healthcare Package.
• Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
• Flexible Time Off.
• We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.

The New York, NY pay range for this role is $208,000-$300,000. Actual salary will be based on job-related skills, experience, and location. Compensation outside of San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process. 

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