Manage a prioritized strategic backlog spanning infrastructure, security, identity, and developer experience
Make daily priority and trade-off decisions autonomously— you are the operational owner
Treat engineering teams as your customers; measure success by their ability to ship with speed and confidence
Run sprint planning, refinement, and capacity allocation for the team
Say "no" or "not yet" to incoming requests with clear rationale and alternatives
Directly manage ~5 platform engineers across infrastructure, security, and DevOps disciplines
Own team health, growth, and career development through regular 1:1s with candid, compassionate feedback
Create an environment where the team feels empowered to take calculated risks and learn from failures
Manage on-call rotation and incident response with a blameless learning culture
Set direction for cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS), CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), and observability (Datadog, App Insights)
Advocate for Infrastructure as Code, identity and access management, and zero-trust security practices
Partner with security and IT to drive governance, compliance, and audit readiness across multiple product lines
Use data (DORA metrics, reliability indicators, developer experience surveys) to measure impact and drive continuous improvement
Interface with external compliance stakeholders (PE firm security teams, audit frameworks)
Coordinate with feature team leads on platform dependencies, onboarding, and access management
Partner with IT on MDM, VPN, and device management initiatives
Communicate platform strategy and progress to engineering leadership.

Requirements

Significant experience (5+ years) of engineering management experience, including 3+ years leading infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering teams
Demonstrated experience treating an internal platform as a product — roadmap ownership, stakeholder management, backlog prioritization
Hands-on experience in multi-cloud environments (Azure or AWS required; GCP a bonus)
Deep understanding of modern CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and identity/access management
Experience with security hardening, credential management, and compliance frameworks (SOC2, investor security programs, or similar)
Proficiency with containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECS, App Services)
Demonstrated success enabling other engineering teams — you measure your success by their safe velocity
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders, including external partners
Comfort operating in an agile environment with competing priorities and incomplete information.

Benefits

In the U.S., we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with multiple plan options, plus additional add ons like HSA/FSA accounts, disability and life insurance, and more.
In Canada, we provide an employer-funded HSA-based benefits plan with drug, dental, and mental health coverage - giving you a flexible way to manage your healthcare needs.
We're committed to your financial future, with 401(k) matching for U.S. employees and RRSP matching for those in Canada.
We invest in your growth through tailored career development conversations and support for tools, courses, and resources to help you thrive.
And when it comes to work-life balance? We offer unlimited Paid Time Off, paid company holidays, and a company-wide winter break from December 24 to January 1 - so you can truly recharge.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

engineering managementinfrastructure managementDevOpsSREplatform engineeringCI/CDInfrastructure as Codeidentity managementaccess managementcontainerization

Soft Skills

communicationstakeholder managementteam leadershipfeedbackdecision makingprioritizationagilityrisk managementcollaborationinfluence

Certifications

SOC2