Lead the AI Cloud Core Platform team of ~6 engineers, with end-to-end ownership of Cloud Platform and governance capabilities.
Drive execution of roadmap features including cluster lifecycle automation.
Partner closely with Product and Design to ensure the user experience matches the needs of enterprise customers.
Balance rapid feature delivery with longer-term investments in scalability, observability, and platform design.
Hire, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, providing career development and feedback.
Collaborate with other Lambda teams (Control Plane, Billing, Platform) to ensure smooth, integrated delivery across the stack.
Contribute to a culture of high performance, documentation, humility, and curiosity.
Be product-focused in your leadership and execution, always placing the needs of the customer first, with a particular focus on feature velocity, reliability and security.
Shape a culture of sustainable, empathetic, and high-velocity engineering, with a deep focus on cross-team collaboration, documentation, and data-driven decision-making.

Requirements

5+ years in a full-time management role at a high-growth technology company
10+ years of industry experience in software engineering, with a focus on large-scale distributed systems and backend systems.
Proven record of leading and building engineering teams that work on mission-critical, high performance systems.
Proven track record leading teams that deliver enterprise features or governance platforms.
Exceptional leadership skills that encompass leading by trust, building empathy with your reports and other teams, and maintaining a sustainable but rapid velocity.
Demonstrated expertise in managing long-term projects alongside urgent, short-term priorities and incident resolution.
Extensive experience collaborating with product, sales, and other engineering teams to build cohesive products with a focus on user experience and reliability.
Ability to understand, review and structure Python and Go applications.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use
Generous cash & equity compensation

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonGocloud platformcluster lifecycle automationlarge-scale distributed systemsbackend systemsgovernance platformshigh performance systemsincident resolutionfeature delivery

Soft Skills

leadershipempathytrustcollaborationcareer developmentdocumentationdata-driven decision-makingcustomer focussustainabilityhigh-velocity engineering