Senior Engineering Manager (Devops)

TL;DR

Senior Engineering Manager (Devops): Leading the Developer Experience team responsible for the technology platform powering hirify.global’s backend services with an accent on maturing the platform and ensuring it serves the needs of the engineering organization. Focus on people leadership, technical strategy, and internal product management.

Location: Hybrid, majority of time in the office.

Company

hirify.global is a global company of 500+ innovators blending tech with soundtracking, with offices in Stockholm, London, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Oslo and Seoul.

What you will do

• Manage and mentor a team of experienced engineers, helping them navigate complex technical challenges while fostering a healthy, collaborative team dynamic.
• Act as the product owner for the platform, identifying developer pain points across the company and turning them into a clear, prioritized roadmap.
• Navigate the wider organization to influence other teams, advocate for best practices, and ensure the platform is adopted effectively.
• Provide technical perspective and guidance to the team, ensuring the platform is scalable and reliable.

Requirements

• Experienced leader who understands how to navigate team dynamics to turn talented individuals into a high-performing, unified group.
• Solid grasp of what a modern engineering platform looks like and likely have a background in building or managing platforms and service architectures.
• Product mindset and understand that Developer Experience is about more than just tools; it’s about creating workflows that are intuitive and efficient.
• Comfortable operating outside the immediate team to build relationships across an organization and influence technical culture.
• Understand modern software engineering practices and are familiar with the challenges of maintaining and evolving a cloud-based infrastructure.

Nice to have

• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Familiarity with Go-based environments and microservice patterns.
• Past experience in roles that required a high degree of internal stakeholder management or product ownership.
• An interest in on-call and incident management processes.
• Knowledge of IaC and Kubernetes.

Culture & Benefits

• Global force of 500+ innovators, blending the latest in tech with the greatest in soundtracking.
• Industry leader with a startup mentality.
• Hybrid model but love collaborating in person, so spend the majority of time in the office.
• Value diversity and encourage everyone to come and soundtrack the world.