Manager II, Engineering - Runtime (Observability)

TL;DR

Manager II, Engineering - Runtime (Observability): Leading multiple runtime engineering teams to build a cutting-edge profiling product with low overhead for continuous production insights, with an accent on runtime engineering innovation and open source collaboration. Focus on scaling high-performing distributed teams, driving technical quality, and ensuring performant, stable runtime integrations across major platforms.

Location: Hybrid in Boston, Massachusetts, USA or New York, New York, USA

Salary: $234,000—$300,000 USD (yearly)

Company

hirify.global is a global SaaS business focused on breaking down silos and solving complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation and infrastructure monitoring.

What you will do

• Lead multiple runtime teams and staff engineers building language-specific profiling libraries, eBPF capabilities, and crash tracking.
• Partner closely with product management and other APM teams to set roadmaps and prioritize initiatives.
• Mentor and grow engineering managers and staff engineers, building healthy, high-performing distributed teams.
• Ensure runtime integrations are performant, stable, and deliver high-value insights to customers at scale.

Requirements

• Proven track record scaling engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and succession planning.
• Experience managing managers and/or staff engineers in deeply technical domains.
• Strong technical credibility in runtime or systems engineering (JVM, Go, CPython, Rust, LLVM or similar).
• Excellent English communication skills, able to represent team strategy to various stakeholders.
• Ability to meaningfully review architectural proposals and guide technical trade-offs.
• Customer empathy and product intuition to translate pain points into runtime improvements.

Nice to have

• Open source leadership or contributions to major runtime projects (OpenJDK, Go, CPython, Rust, or similar).
• Experience leading teams building developer/runtime tooling such as profilers or debuggers.
• Experience managing teams across time zones.
• Exposure to machine learning observability or performance engineering at scale.
• Thought leadership in observability through speaking or writing.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid workplace to ensure work-life harmony.
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
• Inclusive company culture with Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks.
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.
• Competitive global benefits including healthcare, dental, parental planning, 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, and fitness reimbursements.