Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Automation (AI)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Automation (AI): Leading the teams that build and operate the foundational platform for hirify.global's production AI systems with an accent on Kubernetes platforms, cluster lifecycle, and global networking. Focus on infrastructure automation, reliability mechanisms, and supporting rapid expansion in scale and regions.

Location: San Francisco

Salary: $405K – $490K + Offers Equity

Company

hirify.global is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

What you will do

• Build, lead, and grow high-performing infrastructure engineering teams.
• Own the evolution of hirify.global’s Kubernetes platform, including cluster lifecycle, upgrades, configuration standards, and safety mechanisms.
• Set and enforce platform-level reliability goals (SLIs/SLOs), ensuring reliability is designed into the system.
• Drive infrastructure automation across provisioning, upgrades, remediation, and fleet consistency using Terraform and internal tooling.
• Reduce operational toil and incident frequency through better abstractions, guardrails, and self-healing systems.
• Establish clear ownership boundaries, technical direction, and execution discipline.

Requirements

• Have significant experience managing infrastructure or platform engineering teams.
• Bring deep hands-on understanding of Kubernetes at scale and distributed systems.
• Have operated production infrastructure with strict reliability, latency, and security requirements.
• Can balance technical depth with organizational leadership and long-term strategy.
• Have a strong track record of hiring, developing, and retaining senior engineers.
• Are comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and creating clarity for others.

Culture & Benefits

• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.