Senior Engineering Manager (Platform Metal)

TL;DR

Senior Engineering Manager (Platform Metal): Hiring, managing, and developing a team of engineers responsible for building and provisioning resources, including storage, networking, and Kubernetes clusters. Focus on providing a Kubernetes control plane and underlying resources outside the public cloud to the rest of Engineering.

Location: Germany, Sweden, Spain, Ireland and the UK only

Salary: EUR 120,000 - EUR 151,000

Company

hirify.global is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse providing observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack.

What you will do

• Hire, manage, and develop a team of engineers, providing regular feedback and supporting each person’s growth.
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering leadership to define squad goals that align with broader business objectives.
• Provide guidance throughout the project lifecycle, from ideation through execution and post-launch, to deliver high-quality results.
• Foster a psychologically safe environment where engineers can learn, experiment, and iterate quickly, encouraging innovation and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to projects outside your team’s scope and partner with other functions to solve customer problems.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience building and managing on-prem/bare metal environments.
• Comfortable collaborating across time zones and cultures in a fully remote environment using clear, empathetic communication.
• Experienced in guiding and supporting other engineers, leading initiatives, and collaborating effectively to drive projects to successful outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complexity, align stakeholders, and elevate team performance to deliver high-quality results.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems principles, including scalability, fault tolerance, consistency, production-readiness, and observability.
• Comfort with AI-assisted tooling.

Nice to have

• Running Kubernetes and/or Ceph in production environments.
• Experience dealing with colo facilities and associated vendors.
• Experience working in or on open-source or other community-based projects.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% Remote, Global Culture - Bringing together talent from around the world, united by a culture of collaboration and shared purpose.
• Tackle meaningful work in a high-growth, ever-evolving environment.
• Expect open decision-making and regular company-wide updates.
• High trust, low ego culture that values outcomes over optics.
• Defined opportunities to grow and develop your career.
• Global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum.