Engineering Manager (Cloud Platform)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (Cloud Platform): Managing a team of cloud platform engineers to build scalable and reliable infrastructure for AI inference with an accent on automated deployments, performance optimization, and operational excellence. Focus on driving technical direction, scaling Kubernetes-based systems, and developing high-performing engineering talent.

Location: Hybrid in San Francisco

Salary: $165K – $330K

Company

hirify.global powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, enabling them to bring cutting-edge models into production through flexible infrastructure and developer tooling.

What you will do

• Recruit, hire, and grow a high-performing team of cloud platform engineers, providing coaching and career development.
• Drive day-to-day technical decisions through design reviews, code reviews, and architectural discussions.
• Establish standards and best practices for reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
• Translate the infrastructure roadmap into clear team priorities and milestones.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to align infrastructure work with business priorities.
• Serve as the escalation point for major incidents and drive systematic resolution and learning.

Requirements

• Proven experience directly managing engineers in a cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or SRE context.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Kubernetes, capable of engaging in architectural discussions.
• Strong background building and maintaining scalable production infrastructure.
• Familiarity with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi) and CI/CD tooling.
• Demonstrated ability to drive projects end-to-end from specification to execution.
• Must be based in San Francisco to support a hybrid work model.

Nice to have

• Experience with OSS observability tooling like Prometheus, ELK stack, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.
• Background in multi-cloud environments or GPU infrastructure.
• Experience building and managing on-call rotations and incident response processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation including meaningful equity and company-facilitated 401(k).
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents.
• Flexible PTO policy including a company-wide Winter Break.
• Paid parental leave and fertility/family-building stipend through Carrot.
• Exposure to a variety of ML startups, providing unique learning and networking opportunities.