Engineering Manager (Cloud Platform)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (Cloud Platform): Leading the Cloud Platform team to build and maintain scalable, reliable infrastructure for AI model inference with an accent on Kubernetes, automation, and operational excellence. Focus on coaching engineers, driving technical strategy, and ensuring high-performance production systems for frontier AI companies.

Location: Must be based in or able to work from San Francisco (Hybrid)

Salary: $165,000 – $330,000 + Equity

Company

hirify.global provides mission-critical infrastructure and developer tooling for companies building and deploying cutting-edge AI models.

What you will do

• Recruit, hire, and mentor a high-performing team of cloud platform engineers.
• Drive technical decisions through design and code reviews, ensuring architectural standards.
• Establish best practices for reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to align infrastructure roadmaps with business goals.
• Serve as the escalation point for major incidents and drive systematic resolution.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Proven experience directly managing engineers in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or SRE.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
• Strong background in building and maintaining scalable production infrastructure.
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to drive projects end-to-end from specification to production.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence across teams.

Nice to have

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

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation with meaningful equity grants.
• 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 stipends.
• Company-facilitated 401(k) plan.
• Exposure to a variety of ML startups and networking opportunities.