Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a significant focus on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Operations, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Operational Mindset: Deep understanding of the DevOps/SRE mindset, including experience managing mission-critical shared services.
• Cloud Expertise: Advanced knowledge of AWS (or similar providers) and experience managing organizational-scale infrastructure.
• Infrastructure as Code: Experience with the coding lifecycle in an infrastructure context and the ability to perform rigorous code reviews for infrastructure components.
• Observability & Resiliency: Proven experience defining observability patterns and designing Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity strategies.
• Agile & FinOps: Experience with Agile methodologies and a strong understanding of cloud cost optimization.

What You'll be Doing

• Lead and manage a team of Engineers (Cloud Engineers and Site Reliability Engineers), providing guidance, support, and mentorship.
• Hold yourself and your team accountable to high engineering standards, focusing on system reliability, performance, and security.
• Manage the team’s operational workload, including on-call health and incident response.
• Foster a safe culture of feedback and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with other value stream squads to ensure the production platform meets developers' needs.
• Communicate a clear vision for the squad that aligns with the platform engineering roadmap.
• Partner with the Hiring team to recruit talented Engineers for the team.
• Lead by example, modeling behaviors of servant leadership and high-stakes decision-making.

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