Engineering Manager - Cloud Infrastructure and Devops
About The Position
This role leads an engineering team, driving technical strategy, organizational health, and delivery outcomes. The Engineering Manager combines technical depth with people leadership to build high-performing teams, develop engineers’ careers, and partner with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver impactful products and systems. Our team is dedicated to ensuring the seamless operation of all user-facing services, as well as production and development systems. We manage Venmo’s infrastructure comprehensively, encompassing operations, automation, security, compliance, and release engineering. While we are focused on Cloud Engineering, our work integrates elements of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevOps projects as well. On the DevOps front, we oversee CI/CD infrastructure, develop smart and secure pipelines, implement self-service secret management systems, create development environments, and establish microservices scaffolding and testing frameworks. The quality of the systems we build is paramount to the company, and we prioritize it highly. Our infrastructure must be delivered automatically, thoroughly tested, and scanned for vulnerabilities through synthetic tests. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of Cloud and DevOps engineers responsible for Venmo’s cloud infrastructure, tooling, and platform services; focusing on business continuity areas such as disaster recovery, chaos engineering, and failover game days. You will set the technical and organizational vision for your team, partner closely with engineering leadership and product teams, and ensure your engineers have the support, context, and resources to do their best work.
Requirements
- 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Bachelor’s in computer science or related field; advanced degree a plus
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- 2+ years of engineering management experience, leading teams of 4 or more engineers
- Strong technical background in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE
- Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar technologies
- Proven ability to hire, develop, and retain top engineering talent
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience managing distributed teams and complex cross-functional programs
- Track record of delivering high-quality systems at scale
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree a plus
Responsibilities
- Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers on the project or within the system
- Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow
- Actions result in the achievement of customer, operational, program or service objectives
- Proactively improves existing structures & processes
- Exercises judgement in reconciling diverse and competing priorities (time, quality, complexity risk) to identify optimal solutions to problems
- Notices patterns and condenses repetition into densely meaningful generalized solutions
- Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor
- Trusted to represent PayPal, Inc to the outside world via interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations
- Lead and grow a team of Cloud/DevOps engineers, providing mentorship, coaching, and career development
- Define and communicate team goals, OKRs, and roadmaps in alignment with organizational priorities
- Partner with staff engineers and architects to set technical direction and drive strategic infrastructure initiatives
- Own hiring and team composition, including interviewing, leveling, and onboarding
- Facilitate agile ceremonies and remove blockers to keep the team productive and focused
- Drive operational excellence by championing best practices in reliability, security, and delivery
- Manage relationships with cross-functional stakeholders, translating business needs into engineering workstreams
- Monitor team health, developer experience, and delivery metrics, adjusting plans as needed
Benefits
- generous paid time off
- healthcare coverage for you and your family
- resources to create financial security
- support your mental health
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
