Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure
Brex•Seattle, WA
•Hybrid
About The Position
Brex is seeking an Engineering Manager for Cloud Infrastructure to lead a team of senior engineers responsible for the foundational AWS ecosystem that powers Brex. The role involves driving a critical Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) initiative, focusing on multi-region failover and infrastructure-wide resilience. The position requires a balance of people leadership and deep technical involvement, aiming to improve operational hygiene and cross-functional coordination across the engineering organization.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience directly managing software or infrastructure engineering teams.
- Deep hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure foundations, specifically AWS, Kubernetes, and Postgres.
- Proven ability to design and implement complex infrastructure projects such as multi-region deployments or disaster recovery frameworks.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions across multiple autonomous teams.
- Ability to dive deep into technical issues while maintaining a high-level strategic view of organizational goals.
- 5+ years of experience in software or systems engineering.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, specifically Terraform.
- Background in managing cloud infrastructure cost optimization programs.
- Experience with our tech stack components: Go, Kotlin, Python, or Elixir.
- Passion for leveraging AI and LLM-assisted workflows to increase engineering velocity.
Responsibilities
- Manage and support a senior team of 6 ICs, fostering a culture of high ownership, autonomy, and technical excellence.
- Oversee the execution of the multi-year BCDR initiative, ensuring multi-region infrastructure readiness and automated failover capabilities.
- Maintain and scale Brex’s core cloud infrastructure, including Kubernetes (EKS), RDS/Aurora/Postgres, networking (VPC), and AWS service integrations.
- Partner with product and engineering teams across Brex to drive adoption of new infrastructure capabilities and ensure successful migrations.
- Improve team hygiene by establishing and improving best practices for work tracking (Linear), documentation, and incident response.
- Effectively allocate resources to balance critical project delivery with long-term infrastructure stability.
Benefits
- Equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
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