Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure

Brex • Seattle, WA

11h • 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. The role involves driving a critical Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) initiative, focusing on multi-region failover and infrastructure resilience. The position requires a blend of people leadership and technical involvement, aiming to enhance operational hygiene and cross-functional coordination across the engineering organization.

Requirements

• Leadership Experience: 3+ years of experience directly managing software or infrastructure engineering teams.
• Technical Depth: Deep hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure foundations, specifically AWS, Kubernetes, and Postgres.
• Architectural Insight: Proven ability to design and implement complex infrastructure projects such as multi-region deployments or disaster recovery frameworks.
• Collaborative Mindset: Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions across multiple autonomous teams.
• Analytical Problem Solving: Ability to dive deep into technical issues while maintaining a high-level strategic view of organizational goals.
• Engineering Background: 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

• Lead and Grow: Manage and support a senior team of 6 ICs, fostering a culture of high ownership, autonomy, and technical excellence.
• Drive BCDR Strategy: Oversee the execution of the multi-year BCDR initiative, ensuring multi-region infrastructure readiness and automated failover capabilities.
• Technical Stewardship: Maintain and scale Brex’s core cloud infrastructure, including Kubernetes (EKS), RDS/Aurora/Postgres, networking (VPC), and AWS service integrations.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product and engineering teams across Brex to drive adoption of new infrastructure capabilities and ensure successful migrations.
• Operational Excellence: Improve team hygiene by establishing and improving best practices for work tracking (Linear), documentation, and incident response.
• Resource Management: Effectively allocate resources to balance critical project delivery with long-term infrastructure stability.

Benefits

• The expected salary range for this role is $240,000 - $300,000.
• Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed