Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure
About The Position
Lead a seasoned Platform Engineering team with visibility across the entire engineering organization. This team owns the multi-cloud foundation that every other engineering team builds on, so your decisions and your team's work are felt company-wide. You'll shape how we scale that foundation while keeping quality, cost, and security front and center as the business grows. Wayve is scaling fast, and we're looking for someone who's passionate about laying the cornerstone: building the cloud infrastructure foundations and best practices that will support the company for years to come. Here's what will help you thrive as our Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure.
Requirements
- Prior experience as an engineering manager in software or developer operations.
- Experience balancing project work with support and operational load.
- Passion for developing individual team members.
- Strong roadmap planning, stakeholder management, and cross-team alignment.
- Hands-on experience with a major cloud provider (Azure, AWS, or GCP) at scale.
- Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or similar).
- Familiarity with Linux and container orchestration (Kubernetes or similar).
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience operating a multi-cloud environment.
- Knowledge of build systems and modern CI/CD solutions.
- Experience developing in Python.
Responsibilities
- Manage a team of Platform Engineers, coaching them to drive strong impact.
- Drive the technical roadmap for cloud infrastructure with the tech lead.
- Own cost visibility and efficiency as cloud usage scales.
- Partner with Security on governance, access, and compliance.
- Balance resourcing against business needs and individual capacity.
- Keep prioritization sharp and processes lean.
- Partner with leadership to sustain a culture of collaboration, impact, and innovation.
- Hire and grow the team, anticipating business needs and pitching investment to leadership.
- Contribute to the day-to-day running of the Software team’s operations and larger collaborative efforts.
Benefits
- competitive equity package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
