Engineering Manager, Cloud

Grindr • Palo Alto, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Cloud Engineering team is responsible for building and operating the foundational infrastructure that powers Grindr’s global platform. This team owns core cloud services and tooling across AWS and Kubernetes, enabling product and backend teams to ship safely, reliably, and at scale. Reporting to the Head of Cloud Engineering, this role will manage a team of 4–6 individual contributors and play a key role in improving reliability, security, cost efficiency, and developer experience across the organization. The impact of this role is highly visible, directly influencing uptime, incident response, and Grindr’s ability to scale new features globally.

Requirements

• Experience managing and developing engineers, including performance management, feedback, and career growth.
• Strong hands-on background with cloud infrastructure, preferably in AWS, including managed services and networking concepts.
• Experience operating production systems at scale using Kubernetes (EKS or equivalent) and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform).
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience balancing reliability, cost, and velocity in a cloud environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting high-traffic, consumer-facing applications.
• Familiarity with operation and performance management of databases and data stores such as PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and Redis/ElastiCache.
• Exposure to modern CI/CD and infrastructure workflows (e.g., Atlantis, GitOps-style workflows).

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of 4–5 cloud engineers responsible for core infrastructure and platform services.
• Own the execution and delivery of cloud initiatives that improve reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Partner closely with product, backend, mobile, SRE, and security teams to ensure infrastructure enables, rather than blocks, product delivery.
• Contribute to technical direction and architectural decisions across AWS, Kubernetes, and supporting cloud services.

Benefits

• Insurance premium coverage for health, dental, and vision for you and partial coverage for your dependents.
• Generous 401K plan with 6% match and immediate vest in the U.S.
• Industry-competitive compensation and eligibility for company bonus and equity programs.
• Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.
• Flexible vacation policy, monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch provided onsite, and yearly travel & leisure stipend.

What This Job Offers

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