Engineering Manager - Infrastructure

Axion • New York, NY

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About The Position

We're looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Infrastructure team — the backbone that powers Axion's AI platform at scale. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of people management and technical depth, working closely with Engineering, Product, and Security to build the reliable, scalable, and secure foundation our customers depend on. The ideal candidate brings deep DevOps and SRE experience, a passion for building high-performing teams, and a strong instinct for automation and operational excellence.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering, with at least 2 years in an engineering management or team lead role
• Deep hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, or equivalent)
• Strong background in CI/CD, observability (logging, metrics, tracing), and incident management
• Proven ability to build, retain, and develop high-performing engineering teams
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with a bias toward action

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing infrastructure for data-intensive or AI/ML workloads is a strong plus
• Experience at a venture-backed startup preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of DevOps and SRE engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, reliability, and continuous improvement
• Own the strategy and execution of Axion's cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, observability stack, and incident response processes
• Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to align infrastructure investments with product scalability and reliability goals
• Drive a roadmap for infrastructure modernization, capacity planning, and cost efficiency across our cloud environments
• Champion security and compliance best practices, working cross-functionally to maintain a strong security posture
• Define and track SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets — and hold the team accountable to them
• Be hands-on when it counts: debugging production issues, reviewing architecture decisions, and unblocking your team
• Build and maintain the systems, tooling, and processes that let Axion's engineers ship fast with confidence

Benefits

• Generous time off
• Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits
• Lunch stipend

What This Job Offers

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