Engineering Manager, Platform Ops

Madhive is seeking an exceptional Engineering Manager, Platform Ops to lead a team of cloud engineers. The role involves enhancing the observability, reliability, stability, and efficiency of the company's cloud platform and its supporting services. The successful candidate will create a culture of ownership and pride in building a well-managed cloud platform, while also managing cross-team dependencies and nurturing the growth of their team. Additionally, they will stay up-to-date with the latest cloud technologies and implement operational best practices. Previous experience in Adtech is not required.

• Manage an engineering team dedicated to enhancing the observability, reliability, stability, and efficiency of the cloud platform and its supporting services.
• Create a culture of ownership and pride in building a well-managed cloud platform.
• Identify and manage cross-team dependencies and facilitate communication between multiple initiatives.
• Hire and nurture cloud engineers through mentorship and career advocacy.
• Provide goals, career paths, promotion guidance, and motivation to direct reports.
• Work as part of a cross-functional guild to develop and maintain operational standards and best practices.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest cloud technologies and recommend and implement as appropriate.
• Build and maintain a FinOps dashboard to bring transparency to cost allocation and reduce spend.
• Facilitate daily standups, resolve blocked tasks, assist with planning and estimation, and host retrospectives.

• 8+ years of hands-on industry experience and a Bachelor's Degree in a STEM field or 10+ years of hands-on industry experience.
• 3+ years actively mentoring and directly managing engineers.
• 4+ years of experience implementing operational best practices in an automated manner.
• Experience leading an Agile delivery team to plan and deliver iteratively.
• Excellent communication both written and verbal.
• Proven experience in designing, optimizing and managing containerized applications using Kubernetes, Docker or other containerization technologies.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, containerization, and cloud computing concepts, ideally on GCP.
• Experience automating infrastructure utilizing IaC, preferably terraform.
• Experience building large-scale platforms, solving problems including scalability, reliability, observability, validation, cost efficiency, etc.
• Previous experience in Adtech is not required.

• 100% company-paid health, dental, and vision insurance starting on day 1 for yourself and any dependents
• Inclusive fertility and family-forming benefits, including adoption, surrogacy, fertility treatments, pregnancy, etc., through a partnership with Carrot Fertility
• Free access to Carrot membership services and employer-sponsored funds of up to $10,000 for family-forming care
• Generous 401(K) plan with a contribution equal to 100% of eligible employee contributions up to 5% annually, no vesting period, and immediate participation for all full-time employees
• Unlimited PTO plus additional paid company holidays
• Parental leave for all new parents
• Fully stocked refrigerator and daily provided lunch in the office