Engineering Manager - Platform (Remote)
Rula•Los Angeles, CA
•Remote
About The Position
We are hiring an Engineering Manager to lead our Platform (Core Services) team, which owns the core services and libraries our product engineering teams use across the Rula ecosystem. You will lead a team of talented platform engineers to build and maintain highly flexible, reliable, and scalable services and tools to support the quality and velocity of our product development. Reporting directly to the Engineering Manager, you will define the team charter, establish ownership boundaries, and drive the mission of providing shared libraries and services.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience specifically building and maintaining backend platform infrastructure or shared services that support multiple product engineering teams
- 3+ years of experience directly managing a high-performing engineering team, with a focus on people development, performance management, and building high-trust environments
- A proven track record of mentoring senior-level engineers in technical domains such as distributed systems, microservices architecture, or cloud-native infrastructure.
- High familiarity with AWS (specifically IAM, VPC, and EKS) to ensure the scalability and security of core libraries
- Demonstrated experience maintaining shared tooling and services with a focus on reliability, including establishing SLOs and managing high-availability systems.
Nice To Haves
- High-level understanding of Kubernetes for managing containerized workloads at scale.
- Experience with eventing systems and message brokers (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ) at high volume.
- Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally to drive the adoption of "golden path" internal developer platforms.
- Strong capabilities in coaching engineers through complex architectural transitions and career pathing.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of talented platform engineers to build and maintain highly flexible, reliable, and scalable services and tools.
- Support the quality and velocity of our product development.
- Define the team charter.
- Establish ownership boundaries.
- Drive the mission of providing shared libraries and services.
Benefits
- 100% remote work environment
- Attractive pay and benefits
- Full transparency of pay ranges
- Comprehensive health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and FSA/HSA
- 401(k) plan access
- Generous time-off policies
- 2 company-wide shutdown weeks each year for self-care
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- New hire home office stipend
- Quarterly department stipend
- Wellness events and lunch & learns
- Community and employee resource groups
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
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