Engineering Manager, Infrastructure

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Lead a group of skilled engineers in tackling challenging engineering problems.

• Mentor and support the professional and technical growth of team members.

• Develop career paths and assign projects that align with team members’ skills, work styles, personalities, and ambitions.

• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and respectful team atmosphere.

• Provide ongoing feedback, address performance issues, and acknowledge individual strengths and contributions.

• Prioritize technical and resource challenges within the broader Engineering organization.

• Drive continuous improvement in code quality, architecture, and processes.

• Expand the team by identifying business needs, addressing skill gaps, and prioritizing a diverse recruitment strategy.

• Maintain a prioritized backlog and set both short-term and long-term objectives with engineers and stakeholders.

• Build relationships across Engineering, Operations, and other relevant stakeholders.

• Influence development practices across teams, including best practices, technology selections, and tech-stack evolution.

• Plan for Pilot’s accelerated growth and scalability.

• Oversee the Infrastructure team responsible for core infrastructure, developer experience, design systems, frontend infrastructure, and security.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of two years in a formal managerial role.

• At least one year of experience managing a remote team.

• Proven experience in managing engineers’ performance, including implementing performance corrections and providing continuous feedback.

• Experience in team growth and managing the complete recruiting lifecycle.

• Proficient in technical execution and dependency management.

• Experience in diagnosing and addressing team morale or execution challenges.

• Ability to promote inclusion within a diverse team and support marginalized individuals.

• Experience in building relationships with engineers, peers, customers, or vendors.

• Strong technical background with the ability to engage in technical design discussions.

• Experience in communicating team technology details to others.

• Consideration of AI in engineering workflows and awareness of its risks and drawbacks.

• Prior engineering management experience is preferred/expected, but candidates need not meet every listed requirement.

• Technical proficiency in Python 3.13, JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue.js, Terraform, Docker, ECS, AWS CodeDeploy, Honeycomb, and Postgres as demonstrated through the team’s technology context.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible vacation/time-off policy.

• All federal holidays are observed.

• Competitive benefits package including additional wellness perks.

• Parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents – 100% pay for 12 weeks.

• 401(k) plan.

• Equity eligibility for full-time regular positions.

• Health benefits.

• Investment in employee development and happiness.

• Opportunity to join a seasoned founding team.

• Light identity verification and interview recording process for equitable remote hiring.