Engineering Manager, Sourcegraph

• As the ideal candidate, you lead with a product mindset, delivering solutions that drive platform value. Even when there is no formal product owner, you prioritize high-impact work while investing in core infrastructure
• You have a strong background in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Developer Experience (DevEx), with hands-on experience in developer productivity, CI/CD pipelines, and release management for both Cloud services and on-prem customers
• You are well-versed in technologies like Bazel and Kubernetes. You know Go and are familiar with TypeScript and the client ecosystem
• You maintain a broad view of the system, working with product teams to understand needs while guiding platform development
• You effectively balance leadership responsibilities with hands-on work, adapting to immediate needs and long-term goals
• You adjust your teams’ strategies to align with the company’s needs, knowing when to prioritize speed and when to focus on solving deeper, scalable challenges
• Experience with Kubernetes is a requirement
• Experience with Bazel, Buildkite, and CI systems are desirable, along with building and deploying Go-based microservice architectures
• Experience with TypeScript clients is a plus, as is familiarity with large mono-repo code bases
• As the ideal candidate, you will have deep familiarity with the Google SRE operations model, as well as professional experience with the subjects covered in the Google SRE book
• Experience with alternative ops models, such as those employed by Amazon, Netflix, and other high-velocity companies with large scale and deep technical stacks, is also desirable
• Some familiarity with Google Cloud Platform is a must. AWS and/or Azure experience are bonuses

Desirable

• Join Sourcegraph's Infrastructure team and play a crucial role in empowering developers worldwide
• We're responsible for building and maintaining the tools and systems that make Sourcegraph's development and release processes smooth, efficient, and reliable
• As the Engineering Manager for the Infrastructure team, you will lead the Dev Infra and Release teams, driving operational excellence, developer productivity, and release management
• You will combine technical expertise with a product-focused approach, ensuring your teams deliver scalable solutions as Sourcegraph grows
• Within one month, you will…
• Start building a trusting relationship with your direct reports, peers, and stakeholders
• Understand the what, why, and how of the projects that your teams are working on, how those projects contribute to our company goals, as well as current status, risks, and mitigations
• Within three months, you will…
• Guide the Dev Infra and Release teams forward in reducing the time and toil from code to deployment and improving the observability of the testing/deployment environments and pipelines
• 📅 Within six months, you will…
• Guide the team in finding and implementing improvements in underserved parts of the stack
• Reduce the complexity and toil of our releases and deployments
• Foster the growth of your reports
• 📅 Within one year, you will…
• Scale developer infrastructure, release tooling, and deployment to be more automated and reliable
• Build a strong team brand and drive high levels of satisfaction from internal developers, our technical success team, and customer instance administrators

• We expect the interview process to take 4.25 hours in total
• Introduction Stage - we have initial conversations to get to know you better…
• [30m] Recruiter Screen
• [15m] Hiring Manager Intro
• Team Interview Stage - we then schedule an all-day onsite interview to delve into your experience in more depth and introduce you to members of the team, including cross-functional partners…
• [60m] Technical Screen / Resume Deep Dive
• [45m] Peer Interview
• [45m] Technical Screen
• [60m] Cross-functional Team Collaboration Interview / Values Interview
• [15-30m] Leadership with co-founder
• We check references and conduct your background check