Engineering Manager, ditto

• 2+ years of experience managing teams of software engineers. This includes people-management responsibilities such as hiring, performance management, and career development
• 5+ years of technical leadership, including driving best practices, project scoping and design, and providing architectural guidance
• A willingness to travel, including internationally, up to once a quarter for team get togethers
• Prior experience with cloud platform development (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Strong production experience building Kubernetes Operators in either Go or Rust
• Fluency programming in Rust, particularly building async applications focused on the cloud and Kubernetes
• Experience bootstrapping and deploying Kubernetes clusters
• Excellent leadership skills with a focus on team growth, mentorship, and collaboration
• Experience with large scale CI/CD pipelines, automation, and developer tooling & workflows to automate software releases
• A strategic, product-oriented mindset, with the ability to balance technical priorities with business needs
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. As a fully distributed team, async communication is the norm and the development process often includes written architecture and design documents, and as an engineering manager video-based company updates and presentations will be the norm

Desirable

• We are seeking an experienced and motivated Engineering Manager to lead our platform engineering team responsible for designing, building, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure
• This role involves overseeing the development of solutions for "Bring Your Own Cloud" (BYOC) deployments, building multi-tenant SaaS platforms, and developing custom Kubernetes operators to automate and enhance our cloud capabilities
• The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud technologies, Kubernetes, and a proven track record of managing engineering teams in a fast-paced environment
• Lead our Platform Engineering Team – Lead and magnify the impact of a distributed team of 6-10 skilled individual contributors
• Be responsible for ensuring their success, aiding their career growth, and facilitating their technical work
• Recruit and Grow Talent – Build a strong engineering team through hiring, mentoring, performance management, and career development initiatives
• Build a Great Platform for our products – Ensure our platform supports our customers needs and provides Platform Engineers & SREs with the tools they need to maintain and observe our products
• Raise the Bar on Technical Excellence – Ensure high test coverage, rigorous engineering, stellar documentation, and a consistently high technical bar
• Collaborate Across Teams – Collaborate with your team, engineering leadership, and product managers to define Platform roadmaps, prioritize features, and align engineering efforts with business goals
• Architect, Automate and Optimize – Modern platforms require hard technical tradeoffs, strong focus on automating toil, and strategic investments on where to optimize tooling, processes, our software and its delivery
• Ship It! — Regularly ship patch, minor, and major versions of our platform including new cloud provider support and other customer requested offerings, and invest in automation and tooling to make this a breeze
• Be a Culture Custodian — Set team culture by example, expanding Ditto’s culture of trust, communication, and continual improvement