Jobs · Engineering · Illinois

Engineering Manager, Infrastructure

Upside · Chicago, IL · 2 mo ago
HybridEngineering$185k–$215k/yrFull-time

About the role

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Infrastructure team. This team provides the compute, storage, networking, observability, and CI/CD capabilities that power every application and data product at Upside.

Responsibilities

  • Lead with platform and company outcomes over local optimization.
  • Create a safe, collaborative team environment.
  • Raise the bar.
  • Provide clarity and empower autonomy.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience managing infrastructure, SRE, or platform engineering teams.
  • At least 3+ years of hands-on experience building and operating production systems in the cloud.
  • Comfortable designing and reviewing solutions in AWS, including networking, container orchestration, storage, and IAM.
  • Eager to integrate generative AI into engineering workflows.
  • Experience with modern DevOps practices and tooling.
  • Communication skills to translate complex infrastructure and reliability tradeoffs into clear roadmaps and investments.

Why You Should Apply

  • Not afraid to challenge the status quo.
  • Thrive at the intersection of systems and storytelling.
  • Care about building resilient systems that scale.
  • Believe that pulling quality upstream starts with engineering.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience managing infrastructure, SRE, or platform engineering teams.
  • At least 3+ years of hands-on experience building and operating production systems in the cloud.
  • Comfortable designing and reviewing solutions in AWS, including networking, container orchestration, storage, and IAM.
  • Eager to integrate generative AI into engineering workflows.
  • Experience with modern DevOps practices and tooling.
  • Communication skills to translate complex infrastructure and reliability tradeoffs into clear roadmaps and investments.

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