Senior Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure
Overview
Ripping gives businesses one place to manage HR, IT, and Finance. It integrates all necessary workforce systems, allowing companies to automate and manage every aspect of the employee lifecycle in a single system.
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a team responsible for Rippling's core cloud infrastructure and production platform
- Define the long-term strategy for infrastructure scalability, reliability, and operational excellence
- Own Kubernetes platform architecture, cluster management, and production infrastructure lifecycle
- Drive infrastructure automation through Infrastructure as Code and platform self-service capabilities
- Establish best practices around observability, monitoring, incident response, and disaster recovery
- Partner with engineering teams to improve system reliability, deployment safety, and operational efficiency
- Lead large-scale infrastructure initiatives spanning multiple engineering organizations
- Develop and mentor engineers while maintaining a strong culture of ownership and technical excellence
- Drive improvements in cost efficiency, capacity planning, and cloud resource management
Requirements
- 8+ years of software or infrastructure engineering experience
- 4+ years of engineering management experience
- Deep expertise in AWS and large-scale cloud infrastructure
- Strong experience operating Kubernetes in production environments
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform and Helm
- Experience leading highly available distributed systems at scale
- Strong operational mindset with experience managing production incidents and reliability programs
- Experience developing senior engineers, Staff Engineers, and Principal Engineers
- Excellent cross-functional leadership and communication skills
Qualifications
- BS/MS in Computer Science or related field
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality, scalable, and reliable infrastructure solutions
- Experience with cloud-native architectures and tools
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Passion for continuous improvement and innovation in infrastructure management
Benefits
- Equal Opportunity Employer
- Reasonable Accommodations for Candidates with Disabilities
- Flexible Work Arrangements (Office-Based Employees)
Pay
The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.
The pay range for this role is:
- 207,000 - 362,250 USD per year (US San Francisco Bay Area)
Schedule
Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.
Company Information
Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock. Rippling was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.