Senior Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure
Infrastructure Overview
Rippling's Infrastructure organization owns the foundational systems that power every product and service across the company. Supporting more than 1,000 engineers and millions of end users, the Cloud Infrastructure team is responsible for the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of Rippling's production environment.
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, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality, scalable, and reliable infrastructure solutions
- Experience with cloud-native technologies and tools
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Passion for technology and a commitment to excellence
Benefits
Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics.
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.
Pay
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.