Engineer Manager - Platform
Core
Lead a globally distributed team of platform engineers to modernize tooling, raise automation ceilings, and standardize software shipping at scale for Vonage's cloud communications APIs.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (Platform/DevOps/SRE)
Builds
Scalable platform infrastructure, automated workflows, and tooling for the wider engineering organization
Domain
Cloud Communications, Platform Engineering, Kubernetes, AWS
Required skills
Engineering management, team growth and transition coaching, Kubernetes platform leadership, AWS ecosystem expertise, cross-team coordination, data-driven operations, compliance and security navigation
Preferred skills
Internal Developer Platform experience (Port.io, OpsLevel), GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, Crossplane, Kyverno), AWS/Kubernetes certifications, CFIUS-regulated environment experience, prior SRE/Platform engineering background
Technologies
Kubernetes, EKS, AWS, Port.io, OpsLevel, ArgoCD, Crossplane, Kyverno
Responsibilities
Lead day-to-day people management of a geographically distributed team; Execute the platform roadmap under direction of Director of Engineering; Coach engineers transitioning from SRE/infrastructure to platform product engineering; Coordinate large-scale cross-team changes (k8s upgrades, tooling migrations); Ensure platform work meets security and regulatory requirements; Establish and track SLAs, error budgets, and KPIs; Participate in on-call rotation and maintain platform reliability; Partner with architects on platform direction
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities