Platform Engineering Manager
Core
Lead the shared infrastructure services and forward-deployed engineering teams supporting institutional digital asset and AI infrastructure engagements.
Role type
Senior IC Platform Engineering Manager (player-coach)
Builds
Shared platform capabilities (compute, networking, observability, CI/CD, validator clusters, secrets management) and bespoke client solutions
Domain
Digital assets, financial infrastructure, AI data center infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Leading platform/infrastructure teams in production-critical environments, operational logistics (staffing, sequencing, incident response), technical architecture review, embedded engineering model experience, customer-facing technical leadership
Preferred skills
Experience in financial infrastructure (custody, exchanges, payments), managing small senior teams without heavy headcount growth, high agency with low ego
Technologies
AWS (EKS, VPC, MSK, Aurora, S3), GitOps (FluxCD), Terraform, Datadog, Grafana, Wiz, Kafka, KMS/HSM, MPC, AWS Nitro Enclaves, Postgres, Cloudflare
Responsibilities
Develop engineers on both platform and client-engagement tracks, set technical strategy for shared platform capabilities, manage rotation model between platform hardening and client deployments, coordinate staffing and capacity planning across concurrent workstreams, execute on client engagements with technical leadership, ensure lessons from engagements feed back into platform direction
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
