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
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
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