Cinder
Engineering Manager - Core Infra
$275K–$315K
New York · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jun 27, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years building production software, with at least 4 years in a startup environment managing platform engineers directly.
About the job
Leads the Core Infrastructure team by setting priorities, coordinating its work across the company, developing engineers, and improving delivery and reliability.
What you'll do
- Set team priorities and roadmap; manage intake and coordinate with cross-functional partners.
- Coach and develop engineers, and improve team execution, velocity, and quality.
- Drive operational rigor, including defining SLIs/SLOs and addressing reliability and technical debt.
What they ask for
- 8+ years building production software, including at least 4 years in a startup environment managing platform engineers directly.
- Experience managing full-stack engineers and familiarity with high-throughput, data-intensive systems, workflow/automation engines, or AI-powered platforms in production.
- Track record of setting priorities, driving team delivery, and improving velocity, quality, reliability, or operational metrics.
- Technical credibility in architecture and trade-off discussions, plus clear written communication.
Nice to have
- Experience in Trust & Safety or abuse prevention.
- Experience at the Product–Engineering boundary or in customer-facing engineering.
Pay
$275K – $315K (USD, base salary)
Tools
AI tooling, graph service, CI/CD
AI focus
The role involves managing AI-powered platforms in production and being fluent and opinionated about how AI tooling changes the way teams build.
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