Fora
Engineering Manager, Platform
$210K–$235K
New York City +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jun 23, 2026
- Location
- New York City
New York, New York, United States - Experience
- 4+ years in engineering management and 8+ years in software or infrastructure engineering.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. work authorization is required for full-time roles based in the New York City office; Fora is unable to sponsor or assist with U.S. work authorization. Roles based outside the United States are not subject to this requirement.
About the job
Leads and develops Fora’s Platform Team, setting technical direction and overseeing the reliability, scalability, security, and developer experience of its foundational systems.
What you'll do
- Lead the team’s execution, priorities, coaching, and career development.
- Own the roadmap and provide technical guidance for cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, secrets management, and database reliability.
- Partner across engineering on SLOs, reliability, security practices, recruiting, and contractor/vendor work.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of engineering management experience, with successful delivery and team growth.
- 8+ years of software or infrastructure engineering experience, including meaningful depth in platform, DevOps, or infrastructure.
- Strong technical ability in architecture and infrastructure design; understanding of cloud infrastructure, container orchestration, CI/CD, observability, and database reliability.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and manage engineers, deliver complex projects, communicate effectively, and recruit engineering candidates.
Nice to have
- Experience with high-traffic B2B2C platforms or marketplace architectures.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, Terraform, PostgreSQL administration, and RabbitMQ or Celery.
Pay
$210k–$235k + equity (indicative range; compensation type not specified)
Tools
AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Celery
AI focus
No role-specific AI work is stated; the company says employees use frontier AI tools as part of their work.
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