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Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Cypress HCMBelmont, CA, United States
21 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Engineering Manager | Cloud Platform

Location : Belmont, CA (or remote PST)

Employees :

Industry : Wireless services

Position Reporting To : CTO

Dynamic Bay Area startup is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineering Manager to lead a highly skilled team in building and scaling our cloud-based streaming location platform. This role is for a seasoned engineer turned technical leader who thrives in complex, distributed cloud environments and real-time data systems. You will be responsible for driving architectural strategies, team performance, and operational excellence across our high-throughput location data platform. You’ll collaborate cross-functionally to align the platform’s capabilities with business and user needs, ensuring a reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure.

Most Important Responsibilities :

  • Lead and mentor a team of cloud engineers focused on core platform services and infrastructure.
  • Define and execute the technical roadmap for real-time streaming location platform.
  • Architect and optimize data ingestion pipelines – from raw signal input to location computation and storage.
  • Oversee infrastructure deployment using Terraform and other Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools.
  • Ensure platform scalability, reliability, and performance in production cloud environments.
  • Collaborate with product, frontend, and hardware teams to integrate platform capabilities into customer-facing applications.
  • Review design and code for quality, maintainability, and adherence to best practices.
  • Drive CI / CD practices, monitoring strategies, and security protocols across the platform.
  • Lead Agile team rituals, including spring planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
  • Manage incident response processes, root cause analysis, and long-term reliability improvements.
  • Develop and maintain clear technical documentation for team processes and system architecture.
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, and professional development.

What you can bring to the table to impact this role, team, and organization :

  • Proven experience managing or leading high-performing engineering teams in platform or infrastructure domains.
  • Strong technical background with hands-on experience building and operating distributed backend systems.
  • Proficiency with AWS services (ECS, EKS, Lambda, Kinesis, IAM, etc.)
  • Solid understanding of infrastructure-as-code practices using tools like Terraform.
  • Competence in reading and reviewing production-level Python code.
  • Deep understanding of scalable architecture for real-time or high-throughput data systems.
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies and engineering planning cycles.
  • Familiarity with agile methodologies and engineering planning cycles.
  • Experience supporting mission-critical systems in cloud environments.

    • Preferred Qualifications :

  • Experience with streamlining data technologies (Kinesis, Apache Flink).
  • Familiarity with Node.JS frameworks and full-stack architecture.
  • Experience with data services such as DynamoDB or RDS / PostgreSQL.
  • Knowledge of DevOps monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or similar.
  • Understanding of AWS messaging systems such as SNS and SQS.
  • Background in IoT platforms or hardware-integrated systems.
  • Familiarity with hybrid architectures that span edge and cloud deployments.
  • Prior involvement in technical due diligence or architectural reviews.

    • Featured Benefits : Medical, Vision, Dental, Stock Options

    Compensation : $170,000 - $200,000

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