Engineering Manager

DTN

. Lead and manage a team of platform engineers across multiple experience levels, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, professional development, and day-to-day delivery .

Posted 10/13/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $110,000 - $145,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong technical leadership in AWS cloud-native architecture and distributed systems, with a focus on team development, operational excellence, and scalable platform capabilities. Proven ability to guide engineering teams in adopting AI-assisted development practices while ensuring high standards of quality and security.

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AWS Cloud-Native ArchitectureDistributed SystemsTechnical LeadershipEngineering ManagementAI-Assisted Development

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringPlatform EngineeringInfrastructure as CodeAutomated TestingMulti-Tenant ArchitectureCloud Identity and Access ManagementTypeScriptNode.jsTerraformServerless Technologies

Soft Skills

CoachingMentoringCollaborationStakeholder ManagementCommunication

Tools & Technologies

APIsSDKsCLIsDeveloper PortalsManaged Data StoresCloud Security PrimitivesTrunk-Based DevelopmentIncremental Reversible ReleasesOperational VisibilityMonitoring

Industry Keywords

SaaS PlatformsCross-Account Control PlanesShared Platform ServicesProvisioning and Lifecycle AutomationSecure Cross-Account Communication

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsJavaScriptNode.jsTerraformTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and manage a team of platform engineers across multiple experience levels, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, professional development, and day-to-day delivery
Coach, mentor, and grow engineers while establishing a healthy, collaborative, high-accountability engineering culture
Set and maintain standards for engineering quality, technical execution, operational discipline, and continuous improvement
Serve as a hands-on technical leader in architectural discussions and complex technical tradeoffs
Own the platform's technical direction with senior engineers and architecture stakeholders
Guide design and implementation of foundational, distributed, multi-account AWS cloud systems
Oversee developer-facing APIs, SDKs, CLIs, tooling, and managed services
Lead distributed-systems efforts involving secure cross-account communication, multi-tenant isolation, provisioning, and lifecycle automation
Develop platform abstractions over raw cloud infrastructure
Guide architecture for new and evolving platform capabilities, including greenfield development
Ensure scalability, security, maintainability, and long-term reuse across products and teams
Drive platform adoption and developer experience through reusable capabilities, developer productivity improvements, a developer portal, technical documentation, and productized platform capabilities
Incorporate stakeholder feedback into technical priorities and product roadmap
Own security, isolation, reliability, observability, monitoring, and operational visibility
Establish IAM, isolation boundaries, least-privilege access, authenticated service-to-service communication, and secure multi-account architectures
Own on-call operations, incident response, and service-level objectives
Promote automated testing, infrastructure as code, trunk-based development, and incremental reversible delivery
Partner with Architecture, Identity, Product, Solutions/Field Engineering, and platform consumers
Translate strategic objectives into engineering roadmaps and measurable delivery milestones
Communicate technical direction, progress, dependencies, and risks to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
Coordinate across engineering teams to resolve dependencies and align architectural decisions
Champion AI-assisted software development and guide AI-augmented platform capabilities involving LLMs, AI agents, and related services

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of software engineering experience
At least 2 years operating at a T3 (Staff) through T5 (Principal) engineering level
At least 2 years in a technical lead or engineering management capacity
Demonstrated experience shipping, operating, and supporting production software systems
Proven ability to hire, coach, mentor, and develop engineers across multiple experience levels
Experience establishing a healthy engineering culture built on accountability, collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous improvement
Ability to provide credible technical leadership while managing engineering delivery, people development, and operational responsibilities
Strong technical foundation in AWS cloud-native architecture and distributed systems
Ability to engage deeply with engineers on system architecture, critically review technical designs, and make informed architectural tradeoffs
Experience working with platform engineering, developer tooling, SDKs, infrastructure, or similar teams building foundational capabilities for other engineers
Strong understanding of secure multi-account and multi-tenant cloud architectures
Fluency in cloud identity and access management, tenant isolation boundaries, and security requirements for distributed cloud systems
Understanding of architecture and operational considerations for scalable, secure, reliable shared platform capabilities
Familiarity with modern AI development toolkits and AI-assisted engineering workflows, including coding assistants and agentic development tools
Understanding of incorporating AI-augmented capabilities, including LLMs, agents, and related services, into modular platform components
Ability to guide engineers in adopting AI-assisted development practices without compromising engineering quality
Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills across Engineering, Product, Architecture, and Go-to-Market organizations
Ability to communicate complex technical decisions, architectural tradeoffs, delivery progress, and risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction and coordinate delivery across teams with competing priorities
Experience with or familiarity with multi-tenant SaaS platforms, cross-account control planes, internal developer platforms, TypeScript, Node.js, Terraform, serverless technologies, container services, managed data stores, cloud security primitives, reusable APIs, SDKs, CLIs, developer portals, shared platform services, platform adoption, provisioning and lifecycle automation, secure cross-account communication, multi-tenant infrastructure, trunk-based development, infrastructure as code, automated testing, incremental reversible releases, and operationally complex or data-intensive industries

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive Salary
Unlimited PTO
Flexible working hours
Remote work model (position dependent)
Competitive Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Plans
6% 401K matching
Unlimited access to 13k+ courses via learning platform to support employee career advancement
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Opportunity to advance compensation with performance over time
May be eligible for market competitive variable pay and benefits