Engineering Manager, Cloud Engineering

LaunchDarkly

. Lead and develop a senior Cloud Engineering team through expectations, coaching, feedback, performance management, and career-development support .

Posted 9/24/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $163,000 - $224,070 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing cloud infrastructure and engineering teams, with a focus on AWS, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code practices. Capable of leading multi-quarter migration programs while fostering team engagement and operational excellence through AI-assisted engineering.

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AWS Infrastructure ManagementKubernetes LeadershipInfrastructure-As-Code PracticesIncident Response OwnershipTeam Management and Development

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Hard Skills

Cloud Infrastructure ManagementIncident Response FrameworksService-Level ObjectivesMulti-Region KubernetesInfrastructure MigrationAutomation DevelopmentAI-Assisted EngineeringDatastore OperationsGitOpsCompliance-Related Infrastructure

Soft Skills

Coaching and FeedbackPerformance ManagementWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationTeam Engagement

Tools & Technologies

AWSKubernetesGitOpsAI ToolsAutomation Tools

Industry Keywords

Cloud Cost ManagementFedRAMP ComplianceOLAP SystemsVendor NegotiationsInfrastructure Insourcing

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and develop a senior Cloud Engineering team through expectations, coaching, feedback, performance management, and career-development support
Own the operational health of cloud infrastructure, including incident response, on-call health, service-level objectives, resilience, and disaster recovery
Launch and deliver a multi-quarter infrastructure insourcing program
Guide technical priorities and tradeoffs across AWS infrastructure, networking, multi-region Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, GitOps, datastore operations, and compliance-related infrastructure
Build software, automation, and paved paths for safe and independent infrastructure use
Support migrations through guidance, patterns, and enablement
Establish team norms for AI-assisted engineering and reduce operational toil through AI and automation
Maintain team health and continuity through change
Partner with platform and product engineering teams on shared infrastructure priorities and dependencies
Communicate roadmaps, operational risks, investment needs, and progress to engineering leadership and stakeholders
Participate in hiring and team planning

Requirements

What you’ll need

2+ years of experience managing an infrastructure, platform engineering, or site reliability engineering team at a product company, including people management of an on-call team
Demonstrated ownership of incident response, on-call health, and service-level objective frameworks for critical production systems
Experience leading at least one multi-quarter infrastructure migration or insourcing program from planning through completion
Technical fluency with AWS, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code practices
Experience taking over an established team and maintaining engagement, performance, and retention through a leadership transition
A clear point of view on team norms and practices for AI-assisted engineering
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience with vendor negotiations or cloud cost management (nice to have)
Experience supporting FedRAMP or other compliance-related infrastructure and operations (nice to have)
Experience operating large-scale datastores or OLAP systems (nice to have)
Experience growing a team through funded expansion (nice to have)

Benefits

Comp & perks

10% bonus target
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Health insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Mental health benefits
Equal opportunity workplace
Disability accommodations