Senior Engineering Manager – Core Platform

Playbypoint

. Lead, grow, and develop a team of 10+ engineers across infrastructure, Payments, Data, Developer Experience, and L3 engineering .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeRemoteSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading engineering teams, driving operational excellence, and owning technical roadmaps. Proficient in managing platform capabilities and ensuring reliability at scale while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

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8+ Years Software Engineering Experience3+ Years Leading Engineering TeamsExperience Owning Reliability At ScaleSpanish And English Business ProficiencyActive Use Of AI Tools

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Hard Skills

Platform EngineeringInfrastructure ManagementSLO DefinitionIncident ManagementCI/CD PracticesObservability ToolingArchitecture ReviewAI-Powered Tooling DevelopmentTechnical Roadmap OwnershipPostmortem Analysis

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationMentoringTeam BuildingAsynchronous CollaborationProblem Solving

Industry Keywords

Payments InfrastructureOperational ExcellenceDistributed Engineering TeamsTechnical StandardsProduct Growth

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, grow, and develop a team of 10+ engineers across infrastructure, Payments, Data, Developer Experience, and L3 engineering
Own the technical roadmap for Core Platform in partnership with engineering leadership and Product
Drive reliability and operational excellence by defining SLOs, leading incident response culture, and improving postmortems
Improve CI/CD, local development, observability tooling, and deployment practices
Own billing and payments infrastructure in partnership with the Payments team
Hire, mentor, and retain senior engineers
Build a team that sets the organization’s technical standard
Translate business constraints into platform capabilities across Finance, Product, and Engineering
Ship foundational features that unlock product growth

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of software engineering experience, with a meaningful portion in platform, infrastructure, or foundational systems
3+ years leading engineering teams
Spanish and English business proficiency
Strong individual contributor background, including staff or senior engineering experience
Experience leading teams of 8 or more engineers in a distributed environment
Ability to review architecture, participate in design discussions, and challenge technical decisions
Experience owning reliability at scale, including SLOs, on-call culture, incident management, and postmortems
Understanding of platform investment economics and balancing long-term health with short-term delivery
Clear communication and ability to work asynchronously
Strong written and spoken English
Active use of AI tools throughout the software development lifecycle
Experience building AI-powered tooling or agents that shipped to production