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Spare

Software Development Team Lead – Infrastructure Platform

Spare

. Lead the Infrastructure Platform Team responsible for Spare’s core cloud infrastructure platform .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeVancouver • CanadaSenior💰 CA$150,000 - CA$260,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and developing scalable cloud infrastructure platforms, with a strong focus on GCP, Kubernetes, and AI-assisted workflows. Proven ability to lead teams, mentor developers, and drive operational excellence in site reliability engineering and cost optimization.

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GCPKubernetesSite Reliability Engineering (SRE)TerraformAI-Assisted Development Workflows

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Hard Skills
Software DevelopmentDistributed SystemsInfrastructure-as-CodeCloud Cost OptimizationIncident ResponseSystem DesignDebuggingSecurity Best PracticesPostgreSQLRedis
Soft Skills
CommunicationCollaborationMentoringProblem-SolvingLeadership
Tools & Technologies
AI Agentic ToolingConfiguration Management ToolingCloud InfrastructureAutomation ToolsAgile Methodologies
Industry Keywords
FinOpsInternal Access ControlContainer SecurityBlameless Post-MortemsTransit Domain Experience

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPostgresRedisTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead the Infrastructure Platform Team responsible for Spare’s core cloud infrastructure platform
  • Own design and development of infrastructure platform capabilities from inception to launch
  • Build and evolve tooling, automation, and platform services for engineering teams
  • Architect and implement scalable distributed systems on GCP and Kubernetes
  • Improve cluster reliability, application resilience, and internal access security
  • Operate and maintain Redis and PostgreSQL databases, including tuning, scaling, upgrades, backups, and disaster recovery
  • Drive AI SRE practices for incident detection, alert triage, and operational workflows
  • Manage and improve the SRE on-call rotation, escalation paths, and blameless post-mortems
  • Drive FinOps, cloud spend visibility, right-sizing, and cost optimization
  • Use AI agentic tooling daily and coach the team in its use
  • Mentor software developers and increase team capacity
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and software developers
  • Ensure 99.99% uptime and exceptional system performance
  • Participate in agile rituals and improve software development processes
  • Split time approximately 50/50 between hands-on technical contribution and people leadership
  • Travel to up to four customer site visits per year and attend biannual Vancouver hackathons
  • Manage four direct-report software developers

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 7+ years of software development experience, with at least 2+ years in a people leadership role
  • Expert backend technology and strong distributed systems experience
  • Proficiency with AI-assisted and agentic development workflows
  • Experience operating systems at scale with a strong reliability and uptime mindset
  • Experience running or managing an SRE on-call rotation, including incident response and post-mortem culture
  • Deep experience with GCP and Kubernetes
  • Experience driving cloud cost optimization and FinOps initiatives
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tooling, especially Terraform
  • Understanding of security best practices, internal access control, and container security
  • Demonstrated success managing software developers and individual/team performance
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor developers and provide technical leadership
  • Strong problem-solving, debugging, and system design skills
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Legally entitled to work in Canada without additional sponsorship
  • Able to work hybrid three days per week in downtown Vancouver
  • Nice-to-have: transit or safety-critical domain experience; internal developer platforms; AI/LLM tooling for SRE; CI/CD at scale; PostgreSQL and Redis production operations

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity options
  • Competitive salary
  • Opportunity to work on challenging technical problems with real-world impact
  • Fast-paced, high-impact role in a rapidly growing startup
  • Ownership of core systems and opportunity to drive innovation
  • Dynamic, collaborative, and supportive team culture
  • Participation in biannual software development hackathons in Vancouver