Tech Lead Manager-Core Infrastructure

Foundation Capital; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cerebras in Bengaluru is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead Manager to steer a small infrastructure team. You code as much as you lead, setting technical direction, reviewing designs, and owning team execution, hiring, and mentorship.

You will own cloud infrastructure architecture across compute, networking, and platform tooling, stay close to production, drive IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation/Helm, operate Kubernetes in production, and improve reliability through on-call, postmortems, and tooling

Qualifications

• 6+ years in cloud infrastructure / DevOps, with leadership experience.
• Hands-on Kubernetes expertise (operations, scaling, upgrades).
• Deep AWS knowledge (core services, networking, IAM, cost management).
• Python and Bash automation skills.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code: CloudFormation, Terraform, Helm.
• Operational mindset—uptime, incident response, on-call practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of 3-4 infrastructure/platform engineers; set priorities, conduct 1:1s, mentor, and support career growth.
• Own the technical architecture and roadmap for cloud infrastructure across compute, networking, and platform tooling.
• Stay hands-on: write code, review PRs, design systems, and drive high-risk technical initiatives.
• Build scalable, secure, and cost-efficient infrastructure on AWS.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Helm.
• Operate and scale Kubernetes clusters in production, including upgrades and capacity planning.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

Python

Bash

Terraform

CloudFormation

Helm

GitOps

Go

Tools

ArgoCD

Flux

Job description

About the Role

We're looking for a hands-on Tech Lead Manager (TLM) to lead a small, high-impact infrastructure engineering team. This role is for someone who codes as much as they lead - you'll be setting technical direction, reviewing designs and PRs, and staying close to production, while also owning team execution, hiring, and mentorship. You should be equally comfortable debugging a production incident at 2 AM and writing a quarterly roadmap.

What You'll Do

• Lead and grow a team of 3-4 infrastructure/platform engineers - set priorities, run 1:1s, mentor, and support career growth
• Own the technical architecture and roadmap for cloud infrastructure across compute, networking, and platform tooling
• Stay hands-on: write code, review PRs, design systems, and personally drive complex or high-risk technical initiatives
• Build and maintain scalable, secure, and cost-effecient infrastructure on AWS
• Drive Infrastructure as Code practices across the team using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Helm
• Operate and scale Kubernetes clusters in production, including upgrades, capacity planning, and reliability improvements
• Champion an operational mindset - own on-call processes, incident response, postmortems, and continuous reliability improvements
• Automate operational workflows using Python and Bash
• Partner with cross-functional teams (security, product, application engineering) to align infrastructure with business needs
• Evaluate and introduce new tools/practices (e.g., GitOps workflows) to improve developer velocity and system reliability

Must-Have Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure / platform / DevOps engineering, including prior experience leading or mentoring engineers
• Strong hands-on expertise with Kubernetes (cluster operations, troubleshooting, scaling, upgrades)
• Deep experience with AWS (core services, networking, IAM, cost and capacity management)
• Strong coding ability in Python and Bash for automation and tooling
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code: CloudFormation, Terraform, and Helm
• Demonstrated operational mindset - comfortable owning uptime, incident response, and on-call practices for a production environment
• Experience leading or tech-leading a small team (3-4 engineers), including code/design reviews and technical mentorship

Good to Have

• Experience with Azure and/or OCI
• Proficiency in Go
• Hands-on experience with GitOps workflows and tooling (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux)

What We're Looking For

• A strong individual contributor at heart who has grown into (or is ready to grow into) people leadership
• Someone who leads by example technically - writing code and setting the bar, not just delegating
• Excellent judgment under pressure, especially during incidents
• Clear communicator who can translate technical tradeoffs to both engineers and stakeholders