Platform Engineering Manager - Kubernetes & Cloud at Scale

Vonage; Wrocław; On-site; PLN 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Multisport Gym

Educational Assistance Reimbursement

Lunch and Learn Sessions

Conferences reimbursement

Volunteer days

Discretionary time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Vonage is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a global Platform Engineering team focused on Kubernetes-based infrastructure, SRE, and platform product development. You will guide a diverse team, drive the roadmap, and ensure secure, compliant, scalable systems across regions.

You will coach engineers through transitions to platform ownership, partner with architects on direction, and foster a culture of data-driven delivery and operational excellence in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of engineering management experience leading platform, DevOps, or SRE teams.
• Proven ability to lead and grow engineers through skill transitions (operational/SRE to product-focused platform engineering).
• Strong experience with Kubernetes-based platforms (EKS preferred) including cluster lifecycle and scale upgrades.
• Solid understanding of the AWS ecosystem underpinning enterprise platform infrastructure.
• Dependency-unblocking mindset to drive cross-team commitments and keep multi-team deliverables on track.
• Data-driven approach to define and track SLAs, KPIs, and error budgets.
• Familiarity with compliance and security constraints in regulated environments.
• Strong leadership instincts: set high bar, give clear feedback, build psychological safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead EU/US Platform engineering team and manage a geographically distributed group.
• Drive the roadmap forward under Director of Engineering and Product Owner to ensure unblocked delivery.
• Coach engineers transitioning from SRE to platform product engineering and grow ownership.
• Coordinate platform-wide changes (Kubernetes upgrades, tooling migrations, security hardening) across teams/time zones.
• Ensure platform work meets security and regulatory requirements and establish guardrails.
• Operate data-driven governance with SLAs, KPIs, and change failure rates; communicate health to stakeholders.
• Participate in and maintain on-call rotation to uphold reliability and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with architects and product leadership on platform direction and prioritization.

Skills

Engineering management

Grow engineers

Kubernetes (EKS)

AWS ecosystem

Data-driven

Security/compliance

Leadership

Tools

Port.io

OpsLevel

ArgoCD

Crossplane

Kyverno

GitOps

Job description

Vonage is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a global Platform Engineering team focused on Kubernetes-based infrastructure, SRE, and platform product development. You will guide a diverse team, drive the roadmap, and ensure secure, compliant, scalable systems across regions.

You will coach engineers through transitions to platform ownership, partner with architects on direction, and foster a culture of data-driven delivery and operational excellence in a fast-growing environment.