Engineering Manager, AI Infra & Cloud Platforms

Runpod; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Remote-first culture

Home office stipend

Job summary

Runpod is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact product engineering team responsible for customer-facing features across the Runpod console, APIs, and developer workflows. You will own a roadmap area end-to-end, partner with Product and Design, and guide architecture, execution, quality, and launch for millions of users.

The role emphasizes deep technical work in Linux systems internals and cloud platforms (control planes, orchestration, networking, storage) and requires strong

Qualifications

• 2+ years engineering-management experience leading high-performance software engineers and roadmaps.
• 6+ years as a software engineer delivering products used by millions.
• Strong Linux systems internals and/or cloud systems engineering experience.
• Backend or full-stack proficiency with Go, Python, or TypeScript.
• Knowledge of distributed/cloud-native architectures and microservices.
• Delivery metrics mindset with focus on cycle time and throughput.
• Remote-first leadership with strong asynchronous communication.

Responsibilities

• Own Feature Delivery for a Product Area: Lead a team of engineers responsible for shipping new functionality and iterating existing product surfaces.
• Plan and Execute Roadmaps: Translate product strategy into clear technical plans, milestones, and success metrics.
• Technical Leadership & Architecture: Drive pragmatic system design for product-layer services and workflows, ensuring scalability and performance.
• Build and Grow a Strong Team: Hire, mentor, and develop engineers; foster ownership and speed in a remote-first environment.
• Quality & Reliability for Product Surfaces: Improve testing, release safety, observability, and on-call health.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, Program management, Support, GTM, and Infrastructure.
• Operational Excellence: Establish team rituals and data-driven delivery systems to improve cycle time.
• Customer-Driven Execution: Incorporate feedback and analytics into prioritization and iteration.

Skills

Engineering management

High-scale delivery

Linux systems

Cloud systems

Go / Python / TS

Distributed systems

Remote leadership

Background check

Tools

Kubernetes

Go

Python

TypeScript

Job description

Runpod is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact product engineering team responsible for customer-facing features across the Runpod console, APIs, and developer workflows. You will own a roadmap area end-to-end, partner with Product and Design, and guide architecture, execution, quality, and launch for millions of users.

The role emphasizes deep technical work in Linux systems internals and cloud platforms (control planes, orchestration, networking, storage) and requires strong