Engineering Manager - Core Infra

Recruiting From Scratch; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Healthcare package

401(k) plan

Commuter benefits

Hybrid NYC presence

Offsite gatherings

Job summary

Recruiting From Scratch represents a rapidly growing infrastructure company building the technology that helps digital platforms detect fraud, abuse, and enforce trust and safety at scale. They are scaling their engineering organization and seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Core Infrastructure team in New York City.

This is a hands-on leadership role focused on building high-performing teams, guiding platform reliability, and driving architectural decisions.

Qualifications

• 8 years of software engineering experience building production systems.
• 4 years of engineering management experience in startups.
• Proven leadership of platform/infrastructure/backend teams.
• Strong architecture review and production code contribution when needed.
• Experience with high-throughput, data-intensive platforms and workflows.
• Experience setting roadmaps, prioritization, and operational discipline.
• Ability to coach engineers and foster autonomous teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing infrastructure team for core platform services.
• Define priorities, roadmaps, and execution plans aligned with goals.
• Coach engineers with regular feedback and mentorship.
• Improve delivery quality by clear ownership and reduced friction.
• Build a culture of shared ownership and resilience.
• Collaborate with Product, Customer Success, and GTM to drive impact.
• Drive reliability, observability, and debt reduction.
• Lead architecture discussions and contribute to design when needed.
• Shape engineering metrics and processes for a scaling org.
• Guide the future leadership of the engineering organization.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Team coaching

Platform/backend engineering

Production systems

Architecture review

Data-intensive platforms

Operational discipline

Communication skills

Job description

Engineering Manager, Core Infrastructure

Location: New York, NY

Company Stage of Funding: Early-Stage Startup (Backed by Accel & Y Combinator)

Office Type: Hybrid (New York City)

Salary: $240,000--$280,000 Equity

Company Description

We're representing a rapidly growing infrastructure company building the technology that helps some of the world's largest digital platforms detect fraud, prevent abuse, and enforce trust and safety policies at scale. Their AI-powered platform enables organizations to manage content moderation, automate policy enforcement, investigate threats, and respond to increasingly sophisticated attacks across the internet.

Backed by leading investors including Accel and Y Combinator, the company is scaling its engineering organization to support growing customer demand. They're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Core Infrastructure team responsible for the foundational systems powering workflow orchestration, AI agents, platform reliability, and large-scale data processing. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on building high-performing engineering teams while remaining technically engaged.

What You Will Do

• Lead and develop a high-performing infrastructure engineering team responsible for core platform services and shared systems.
• Define team priorities, roadmaps, and execution plans aligned with business goals and engineering strategy.
• Coach engineers through regular feedback, career development, and technical mentorship.
• Improve engineering execution by establishing clear ownership, reducing operational friction, and raising delivery quality.
• Build a culture of shared ownership that minimizes reliance on individual contributors and improves team resilience.
• Partner closely with Product, Customer Success, Go-to-Market, and other engineering teams to prioritize work and deliver customer impact.
• Drive operational excellence by establishing reliability goals, improving observability, and proactively addressing technical debt.
• Lead architecture discussions and contribute directly to technical design and implementation when appropriate.
• Help define engineering metrics, operational processes, and best practices as the organization scales.
• Influence the future structure and leadership of the engineering organization alongside senior technical leadership.

Ideal Background

• 8 years of professional software engineering experience building production systems.
• 4 years of engineering management experience within startup environments.
• Proven experience leading platform, infrastructure, or backend engineering teams.
• Strong technical background with experience reviewing architecture, guiding technical decisions, and contributing to production code when needed.
• Experience managing high-throughput, data-intensive platforms, workflow engines, automation systems, or AI-powered infrastructure.
• Demonstrated success building high-performing engineering teams with strong execution, ownership, and operational discipline.
• Experience setting technical roadmaps and prioritizing work in rapidly changing environments.
• Familiarity with modern AI-assisted development tools and how they improve engineering productivity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience collaborating across technical and customer-facing organizations.
• Passion for coaching engineers and creating environments where teams can operate autonomously.

Preferred

• Experience building Trust & Safety, fraud prevention, abuse detection, or platform integrity systems.
• Background working at the intersection of Product and Engineering.
• Experience supporting customer-facing infrastructure or technical implementation teams.
• Strong understanding of engineering operational metrics such as DORA, SLIs, SLOs, incident management, and platform reliability.
• Experience leading engineering organizations through rapid growth and organizational scaling.
• Startup experience building infrastructure products from early stage through significant scale.
• Strong opinions on engineering culture, team effectiveness, and operational excellence.
• Interest in AI infrastructure, workflow automation, and platform engineering.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary: $240,000--$280,000.
• Competitive equity package.
• Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with employer matching.
• Fully covered commuter benefits.
• Daily catered lunch and dinner in the office.
• Hybrid work environment based in New York City with regular in-person collaboration and company offsites.
• Opportunity to lead the engineering team responsible for the infrastructure powering trust and safety operations across some of the world's largest digital platforms while helping shape the future leadership of a rapidly scaling engineering organization.
  Salary Range: $240,000-$280,000 base.