Engineering Manager, Infrastructure & Platform Scale

Polluxa, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Polluxa, Inc. is seeking an engineering manager to lead a team delivering iterative software for Meridian, with a strong emphasis on customer proximity and rapid learning.

You will mentor engineers, shape the backlog, and drive architectural improvements across the stack (Python, JS/TS, Vue.js, Terraform, Docker, ECS, AWS). The role requires balancing technical excellence with people leadership, fostering inclusive collaboration, and guiding career growth while delivering high-impact projects

Qualifications

• At least two years of experience in an official managerial role, including at least one year managing a remote team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of talented engineers who like to ship code and tackle hard engineering problems.
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of your team members. Help develop their careers, and assign them to projects tailored to their skill levels, personalities, work styles, and professional goals.
• Create a team environment that values collaboration, inclusion, and respect.
• Provide continuous feedback, address performance, and recognize the individual strengths and contributions of your team members.
• Create plans for prioritizing technical and resourcing challenges within the team, within the context of the larger Engineering organization.
• Instill a spirit of continuous improvement in the team’s code, architecture, and processes.
• Grow the team thoughtfully by understanding business needs, addressing team skill gaps, and prioritizing a diverse top of funnel.
• Work with your engineers and stakeholders to maintain a prioritized backlog and create short term and long term goals.
• Help your team build relationships across Engineering, Operations, and any other stakeholders who are relevant to the team’s strategy.
• Work across teams to shape development at Pilot (e.g. defining best practices, choosing technologies, evolving our tech stack).
• Think medium- to long-term. We are building for Pilot ’s future accelerated growth and need someone with strong foundations who will set us up to scale.

Job description

Polluxa, Inc. is seeking an engineering manager to lead a team delivering iterative software for Meridian, with a strong emphasis on customer proximity and rapid learning.

You will mentor engineers, shape the backlog, and drive architectural improvements across the stack (Python, JS/TS, Vue.js, Terraform, Docker, ECS, AWS). The role requires balancing technical excellence with people leadership, fostering inclusive collaboration, and guiding career growth while delivering high-impact projects