Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering

Alo; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonuses

Long term incentives

PTO policy

Job summary

Alo in San Ramon, CA seeks an Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering to lead the core platforms, cloud infrastructure, and developer tooling for a high-scale eCommerce ecosystem. You will balance technical leadership with hands-on engineering to guide architecture and enable teams to deliver reliable systems safely and efficiently.

The role emphasizes architectural influence, cross-functional collaboration, and growing a high-performing team while maintaining a close connection to day-to-day

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering with platform, infrastructure, or DevOps focus.

Responsibilities

• Define platform engineering strategy with multi-quarter roadmaps aligned with product priorities.
• Lead cloud and infrastructure engineering for compute, networking, storage, and infrastructure as code with focus on scalability, reliability, security, and cost.
• Guide platform architecture and critical technical decisions to ensure resilient systems.
• Own DevOps and CI/CD practices, improving build, test, deployment, and release workflows through automation.
• Address systemic risks by proactively identifying and resolving platform issues before impact on reliability or security.
• Build and maintain shared platforms and developer tooling to enable teams to operate at scale.
• Strengthen observability with monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response for operational readiness.
• Partner with product, architecture, security, and application teams to align priorities and communicate risks.
• Lead and develop cross-platform engineering teams with mentorship and inclusive growth.
• Participate in hiring and team development to sustain a strong engineering culture.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

CI/CD automation

Architectural decisions

Cross-team collaboration

Communication

Multi-region cloud

Open-source familiarity

Mentorship

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

San Ramon, California, United States

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About the Role

We are seeking anEngineering Manager, Platform Engineeringto lead teams responsible for building and operating thecore platforms, cloud infrastructure, and developer toolingthat power a high-scale, high-availability eCommerce ecosystem.

This role combinestechnical leadership, people management, and cross-functional collaboration. You will help shape platform strategy, guide architectural decisions, and enable engineering teams to deliver reliable systems safely and efficiently. While primarily a leadership role, this position valueshands-on technical engagementto stay close to the systems and challenges teams face.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the platform engineering strategy, setting technical direction and multi-quarter roadmaps aligned with product and business priorities.
• Lead cloud and infrastructure engineering, including compute, networking, storage, and infrastructure as code, with a focus on scalability, reliability, security, and cost awareness.
• Guide platform architecture and critical technical decisions, ensuring systems are resilient, maintainable, and capable of supporting future growth.
• Own DevOps and CI/CD practices, improving build, test, deployment, and release workflows through automation and continuous improvement.
• Anticipate and address systemic risks, proactively identifying and resolving platform issues before they impact reliability, performance, or security.
• Build and maintain shared platforms and developer tooling, enabling application teams to safely operate and evolve systems at scale.
• Strengthen observability and operational practices, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response to support operational readiness.
• Partner closely with product, architecture, security, and application teams, aligning priorities, managing tradeoffs, and communicating risks and dependencies.
• Lead and develop cross platform engineering teams, providing mentorship, clear priorities, and an inclusive, collaborative environment that supports growth and delivery.
• Participate in hiring and team development, helping build and sustain a strong engineering culture.

Qualifications

• 7+ Years of professional experience in software engineering with a focus on platform, infrastructure, or DevOps.
• 3+ years of experience in an engineering management or technical leadership role.
• 7+ years of experience and knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, or similar).
• Experience with distributed systems, containerization, orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code.
• Experience owning or supporting CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Ability to lead architectural discussions and make data-informed technical decisions.
• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating across teams.
• Experience supporting high-scale or consumer-facing platforms.
• Background in Java/JVM-based systems and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with multi-region or multi-cloud environments.
• Familiarity with open-source technologies and ecosystems.
• Experience building or operating internal platforms or developer experience tooling.
• Knowledge of observability, reliability, and service ownership practices.

The base salary range for this position is $188,000-$235,000 per year which represents the current range for the base salary for this exempt position. Please note that actual salaries will vary based on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. As such, on occasion and when applicable, there is the possibility that the final, agreed-upon base salary may be outside of the upper end of the range. Please also note the range listed is just one component of the company’s total rewards package for exempt employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, long term incentives, a PTO policy, and many other progressive benefits.

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