Senior Cloud Infrastructure Platform Lead

Rippling; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 217,000 - 362,000; Full time

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Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for its Cloud Infrastructure to lead core infrastructure, drive scalability, and ensure reliability. You will partner with multiple engineering teams to shape architecture, incidents, and platform optimization across a production-centric environment.

The role requires 8+ years in software or infra engineering and 4+ years in management, with deep AWS, Kubernetes, and IaC expertise.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software or infrastructure engineering experience.
• 4+ years of engineering management experience.
• Deep expertise in AWS and large-scale cloud infrastructure.
• Strong experience operating Kubernetes in production environments.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform and Helm.
• Experience leading highly available distributed systems at scale.
• Strong operational mindset with experience managing production incidents and reliability programs.
• Experience developing senior engineers, Staff Engineers, and Principal Engineers.
• Excellent cross-functional leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team responsible for Rippling's core cloud infrastructure and production platform.
• Define the long-term strategy for infrastructure scalability, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Own Kubernetes platform architecture, cluster management, and production infrastructure lifecycle.
• Drive infrastructure automation through Infrastructure as Code and platform self-service capabilities.
• Establish best practices around observability, monitoring, incident response, and disaster recovery.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve system reliability, deployment safety, and operational efficiency.
• Lead large-scale infrastructure initiatives spanning multiple engineering organizations.
• Develop and mentor engineers while maintaining a strong culture of ownership and technical excellence.
• Drive improvements in cost efficiency, capacity planning, and cloud resource management.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

Distributed systems

Reliability

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Rippling is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for its Cloud Infrastructure to lead core infrastructure, drive scalability, and ensure reliability. You will partner with multiple engineering teams to shape architecture, incidents, and platform optimization across a production-centric environment.

The role requires 8+ years in software or infra engineering and 4+ years in management, with deep AWS, Kubernetes, and IaC expertise.