Senior Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 362,250; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead their core cloud infrastructure team in San Francisco. You will oversee the reliability and scalability of their production environment while implementing strategic initiatives and improving system performance.

The ideal candidate has over 8 years of engineering experience, leadership skills, and a strong understanding of cloud technologies like AWS and Kubernetes. The role emphasizes collaboration across teams and requires a commitment to operational excellence.

This position offers a competitive salary, benefits, and equity, with a salary range of $207,000 - $362,250 annually.

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 cloud infrastructure and production platform.
• Define the long-term strategy for infrastructure scalability and reliability.
• Own Kubernetes platform architecture and production infrastructure lifecycle.
• Drive infrastructure automation through Infrastructure as Code.
• Establish best practices around observability and incident response.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve system reliability.
• Lead large-scale infrastructure initiatives across engineering organizations.
• Develop and mentor engineers while fostering technical excellence.
• Drive improvements in cost efficiency and resource management.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Terraform

Helm

Job description

About the role

Rippling's Infrastructure organization owns the foundational systems that power every product and service across the company. Supporting more than 1,000 engineers and millions of end users, the Cloud Infrastructure team is responsible for the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of Rippling's production environment.

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead the team responsible for the core cloud infrastructure that underpins the entire platform. This includes Kubernetes orchestration, infrastructure automation, production networking, capacity management, disaster recovery, and the systems that ensure Rippling remains highly available as the company continues to scale.

You will partner closely with engineering teams across the organization to provide a secure, reliable, and scalable foundation for product development while driving operational excellence and infrastructure modernization.

What you will do

• 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

What you will need

• 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

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics. Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email [e-mail]

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.

The pay range for this role is:

207,000 - 362,250 USD per year (US San Francisco Bay Area)