SRE Delivery Manager

Ninety; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work From Anywhere

Paid Parental Leave

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Equity opportunities

Job summary

Ninety is expanding with an SRE/Delivery Manager to build repeatable systems and raise reliability in a lean, high-impact environment. You will lead 6 engineers across two pods, drive on-call and incident response, and mentor through quarterly reviews while partnering with product, design, and software teams.

The role emphasizes architecture transitions, observable infrastructure, and secure operations, with ownership split around 80% management and 20% hands-on delivery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience with a focus on SRE/DevOps.
• Proven success leading teams through architectural transitions (e.g., serverless to EKS).
• Strong backend service architecture background (monolith, microservices).
• Deep IaC, observability, and incident-management expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 6 across SRE and Delivery pods and drive reliability initiatives.
• Mentor, conduct quarterly reviews, and enable career development.
• Define best practices for delivery, reliability, and observability.
• Coordinate deployments, on-call rotations, and security posture.
• Own outcomes in a lean, fast-paced environment.

Tools

AWS Lambda

Kubernetes/EKS

Datadog

GitHub

Harness

Rootly

IaC

Job description

Ninety is at an inflection point: the product is evolving quickly and the business is ready to level up how we take new capabilities to market. We’re opening a new SRE/Delivery Manager seat for someone who can build repeatable systems and raise the bar for what great and reliable systems look like in a lean, high-impact environment.

What you’ll own

• Manage and lead a team of 6, organized into two pods, covering both SRE and Delivery
• Provide career development and mentorship through continuous checkins and quarterly reviews
• Drive independent workstreams for each pod while providing reliable infrastructure, deployment, and operational support to the broader engineering team and business
• Define and implement best practices for delivery, infrastructure reliability, and observability in a lean, high-impact environment
• Coordinate with application development team (software engineers, designers, and product owners) to ensure deployment, infrastructure, and monitoring needs are met
• Manage on-call rotation and scheduling
• Ensure infrastructure and systems operate securely, following industry best practices
• Fulfill a player-coach role, anticipating 80% management and 20% hands on

What Success Looks Like:

• Systems and infrastructure operate efficiently with the bounds of our SLA’s
• Production incidents are properly managed and routed to responsible parties to be mitigated and resolved within expected timeframes
• Engineering pods are equipped with tools needed to develop and iterate quickly
• We routinely scan and identify security vulnerabilities and address appropriately
• We are keeping up to date with industry standards, best practices, and technology as it pertains to our infrastructure and delivery processes

What we’re looking for

• 8+ years of experience in software development, with focus on SRE/devops
• Demonstrated success leading teams through architectural transitions (e.g., serverless to EKS).
• Backend service architecture experience is a plus (monolith, microservices, etc).
• Skills:
• Proven experience managing engineering teams
• Deep understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Observability best practices
• Ability to drive outcomes in a lean, fast-paced environment.
• Technologies:
• Expertise in the AWS stack, specifically Lambda/serverless and Kubernetes/EKS
• Strong proficiency in Datadog (APM/RUM/Synthetics)
• GitHub; experience with Harness is a plus.
• Rootly (or other major on-call, paging toolsets)

This won’t be a fit if you prefer

• Pure strategy with a separate team to “do the doing”
• Highly resourced environments where systems already exist
• Defining the how instead of what and why
• Slow-paced, siloed teams
• Micromanaging vs providing coaching and direction to your direct reports

Why Ninety

Ninety is the leading EOS® software trusted by 18,000+ companies to help business owners run stronger businesses and grow valuations. We bring vision, goals, execution rhythm, and business metrics into one connected platform, backed by an ecosystem of expert support, professional services, partners, and AI.

We have strong financials with a long runway, we lead our category, and we're investing in the people who make it happen. If you enjoy doing meaningful work inside a product that actually changes how businesses operate, you'll find real ownership here.

What We Offer

Flexibility & Time Off

• Work From Anywhere: Live and Work where you’re happiest.
• As-Needed Vacation: Recharge when you need to.
• Paid Parental Leave: Generous paid time to bond with your growing family.
• Comprehensive Coverage: Health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family.
• Company-Paid Life & LTD: Peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• HSA, FSA & DCFSA Accounts: Flexible ways to manage medical and dependent care costs. Ninety contributes annually to your HSA—front-loaded to help you cover expenses sooner.
• Productivity Allowance: Use toward wellness, tech, or productivity—whatever helps you thrive.
• 401(k) with Company Match: Plan for your future with automatic company contributions.
• Equity Opportunities: Share in Ninety’s long-term growth and success.

Growth & Connection

• Professional Development Reimbursement: Annual funds to support your learning and growth.
• Company Gatherings: In-person connection and collaboration, with travel covered.

Why we love doing what we do : Small to midsize businesses are the foundation of almost every healthy community. They provide not just employment but opportunities for people to learn, grow, and become leaders who take responsibility for the well-being of the community.

Our values:

Get Smart Stuff Done
Focus on outcomes that matter and consistently deliver results.

Team
Collaborate, trust, support, create, and honor your agreements.

Resilient
Respond calmly to challenges and grow through adversity.

Inquisitive
Seek mastery, ask questions, and never stop learning.

Best
Strive to be a better version of yourself for your growth, your team, and Ninety.

Extra Mile
Embrace work-life harmony while stepping up when it matters most.

The “Seat” we have open

Once we’re confident someone embodies our core values and is in the right seat, we trust them to do great work, lean into their Unique Abilities™, and continue to grow.

The pay range for this role is:

200,000 - 220,000 USD per year (Remote (United States))