About Tapestry
Tapestry is a team within Alphabet working to build the AI-powered electric grid. We are tackling one of the world’s most important infrastructure challenges: helping the energy system become more visible, understandable, reliable, affordable, abundant, and clean.
Originally born at X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory, Tapestry brings together experts in energy, AI, software, engineering, and product to build tools that help the electricity ecosystem plan smarter, move faster, and operate more efficiently.
This is a global effort. Tapestry supports partners across the U.S., U.K., Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and Brazil as they work toward a cleaner, more resilient energy future.
Joining Tapestry means doing high-impact work with a multidisciplinary team tackling a problem that matters at global scale. Learn more about our team and our mission here.
About the role
We are looking for a Foundational Architect and Leader to serve as the Engineering Manager for our Infrastructure and Developer Productivity Engineering team. At Tapestry, we are building a high-performance substrate that allows our AI and Power Systems models to simulate the global energy grid.
You will lead a highly skilled and motivated team responsible for the reliability, scalability, and velocity of our entire moonshot. At this stage of our growth, developer productivity is our most critical lever, and we take it seriously, viewing it as a core competitive advantage rather than an afterthought. You will bridge the gap between startup speed and ‘Google-scale’ robustness by seeding a culture of ‘Design as Code’ and AI-augmented engineering. Your mission is to build the high-leverage tooling and agentic workflows that allow our engineers to move from complex architectural designs to mission-critical deployments with total confidence and zero friction.
How you will make 10X Impact
- Build the "Git" for the Grid: Design and operate a world-class cloud-native infrastructure that supports heavy-duty AI workloads, massive geospatial data processing, and physics-based simulations.
- Developer Empowerment: Architect self-service platforms and CI/CD primitives that allow our multidisciplinary teams (ML, Computation, Power Systems, Software) to move from idea to production deployment without friction.
- Production Hardening: Lead the SRE and Developer Productivity Engineering strategy to ensure Tapestry’s tools are as reliable as the electric grid itself. You will own the "day-two" operations: monitoring, incident response, and security at scale.
- Operational Excellence: Fostering a culture of operational excellence and psychological safety.
What you should have:
- Technical Depth: 8+ years of experience in Infrastructure, Site Reliability, DevOps, Developer Experience, or Developer Productivity Engineering with a deep understanding of Kubernetes, Cloud Architecture (GCP preferred), and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Pulumi).
- Leadership: 2+ years of experience in a formal people management role, with a proven ability to mentor senior ICs and manage cross-functional stakeholders.
- Systems Thinking: A "Platform-as-a-Product" mindset – you build systems that empower other engineers to be self-sufficient.
- Operational Excellence: Experience managing high-availability production environments and a track record of leading through complex incidents and post-mortems.
- Security and Compliance: Familiarity with securing cloud environments and managing data privacy/governance at an enterprise level.
It’d be great if you also had:
- Specialized Workloads: Experience managing infrastructure for ML-heavy organizations (GPU orchestration, high-performance computing).
- The "Zero-to-One" Spirit: Experience building out DevOps and Developer Productivity Engineering culture from scratch in a high-growth or R and D-heavy environment.
Our values
- Take charge: We take initiative and own outcomes that move the mission forward.
- Transform with purpose: We build solutions that solve real problems and create meaningful impact.
- Be a Tapestry, not a thread: We collaborate across diverse skills and perspectives to achieve more than we can individually.
- Always fine-tune: We stay curious, seek feedback, and refine our understanding as we learn.
- Stay grounded: We listen openly, value different perspectives, and stay focused on what matters most.
What we offer
A culture that supports growth, ownership, and meaningful impact, along with:
- Competitive salary and equity
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Generous PTO and flexible hybrid work model
- 401(k) with employer contribution
- Professional development
- The ability to work on important real-world problems within an Alphabet-backed environment
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $207,000 - $304,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.
Skills Required
- 8+ years in Infrastructure, Site Reliability, DevOps, Developer Experience, or Developer Productivity Engineering with deep understanding of Kubernetes, cloud architecture, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Pulumi).
- 2+ years in a formal people management role with experience mentoring senior ICs and managing cross-functional stakeholders.
- Platform-as-a-Product mindset; systems thinking to build self-service systems that empower other engineers.
- Experience managing high-availability production environments, incident response, post-mortems, and operational excellence.
- Familiarity with securing cloud environments and managing data privacy and governance at an enterprise level.
- Experience managing infrastructure for ML-heavy organizations (GPU orchestration, high-performance computing).
- Experience building DevOps and Developer Productivity Engineering culture from scratch in high-growth or R&D-heavy environments.
X, The Moonshot Factory Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about X, The Moonshot Factory and has not been reviewed or approved by X, The Moonshot Factory.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for core technical and senior roles, with employer-posted ranges and clear statements that total compensation includes base, bonus, equity, and benefits. Feedback suggests posted bands and explicit structure provide clarity on how pay is constructed.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support is described as generous, including paid parental leave, baby bonding, and transitional support for parents returning to work. Fertility treatments and maternity care are also covered, indicating depth in family-focused provisions.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with a notable company match and immediate vesting of matched funds. Additional financial supports such as student loan reimbursement and coaching strengthen long-term financial security.
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What We Do
We create breakthrough technologies to help solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Born at Google, we got our start creating self-driving cars and smart glasses. Since then, we’ve continued to bring sci-fi ideas into reality.
