Manager, Engineering - Infrastructure

Chronosphere 

Chronosphere is the observability platform built for control in the modern, containerized world. Chronosphere empowers customers to focus on the data and insights that matter by reducing data complexity, optimizing costs, and remediating issues faster. The observability platform reduces data volumes and associated costs by 60% on average while saving developers thousands of hours. Chronosphere’s Fluent Bit-based Telemetry Pipeline optimizes and simplifies observability and security log data. The product transforms logs at the source and routes them to any destination without lock-in.

Recognized as a leader by major analyst firms, Chronosphere is trusted by the world’s most innovative brands, including Snap, Robinhood, DoorDash, and Zillow. Learn more at Chronosphere.io. Follow at LinkedIn and X.

About the role

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join our Cloud Infrastructure team. You’ll be responsible for nurturing a strong existing team responsible for the reliability and operability of our platform. You should be comfortable maintaining a complex roadmap and have the ability to prioritize and balance work across our individual contributors. You know how to support engineers at all stages of their career, and are motivated to help them do their best work.

You Will

• Support and develop engineers through feedback and coaching, setting context and expectations, and eliminating barriers to execution.

• Own the engineering roadmap for Cloud Infrastructure and manage projects within that roadmap. 

• Set priorities in partnership with the Infrastructure leadership team, establish delivery sequence, and drive day-to-day execution against those priorities.

• Own the reliability of your product area in production. Our engineering teams are responsible for the uptime of their systems, and you will ensure that your team has the focus, tools, and process needed to reliably ship and manage 

• Partner with other engineering leaders in driving process changes across teams to ensure that we continue to scale effectively. 

• Be responsible for maintaining a healthy culture in your team, with support from engineering leadership and the People team. 

What you will achieve

In the first month, you will build a deep understanding of Chronosphere’s infrastructure and your team. You will have time to learn about how our product uses cloud technology, our developer’s needs, your team’s roadmap, and will contribute to day-to-day execution as you gain familiarity with your projects.

In 3 months, you will take over execution planning and fully manage your direct reports. You will understand our longer-term Infrastructure strategy, our internal customers, our technical and financial constraints, and how we manage our customer tenancies.

After 3 months, you will take ownership of the roadmap for our Cloud Infrastructure, working with leadership to establish priorities and a delivery plan and driving hiring and day-to-day execution against that plan. 

You have

• Empathy and an understanding of how to empower and support engineers to do their best work. 

• A high level of organization and the ability to manage multiple projects from initial concept through delivery and production support. You should be comfortable iterating from high level requirements to execution plan, and have a track record of successfully delivering multiple complex concurrent projects.

• Familiarity with public cloud infrastructure supporting multi-tenant software as a service products. We deliver a highly reliable service to demanding business customers, and you should understand how this impacts the way product is built, validated, released, and operated.

• Strong background in partnering with recruiting, making hiring decisions and closing hires, and building a diverse and inclusive team. We believe strongly that hiring is the responsibility of engineering management, and you should be able to demonstrate attracting, closing, and retaining engineers at multiple levels.

Location 

United States - Remote  

The team

Reporting to Jacob Rosenberg, Head of Infrastructure

Our benefits

• Health Insurance Coverage

• Unlimited Vacation Time

• Competitive Salary

• Stock Options

• And More

Chronosphere is an equal opportunity employer. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't line up exactly with the job description. Your skills, passion, and desire to make a difference will stand out. At Chronosphere, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren't afraid to challenge the standard. If you need additional accommodations to feel comfortable during your interview process, please email us at [email protected]

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Compensation Range: $220K - $250K