RoadRunner

Platform Engineer Manager

Remote Platform Engineering role with clear candidate location fit.

PostedJul 23, 2026

Eligible countries1 accepted country

Seniority signalLead

Work settingRemote

Accepted candidate locations

USA

AWS CI/CD Docker

Role overview

Platform Engineer Manager

Requirements and responsibilities

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Primary Duties Including % of time:

75% - Manage, lead & mentor our Platform Engineers
10% - Design, build, manage and monitor the infrastructure of RoadRunner technology
10% - Collaborate with product and engineering managers to define technical roadmaps and help guide our technology north star
5% - Maintain current awareness of marketplace trends, both technical and process improvements

Organizational Relationship:

Reports To: CTO
Direct Reports: Platform Team Engineers
Interacts with: Technology, Product, Analysis and Business Strategy

Skills and Experience:

7+ years professional experience in Platform engineering, Dev(Sec)Ops or related field of engineering
3+ years experience as an engineering manager or team lead
Strong technical background in platform engineering, with hands-on experience in relevant or similar technologies (AWS services and ecosystem, Terraform, Docker, DataDog)
Experience building and managing web application infrastructure at scale.
Preferred experience in data engineering and application architecture
Preferred ML Ops experience, or otherwise willing to learn
Experience creating technical scopes, technical requirements documents and technical roadmaps.
The ability to communicate technical concepts and decisions to non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred experience hiring and growing an engineering team.
Experience overseeing and implementing technical processes such as pull request reviews, code coverage, continuous integration and deployment, and cloud platform management.
The ability to debug complex technical issues.
Passionate about business results and quality, with a strong sense of accountability, metrics and ownership.
Strategic thinker with the ability to grasp the tactical details.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, is dynamic, and can capture a group’s interest and maintain it as well as the ability to facilitate meetings with diverse and sometimes conflicting points of view.
Ability to manage multiple projects, multi-task, and effectively prioritize assignments with minimal supervision.
Ability to influence and collaborate at all levels and across all functions of the organization.
Proven ability to organize/manage multiple priorities coupled with the flexibility to quickly adapt to ever changing business needs.
Strong analytical and problem solving. Solid decision making in a timely manner.
Enthusiasm for our sustainability driven mission

Core Values:

Trust - Have confidence in our team. Have integrity in your actions.
Care personally about each other - Show compassion, empathy and open-mindedness.
Be Passionate - Love what you do. Love what we do.
Embrace challenge - See obstacles as opportunities to learn and grow.
Be Humble - Stay grounded. Seek feedback. Be curious.
Be Accountable - Take ownership. Be reliable. Be proactive.

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