Senior Manager, Infrastructure Engineering (Developer Tooling)
Description For Senior Manager, Infrastructure Engineering (Developer Tooling)
Scribd is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead their Developer Tooling team, a crucial role that will shape the future of development experience across their three major products: Everand, Scribd, and Slideshare. This position offers an exceptional opportunity to impact an engineering organization of 150+ developers.
The role involves leading a remote-first team spread across North America and western Europe, focusing on empowering engineers throughout the software development lifecycle. You'll be responsible for building and maintaining innovative remote development environments, providing service foundation frameworks, and managing critical infrastructure for networking and service discovery.
The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise in Ruby on Rails, Golang, JavaScript/TypeScript, and AWS Cloud Infrastructure, combined with leadership skills to drive technical strategy and innovation. You'll be working with modern tools and technologies, including Kubernetes, Terraform, and various monitoring and development tools.
What makes this role particularly exciting is the scope of impact - you'll be instrumental in driving developer productivity initiatives, leading AI-powered advancements in developer tooling, and building scalable development foundations. The position offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the flexibility of remote work with Scribd's innovative Flex work policy.
The company culture emphasizes being real and bold, with a strong focus on customer priorities and collaborative decision-making. You'll be part of an organization that values diversity, equity, and inclusion, offering numerous benefits including full healthcare coverage, parental leave, learning opportunities, and various wellness programs.
This is an ideal opportunity for a seasoned engineering leader who is passionate about developer experience, has a proven track record in scaling developer productivity initiatives, and excels at cross-team collaboration in diverse technical ecosystems.
Responsibilities For Senior Manager, Infrastructure Engineering (Developer Tooling)
- Lead a team focused on improving development experience and productivity
- Drive technical strategy balancing immediate needs with long-term excellence
- Identify & address tooling gaps for development teams
- Lead innovation in developer tooling, including AI-powered advancements
- Collaborate closely with engineering leaders across Scribd
- Build and scale development foundations for the engineering organization
Requirements For Senior Manager, Infrastructure Engineering (Developer Tooling)
- Experience with Ruby on Rails, Golang, JavaScript/TypeScript
- Knowledge of AWS Cloud Infrastructure (ECS, EKS)
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
- Familiarity with tools like Datadog, Sentry, Github
- Understanding of Application Networking (CDNs, Fastly, App Mesh)
- Vendor relationship and budget management experience
- Vision & passion for modern developer experiences
- Experience scaling developer productivity initiatives
- Track record of successful cross-team collaboration
Benefits For Senior Manager, Infrastructure Engineering (Developer Tooling)
- 100% paid healthcare coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision)
- 12 weeks paid parental leave
- 401k/RSP matching
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Learning & Development programs
- Quarterly stipend for Wellness, Connectivity & Comfort
- Mental Health support & resources
- Free subscription to Scribd
- Referral Bonuses
- Book Benefit
- Sabbaticals
- Company wide events
- Team engagement budgets
- Vacation & Personal Days
- Paid Holidays (+ winter break)
- Flexible Sick Time
- Volunteer Day
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