Senior Engineering Manager, Infrastructure & Data Engineering

The role

You will lead two teams, DevOps and Data Engineering, to own the platform for all engineering and analytics work. You will manage six engineers, set technical direction, and own the security compliance program.

What you will do

• Lead, manage, and grow DevOps and Data Engineering teams
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and career development for six engineers
• Set and drive a unified platform roadmap
• Ensure reliable, scalable, secure cloud infrastructure on AWS
• Ensure the data platform serves product engineering and analytics/data science teams
• Oversee system monitoring, alerting, on-call, and incident response
• Own the annual SOC2 audit cycle and annual penetration test
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate DevOps and data best practices
• Contribute technically by writing specifications and reviewing designs
• Model and coach effective use of AI coding and analysis tools

Required qualifications

• 8+ years in software, infrastructure, or data engineering
• 2+ years directly managing engineers
• Deep, hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure/DevOps or modern data engineering
• Working fluency in the other domain
• Experience running a team that serves multiple internal customers
• Familiarity with security and compliance standards such as SOC2
• Experience developing senior engineers into technical leads
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Strategic thinker
• Ability to be self-managing and flexible while working in a remote environment
• Demonstrated experience using AI coding assistants as a regular part of your development workflow
• Ability to effectively validate AI outputs

Nice to have

• Understanding of when AI tools add value versus when traditional approaches are more appropriate
• Willingness to learn, adapt to, and coach others on new AI development tools and practices

Benefits

• Employee Stock Options
• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans (80% employee coverage, 70% dependent coverage)
• Short-term Disability (100% employer paid)
• 401(k) retirement plans with company contribution
• 12-weeks paid parental leave
• Unlimited vacation days
• 12 paid holidays
• Technology Stipend
• Wellness Stipend
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Professional Development Stipend

About the company

Ignite Reading is a mission-driven public benefit corporation that delivers one-to-one virtual tutoring to teach foundational reading skills. They are a virtual organization with headquarters in the California Bay Area.