Senior Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure

The role

You will lead a team of 5+ engineers focused on infrastructure and platform tooling. You will manage and grow a team responsible for the foundational infrastructure powering all products, including compute, databases, storage, and networking.

What you will do

• Lead a team of 5+ engineers focused on infrastructure and platform tooling.
• Own technical strategy, planning, and execution for core platform initiatives.
• Act as a technical mentor and hands-on contributor.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and operations stakeholders.
• Establish and evolve engineering processes.
• Invest in recruiting and developing engineering talent.
• Promote a high-agency, high-accountability team culture.
• Advocate for technical excellence and pragmatic decision-making.

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience
• At least 1+ years in a tech lead or engineering management role
• Experience working on infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps, or cloud systems
• Strong systems thinking and understanding of how backend and infrastructure layers interact
• Track record of leading teams in fast-paced, high-growth environments
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow engineers
• Excellent communication skills
• Hands-on experience with cloud providers (e.g., AWS, GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and distributed systems
• A strong product mindset

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity
• 401(k) plan
• Medical, dental, & vision benefits
• Daily lunch and dinner provided through Forkable for in-office team members
• Commuter benefits
• Company wide orientation and learning & development opportunities
• Quarterly budgets for team and company outings
• Flexible paid time off with no annual limit
• Sick days
• 11 company holidays
• 12 weeks of fully paid leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents

About the company

Valon is the leading AI platform for mortgage servicing, building the AI-native operating system for regulated finance. ValonOS is on track to power 1 in 6 U.S. mortgages across major mortgage servicers.