Engineering Manager, Platform

The role

You will lead and grow the Platform Team, managing day-to-day execution and technical direction. You will oversee cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and security to support the product suite.

What you will do

• Lead and grow a cross-functional platform team
• Manage day-to-day execution and set clear priorities
• Stay hands-on with architecture and technical decisions
• Own the roadmap for foundational platform capabilities
• Partner with engineering teams to establish SLOs and support reliability targets
• Coach and develop engineers through feedback and mentorship
• Oversee relationships with contractors and embedded vendor resources
• Collaborate with security-focused engineering efforts
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment
• Contribute to recruiting by evaluating engineering candidates

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in engineering management
• 8+ years of experience in software or infrastructure engineering
• Strong technical acumen in architecture and infrastructure design
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure, container orchestration, CI/CD systems, observability tooling, and database reliability at scale
• Ability to mentor engineers and manage performance
• Exceptional project management and organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Proven recruiting experience
• Collaborative, empathetic leadership style
• Entrepreneurial mindset and comfort in early- to mid-stage startup environments
• First-principles thinker

Nice to have

• Experience with high-traffic B2B2C platforms or marketplace architectures
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Terraform, PostgreSQL administration, and message queue systems such as RabbitMQ or Celery

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation
• Health Insurance (including an option completely covered by Fora HQ)
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Wellhub Memberships
• 401k plan with company match
• Commuter Benefits
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Stock Options

Before you apply

• Authorization to work in the United States is required
• Fora is unable to sponsor or assist with U.S. work authorization

About the company

Fora is a modern travel agency empowering entrepreneurs to build travel advisory businesses. The company uses AI to modernize the travel industry and has a team of 250+ full-time employees.