Engineering Manager - Cloud Core

We are seeking an Engineering Manager passionate about building developer tools and interested in the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) space and Pulumi's approach to IaC. 

This individual should have a strong understanding of infrastructure, security engineering, billing, and user identity and authorization.

At Pulumi, you will be challenged, learn, teach, and collaborate with an elite team of great people.

As a manager, you have the potential to have an enormous impact on the team. We are seeking someone with a deep commitment to leading, mentoring, and growing their team, who inspires people to choose to work with them again and again.

While Pulumi is headquartered in Seattle, WA., we are dedicated to being a remote-first company.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership and Development:

• Inspire the team to dream big and pursue creative solutions.
• Hire and retain top talent, fostering a culture of intellectual curiosity and lifelong learning.
• Mentor and coach engineers, helping them set and achieve their career goals.
• Foster a positive and inclusive team culture, encouraging collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Set high standards for team performance and continuously raise the bar.
• Conduct regular performance evaluations, provide constructive feedback, and manage underperformance with empathy and objectivity.
• Celebrate team successes and learn from failures together.
• Promote a culture of winning as a team, where everyone has a voice and seat at the table.
• Manage the engineering process, working with product, executives and engineers to set realistic deadlines, and keep the Service team on track to meet its deliverables.

Customer-Centric Approach:

• Advocate for customer needs and perspectives in all engineering efforts.
• Ensure that our products and services delight our customers and drive their success.

Technical Leadership:

• Guide design and architecture discussions, ensuring technical excellence.
• Collaborate with principal engineers and contribute to code when necessary.
• Ensure steady operations and drive a DevOps culture within the team.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience as an engineering manager or in a similar leadership role.
• Strong technical background with the ability to guide design and architecture.
• Hands-on experience in coding and technical problem-solving.
• Comfort with building and iterating on both Open Source and Enterprise products.
• Comfort with all/some of the following: Amazon Web Services, MySQL, elasticsearch, AI/ML, building robust and resilient systems.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in a fast-paced, agile environment is a plus.

Compensation:

• Base Salary Hiring Range: $180,500 - $227,850
• All full-time employee offers at Pulumi include base salary, bonus or variable, equity and benefits (details below).