Engineering Manager II - Skynet Foundations

Engineering Manager II – Skynet Foundations

5+ years of experience in software or infrastructure engineering with 2+ years in a technical leadership or management role
Strong knowledge of Kubernetes internals and ecosystem tools (Helm, ArgoCD, Istio/Linkerd, Prometheus, etc.)
Experience managing production Kubernetes clusters on at least one major public cloud provider (GCP, AWS, Azure)
Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, Pulumi) and CI/CD pipelines
Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking, and containerization
Passion about open source and staying up-to-date with the community

Develop objectives and key results to meet business goals, and drive the team to deliver against them
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of thoughtful engineers focused on Kubernetes, service mesh, and cloud-native platform operations
Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Work with cutting-edge technologies that are defining the future of the cloud, such as Kubernetes, Istio, and Docker
Collaborate with security, platform, and application teams to build reusable, secure, and scalable Kubernetes environments
Oversee the automation of cluster provisioning, upgrades, monitoring, and compliance across multi-cloud environments
Own the roadmap, design, and operational excellence of Kubernetes clusters deployed on public clouds
Engage, contribute and align with Kubernetes best practices in the open source community

Experience with multi-tenant Kubernetes environments or platform engineering
Knowledge of security best practices in cloud-native platforms (OPA/Gatekeeper, workload identity, network policies)
Familiarity with cost management strategies in the cloud (e.g., autoscaling, rightsizing, spot/preemptible instances)