Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure

Why join us the company is the intelligent finance platform that enables companies to spend smarter and move faster in more than 200 markets. By combining global corporate cards and banking with intuitive spend management, bill pay, and travel software, the company enables founders and finance teams to accelerate operations, gain real-time visibility, and control spend effortlessly. the company’s AI-native automation and world-class service eliminate manual expense and accounting tasks for customers so they can focus on what matters most. Tens of thousands of the world's best companies run on the company, including DoorDash, Coinbase, Robinhood, Zoom, Plaid, Reddit, and SeatGeek. Working at the company allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career. Engineering at the company Engineering at the company is about building systems that scale with speed and intention. Our teams span Software, Data, Security, and IT, and operate with high autonomy and deep collaboration. We tackle hard technical problems, own our outcomes, and push for excellence at every level — from architecture to deployment. It’s an environment where engineering is a craft, and builders become leaders. What you’ll do As the Engineering Manager for Cloud Infrastructure, you will lead a highly competent team of senior engineers responsible for the foundational AWS ecosystem that powers the company. Your primary near-term mission will be driving our high-priority Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) initiative to completion, a company-level priority that involves multi-region failover and infrastructure-wide resilience. You will balance people leadership with deep technical involvement, earning the respect of a senior team while improving operational hygiene and cross-functional coordination across the entire engineering organization. Where you’ll work This role will be based in our Seattle office. We are a hybrid environment that combines the energy and connections of being in the office with the benefits and flexibility of working from home. We currently require a minimum of three coordinated days in the office per week: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. As a perk, we also have up to four weeks per year of fully remote work! Responsibilities Lead and Grow: Manage and support a senior team of 6 ICs, fostering a culture of high ownership, autonomy, and technical excellence. Drive BCDR Strategy: Oversee the execution of the multi-year BCDR initiative, ensuring multi-region infrastructure readiness and automated failover capabilities. Technical Stewardship: Maintain and scale the company’s core cloud infrastructure, including Kubernetes (EKS), RDS/Aurora/Postgres, networking (VPC), and AWS service integrations. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product and engineering teams across the company to drive adoption of new infrastructure capabilities and ensure successful migrations. Operational Excellence: Improve team hygiene by establishing and improving best practices for work tracking (Linear), documentation, and incident response. Resource Management: Effectively allocate resources to balance critical project delivery with long-term infrastructure stability. Requirements Leadership Experience: 3+ years of experience directly managing software or infrastructure engineering teams. Technical Depth: Deep hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure foundations, specifically AWS, Kubernetes, and Postgres. Architectural Insight: Proven ability to design and implement complex infrastructure projects such as multi-region deployments or disaster recovery frameworks. Collaborative Mindset: Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions across multiple autonomous teams. Analytical Problem Solving: Ability to dive deep into technical issues while maintaining a high-level strategic view of organizational goals. Engineering Background: 5+ years of experience in software or systems engineering. Bonus points Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, specifically Terraform. Background in managing cloud infrastructure cost optimization programs. Experience with our tech stack components: Go, Kotlin, Python, or Elixir. Passion for leveraging AI and LLM-assisted workflows to increase engineering velocity. Compensation The expected salary range for this role is $240,000 - $300,000. However, the starting base pay will depend on a number of factors including the candidate’s location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal pay parity. Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package. the company LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital One, N.A. Security Notice Please be aware, job-seekers may be at risk of targeting by malicious actors looking for personal data. The company recruiters will only reach out via LinkedIn or email with a the company.com domain. Any outreach claiming to be from the company via other sources should be ignored. #J-18808-Ljbffr