CI/CD DevOps Manager

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a CI/CD and developer platform team responsible for building, maintaining, and evolving large-scale internal engineering systems.

This role combines people leadership, technical direction, and operational ownership of a critical platform used by hundreds (or thousands) of engineers. You will drive improvements in developer productivity, deployment reliability, and operational efficiency while ensuring the platform remains stable, scalable, and cost-effective.

This is not a traditional product management role—however, you are expected to demonstrate a platform mindset, including understanding internal user needs, prioritizing engineering investments, and delivering measurable improvements to developer experience.

What You Will Own

1. Team Leadership & People Management

• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of engineers (typically 5–10 members)
• Drive hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development
• Foster a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, quality, and continuous improvement
• Support engineers in technical growth and leadership progression

2. CI/CD Platform Ownership

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of CI/CD systems (build, test, deploy pipelines)
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, and usability for internal engineering teams
• Maintain high availability of production services supporting deployment workflows
• Define and enforce best practices for software delivery and release processes

3. DevOps & Platform Engineering Strategy

• Drive technical direction across:
• CI/CD tooling (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, etc.)
• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Improve deployment frequency, lead time, and failure recovery metrics
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks in the software delivery lifecycle

4. Reliability, Operations & Incident Management

• Ensure strong operational practices:
• Monitoring, alerting, and observability
• Incident response and postmortem processes
• Improve platform stability and reduce operational overhead through automation
• Champion SRE principles such as error budgets and reliability engineering

5. Stakeholder Collaboration (Platform Mindset)

• Work closely with internal engineering teams to understand platform pain points
• Prioritize roadmap initiatives based on engineering impact and efficiency gains
• Communicate trade-offs, risks, and progress clearly to stakeholders
• Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term platform scalability

6. Cost & Efficiency Optimization

• Manage infrastructure costs related to CI/CD workloads
• Drive initiatives to improve compute utilization and reduce waste
• Evaluate and adopt tools that improve efficiency without increasing complexity

Required Experience

• 5+ years in software engineering / platform / DevOps roles
• 2+ years of engineering management experience, including:
• Team leadership
• Performance management
• Hiring and mentoring
• Hands-on experience with:
• CI/CD systems (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.)
• Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Kubernetes and containerized environments
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)
• Strong experience in:
• Production operations and incident management
• Building and maintaining internal platforms or developer tooling
• Proven ability to improve system reliability, scalability, and developer productivity
• Experience working in cross-functional environments with multiple stakeholders
• Fluent English communication skills