Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure

Hayden AI
San Francisco HQ Office, US
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Geared toward hands-on technical leaders comfortable with cloud operations and cross-functional collaboration, with a focus on infrastructure reliability and security standards in a San Francisco-based hybrid environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in leading small teams and building cloud platforms with AWS and Kubernetes.
    — “lead the team that owns this platform: its reliability, its roadmap, its cost, and the engineers who build it”
  • Individuals who have managed infrastructure engineers and driven production system reliability with on-call responsibilities.
    — “Experience running production systems with real uptime and on-call obligations”
  • Candidates with experience in setting infrastructure standards for secure communication and automation tools.
    — “Drive infrastructure standards: Kubernetes, Terraform/IaC, GitOps (ArgoCD), CI/CD, device PKI and secure device-to-cloud communication”

Things to consider

  • Requires at least 3 days per week in the San Francisco office, limiting remote flexibility.
    — “Position is based in San Francisco and follows a hybrid schedule with at least 3 days in-office per week”
  • Involves travel obligations, including client meetings and conferences, up to one week per year.
    — “Position requires travel for up to one week per year.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience with cloud cost optimization and vendor management in resume and interviews.
    — “Be responsible for planning cloud cost, capacity planning, and vendor relationships”
  • Emphasize your track record in incident response and postmortems to demonstrate operational maturity.
    — “lead incident response and postmortems, and drive follow-up work to prevent recurring issues”
  • Showcase your ability to coordinate across product, device, and security teams in your application materials.
    — “plans and coordinates across product, device, and security teams”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Led and coached a team of infrastructure engineers
  • Ensured the reliability and operation of the cloud platform
  • Built and delivered the cloud infrastructure roadmap
  • Set and monitored SLOs
  • Maintained effective on-call coverage and observability
Typical background
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field2+ years managing infrastructure/platform/SRE engineers6+ years hands-on in cloud infrastructure

Skills & requirements

Required

Cloud Infrastructure ManagementKubernetesTerraformGitops (argocd)CI/CDObservabilityOn-call ResponsibilitiesSlosIncident ResponsePostmortem AnalysisCloud Cost PlanningVendor ManagementSOC 2 Type II And ISO 27001 Compliance

Stack & domain

Cloud InfrastructureAWSKubernetesTerraformGitopsArgocdCI/CDDevice PKISecure Device-to-cloud CommunicationLeadershipCoachingTeam GrowthOperational PlanningIncident ResponseFollow-up WorkVendor RelationshipsInfrastructure AuditProduction SystemsOn-call ObligationsSOC 2 Type IIISO 27001

About the role

Original posting from Hayden AI via Ashby

ABOUT US

At Hayden AI, we are on a mission to harness the power of computer vision to transform the way transit systems and other government agencies address real-world challenges.

From bus lane and bus stop enforcement to transportation optimization technologies and beyond, our innovative mobile perception system empowers our clients to accelerate transit, enhance street safety, and drive toward a sustainable future.

Job Summary:

We're hiring our first Engineering Manager for Cloud (Production) Infrastructure to lead the team that owns this platform: its reliability, its roadmap, its cost, and the engineers who build it. You'll be a hands-on leader who plans and coordinates across product, device, and security teams, sets the operational bar, and grows a small, senior team as our fleet and customer base scale.. This position is based in San Francisco and follows a hybrid schedule with at least 3 days in-office per week.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead, coach, and grow a team of infrastructure engineers; own hiring, performance, and career development.
  • Be accountable for the reliability and day-to-day operation of the Hayden cloud platform. Set and monitor SLOs, maintain effective on-call coverage and observability, lead incident response and postmortems, and drive follow-up work to prevent recurring issues.
  • Build and deliver the cloud infrastructure roadmap in partnership with product, edge/device, data, and security leadership.
  • Drive infrastructure standards: Kubernetes, Terraform/IaC, GitOps (ArgoCD), CI/CD, device PKI and secure device-to-cloud communication.
  • Be responsible for planning cloud cost, capacity planning, and vendor relationships; keep infrastructure audit-ready for SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

Travel Requirements [include only if required]:

  • Position requires travel for up to one week per year..
  • Travel may include [local/regional/national] trips for [client meetings, project work, training, conferences].

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Experience: 2+ years managing infrastructure/platform/SRE engineers, plus 6+ years hands-on in cloud infrastructure. Experience running production systems with real uptime and on-call obligations.
  • Core Skills: Deep, hands-on experience building and operating cloud infrastructure with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps/ArgoCD, CI/CD, observability.

Source: Hayden AI careers (Ashby)

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