Engineering Manager, DevOps

MaintainX

$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of engineering management experience focused on DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
  • Proven experience shipping production infrastructure and engaging with complex technical challenges.
  • Demonstrated success in enhancing developer experience and platform reliability at scale.
  • Strong communication skills to articulate infrastructure complexities to diverse stakeholders.
  • Proficient in hiring and developing high-performing technical teams.
  • Experience leading teams utilizing AI-assisted development tools.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor the DevOps team: establish direction, alleviate challenges, and nurture talent.
  • Own and prioritize the DevOps roadmap, balancing developer experience, efficiency, and reliability.
  • Collaborate with product engineering to develop self-service tools for deployment management.
  • Coordinate with the security team to ensure compliance and maintain a secure development environment.
  • Formulate infrastructure strategies concerning cloud services, container orchestration, CI/CD, and observability.
  • Recruit, onboard, and develop a skilled and motivated team.
  • Provide transparency regarding team progress, risks, and results to engineering leadership.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) / RRSP enrollment program.
  • Flexible take-what-you-need PTO policy.
  • Work culture that values meritocracy and celebrates contributions.
Full Job Description
The Opportunity

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our DevOps team as we scale infrastructure across multiple regions and push toward continuous deployment. You'll own the platform engineering function - developer experience, infrastructure reliability, and the systems that let MaintainX move fast without breaking things.
What You'll Do:
  • Lead a team of platform and DevOps engineers: set direction, remove blockers, and develop talent.
  • Own the DevOps roadmap, balancing developer experience improvements, platform efficiency, and infrastructure reliability.
  • Partner with product engineering teams to build the tooling and self-service capabilities that let them own their deployments.
  • Partner with the security team to ensure compliance across our environments, and to offer a safe and secure platform upon which the development teams can thrive
  • Drive infrastructure strategy across cloud, container orchestration, CI/CD, and observability.
  • Hire, onboard, and grow a high-performing team.
  • Provide clear visibility into team progress, risks, and outcomes to engineering leadership.
About You:
  • 4+ years of Engineering management experience with a background in DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
  • You've shipped production infrastructure, understand cloud-native systems, and can engage on hard technical problems with your team.
  • Track record of measurably improving developer experience and platform reliability at scale.
  • Strong communicator who can translate infrastructure complexity for product and business stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to hire and build high-performing technical teams.
  • Comfortable leading teams that use AI-assisted development tools as a core part of their workflow.
Nice to Have:
  • Hands-on experience with multi-region environments, infrastructure as code, and modern CI/CD platforms.
  • Familiarity with compliance-driven infrastructure (SOC 2, FedRAMP, ISO270001 or similar).
  • Experience scaling a DevOps function in a fast-growth SaaS environment.

What's in it for you:
  • Competitive salary and meaningful equity opportunities.
  • Healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) / RRSP enrollment program.
  • Take what you need PTO.
  • A Work Culture where:
    • You'll work alongside folks across the globe that reflect the MaintainX values: Smart Humble Optimists.
    • We believe in meritocracy, where ideas and effort are publicly celebrated.

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