Mobile DevOps ManagerWe are looking for a
Manager for our
In-Person-Payments Tooling team. The team is based in Chicago, you will be guiding the vision and execution for the CI/CD Engineering aspect ensuring smooth and efficient software development and deployment processes.
As a Manager, your primary focus is to create and enable a high performing platform engineering team. You will oversee the development of tools and applications that manage the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for our Android and iOS applications. You will ensure your team successfully collaborates with the infrastructure teams, handling Kubernetes clusters to provide an elevated SDLC experience for the entire organization. You will also stay close to your users and deliver the most impactful initiatives for their developer experience.
What You'll Do- Technical Leadership: Lead a team of DevOps and Infrastructure Engineers in designing and implementing high-performance CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, Gradle, KMP, and Develocity.
- Strategic Oversight: Define the roadmap for automating build processes, caching optimizations, and security scanning to ensure software deployment remains smooth and efficient.
- Mentorship & Growth: Actively coach engineers in troubleshooting complex build failures and developing an "automation-first" mindset.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as the primary point of contact between mobile developers and infrastructure teams to ensure tooling health, monitoring, and alerting are seamlessly integrated.
- Process Excellence: Champion quality-focused initiatives, ensuring the CI/CD pipeline remains the organization's first line of defense for code stability.
Who You Are- Experienced People Leader: You have a proven track record (3+ years) as a Technical Manager or Team Lead. You know how to manage performance, foster career growth, and maintain team velocity.
- Empathetic Navigator: You understand that leading a team is about clearing roadblocks and building an environment where diverse perspectives thrive.
- Analytical Strategist: You can look at complex infrastructure challenges and guide your team toward logical, scalable solutions.
- Operational Excellence: You are comfortable working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and understand the requirements of a private cloud environment.
Nice to Have- Mobile Development Background: While your leadership skills are the priority, experience with Android (Gradle/Kotlin) or iOS (Xcode/Swift) ecosystems is a significant plus.
- Deep CI/CD Knowledge: Hands-on history with GitLab CI, Jenkins, Temporal.
- Systems Proficiency: An understanding of Linux systems administration (process management and resource allocation).
The annual base salary range for this role is $180,000 - $243,000; to learn more about our compensation philosophy, please click here.
This role is based out of our Chicago office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles. This role is hybrid, with 3 days per week in the office.
