PayJoy

Sr Engineeing Manager / Director - Infrastructure Engineering

PayJoy$272K — $289K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
  • 12+ years in software, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
  • 4+ years of engineering management experience.
  • Proven experience in building and scaling cloud-native platforms.
  • Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and modern cloud architecture.
  • Strong knowledge of DevOps practices and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Experience in designing reliable and scalable cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Define and implement the long-term strategy for cloud infrastructure and developer platforms.
  • Lead large-scale infrastructure initiatives focusing on reliability and cost optimization.
  • Establish engineering processes and standards to enhance execution and software quality.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prioritize investments and manage risks.
  • Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement within the engineering team.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements.
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
Full Job Description
This role

The Senior Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure leads the engineering team responsible for the company's cloud infrastructure, developer platform, and foundational engineering services. This role sets the technical and organizational direction for secure, reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient platforms that enable product engineering teams to deliver software quickly and safely. The role partners closely with Engineering, Product, Security, Compliance, and Operations leaders to align infrastructure investments with business priorities and long-term customer impact.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the long-term strategy and architecture for cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, CI/CD systems, and shared engineering services that improve developer productivity and platform reliability.
  • Drive delivery of large-scale infrastructure initiatives while balancing reliability, scalability, security, operational excellence, customer impact, and cost optimization.
  • Establish engineering processes, operating rhythms, service ownership models, and technical standards that improve execution, software quality, incident response, and organizational efficiency.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Security, Compliance, Finance, and Executive leadership to prioritize investments, manage technical risk, and align infrastructure capabilities with business objectives.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, inclusion, technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field,or equivalent practical experience.
  • 12+ years of software engineering, infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, or related technical experience.
  • 4+ years of engineering management experience
  • Proven experience building, operating, and scaling highly available cloud-native platforms, distributed systems, or developer infrastructure.
  • Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and modern cloud architecture patterns.
  • Strong background in DevOps practices, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD systems, automation, and platform engineering.
  • Experience designing reliable, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure for production environments.
  • Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, networking, storage, security, observability, and operational excellence principles.
  • Experience balancing technical debt, infrastructure investment, risk reduction, and feature delivery to maximize long-term business value.
  • Demonstrated success leading organization-wide technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams and stakeholders.
  • Strong incident management and operational leadership experience, including escalation management, post-incident reviews, and systemic reliability improvements.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and business leaders and communicate tradeoffs clearly.
  • Proven ability to recruit, coach, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering managers, staff engineers, and senior individual contributors.


$272,174 - $289,639 a year

About PayJoy

PayJoy is a financial technology company that provides smartphone financing solutions to consumers in emerging markets. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. PayJoy partners with mobile network operators and retailers to offer affordable financing options to customers who may not have access to traditional credit. The company uses proprietary technology to assess creditworthiness and manage risk, and has developed a mobile app that allows customers to manage their accounts and make payments. PayJoy is committed to financial inclusion and has received several awards for its work, including the 2019 FT/IFC Transformational Business Award.
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100 employees
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Founded
2015

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