Senior Engineering Manager, Infrastructure Systems
$184k - $255k USD
About Engine
At Engine, we’re transforming business travel into something personalized, rewarding, and simple. For too long, managing travel and spend has been overwhelming and fragmented — we’re here to change that. We believe the future of travel should be seamless and powered by technology that delights customers at every step. That’s why we’re building a platform that brings together corporate travel, a powerful charge card, and modern spend management in one place.
To make this vision real, we’re looking for exceptional, mission-driven people to help redefine how businesses manage and experience travel.
More than 20,000 companies already rely on Engine to support over 1 million travelers and billions in annual bookings each year. Cash flow positive with rapid growth, we pair exclusive Engine-only rates, industry-leading rewards, and intelligent automation to help businesses save money while delivering world-class personalization and convenience.
Backed by Telescope Partners, Blackstone, and Permira, Engine has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing travel and fintech platforms in North America, with honors including the Deloitte Fast 500 and Built In’s Best Places to Work.
Your Mission
The Engine Infrastructure and Security (InfraSec) group is working to provide a cloud ecosystem where building new services or environments is automatic and economical for the business, and where integrated cloud services create leverage, velocity, and quality for our engineers. As the Engineering Manager for the Infrastructure Systems team, you will lead the design, delivery, and operation of cloud environments, service infrastructure, build/deploy, and ecosystem services. You will be responsible for hiring, mentoring, and empowering a high-performing team of engineers, driving technical excellence, and ensuring scalable and reliable infrastructure that accelerates development across the organization.
What You’ll Bring to Engine
We’re looking for someone who’s ready to make an impact and grow alongside us:
Experience:
- 8+ years of experience as a software engineer, infrastructure engineer, or DevOps engineer, with at least 3 years leading and managing software development or infrastructure teams.
- Proven ability to hire, coach, and develop engineers while driving high performance through effective feedback and performance management.
- Strong experience organizing and leading agile software development processes, managing projects from inception to delivery while ensuring velocity, quality, and alignment with business goals.
- Skilled in defining and maintaining a technical roadmap, balancing short-term execution with long-term strategy to build scalable, reliable infrastructure.
Technical Skillset
- Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with Terraform and familiarity with declarative frameworks such as CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, or Pulumi.
- Containerization: Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for managing and orchestrating containerized applications.
- Observability: Knowledge of logging, monitoring, metrics, and alerting systems to ensure system reliability and performance.
- Configuration Management & Service Discovery: Understanding of data organization, partitioning, storage, retrieval, and leveraging automation tools for orchestration.
- CI/CD: Experience working with build, deploy, and artifact management tools to support efficient software delivery pipelines.
- Cloud Networking: Understanding of VPC/VNet architecture, peering, and hybrid connectivity, global traffic management, load balancing, and CDN integration.
- Cost Optimization: Experience with visibility (tagging/reporting), and driving down costs including use of optimization tools and managing reservations and savings plans.
- Security & Compliance (Bonus): Familiarity with security systems, data governance, and compliance frameworks.
Mindset
- Results-driven leader who takes ownership of outcomes, prioritizes business value, and helps teams focus and execute.
- A strong communicator and consensus builder who effectively manages stakeholders.
- Leads by example with a strong work ethic, high standards, and a practical approach to balancing tradeoffs.
- Committed to coaching and fostering team growth while driving performance.
Applications for this role will be accepted through 4/26/2026 or until the role is filled. We encourage you to apply early, as we may begin reviewing applications before the deadline
Compensation
Our compensation packages are based on several factors, including your experience, expertise, and location. In addition to a competitive base salary, total compensation may include equity and/or variable pay (OTE). Your recruiter will share your complete compensation package as you move through the process.
Base Pay Range
$184,000—$255,000 USD
The Engine Edge: Perks & CompensationWe believe in rewarding great work with great benefits:
- Compensation: Competitive base pay tied to role and experience, with opportunities for bonuses, commissions, and equity.
- Benefits: Check out our full list at engine.com/culture.
- Environments for Success: Different roles have different needs in terms of the environments that drive success which is why we have a hybrid-hub model. Whether you are in one of our amazing offices or fully remote, we’ll make sure you have what you need to succeed.
Perks and benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and more.
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Ready to Build the Future of Work Travel?Join us on our mission to transform how work travel works—for businesses, for travelers, and for the industry. Apply now and let’s make travel simpler, smarter, and more enjoyable—together.