Ellevation Education

Ellevation Education

Senior Engineering Manager, CloudOps

Boston, MA or Remote · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$180k-$220kDetected 112 days ago
GitAWSCloud PlatformsDockerTerraformCI/CDGitHub ActionsGrafanaDatadogDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringExcelLeadershipCommunicationMentoringAdaptability

About the role

  • You'll be accountable for evolving our cloud foundations, developer tooling, CI/CD pipelines, observability defaults, and internal developer experience.
  • You'll help transform a landscape that includes legacy systems and "pets-style" infrastructure into a modern, scalable, well-supported platform that enables safe velocity across engineering.
  • You approach platform work with a product mindset, focusing on developer experience, reliability, and ease of adoption.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and grow the CloudOps (Platform & DevEx) team, providing clarity, coaching, mentorship, and a strong sense of purpose.
  • Build and evolve paved paths for service creation, deployment, observability, and operations - defining "the Ellevation way" to build software.
  • Drive modernization of legacy infrastructure and help the team shift from "pets vs. cattle" to scalable, reliable, well-automated patterns.
  • Partner with product engineering teams to understand friction, remove obstacles, and co-create better workflows and tools.
  • Collaborate with Security on guardrails and secure defaults while ensuring CloudOps remains an enablement-focused team, not a gatekeeper.
  • Promote platform thinking and cultural change - helping the team build confidence, question assumptions, and engage proactively with partners across engineering.
  • Manage vendor relationships, infrastructure costs, and resourcing for the platform surface areas you own.
  • Drive modernization of legacy infrastructure and help the team
  • A track record of building strong teams, mentoring engineers, and leading through ambiguity and change.
  • Our product suite includes a best-in-class data and instructional planning platform, resources to build teacher capacity, and student-facing programs to teach academic language.

Requirements

  • Security, reliability, cost, and velocity all matter - and you know how to weigh them in context, not as absolutes.
  • Strong experience with AWS (compute, networking, IAM, storage, databases) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK).

Compensation

  • Such action shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.

Benefits

  • Benefits eligible employees (and qualifying dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
  • Employees can enroll in our company's 401(k) retirement plan and receive an employer match up to 50% on the first 7% of your contribution, with pre-tax and Roth options.
  • Employees have access to flexible paid time off for vacations, sick and disability policy, additional 10 paid company holidays, 2 floating holidays and a winter office closure between Christmas and New Year's.
  • In addition, we provide a generous parental leave benefit, back-up childcare or eldercare, and a variety of other perks to support the health and well-being of our employees.
  • Stabilize and enhance the Cloud Development Environment (CDE) for.NET Framework development while guiding the organization toward long-term modernization and retirement of legacy systems.
  • Curiosity and excitement about how AI can enhance developer workflows, observability, and tooling - even if you're still learning.

Company info

  • At Ellevation, we develop world-class software to help educators serve the fastest growing population of K-12 students: English Learners (ELs).
  • Ellevation helps school districts transform their Multilingual Learner programs and ensure all students can achieve their highest aspirations.
  • We are a fast-growing, mission-driven technology company partnering with over 2,000 school districts and more than 2 million current and former English Learners.
  • Over the next five years, we plan to double the number of ELs we serve and drive measurable outcomes for students.
  • Ellevation merged with Curriculum Associates in 2021 to accelerate impact for Multilingual Learners.
  • Our company continues to operate independently and is well-capitalized to support our ambitious social and financial objectives.
  • Why Ellevation?
  • In addition to our great benefits and competitive salaries, here are some things that make us unique: + Mission-driven organization where team members are empowered to make a significant impact + Opportunities to join Employee Resource Groups and support building a culture of belonging + Professional development and growth opportunities + Company and team offsites in various cities across the United States + Collaborative workspace in the heart of Boston - a stone's throw from many central T stops (Downtown Crossing, Government Center, and Aquarium).
  • Free snacks, beverages, and local organic fruit provided + Remote and in-person engagement opportunities, including happy hours, themed events, and competitions + Remote and in-person wellness programming to support team's mental and physical wellbeing Here at Ellevation, we champion diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging.
  • We strive to build a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve.
  • We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values a range of ideas and opinions.
  • We believe in building a culture where productivity can flourish, one that is empathetic, respectful, and inclusive.
  • We are proud to have been recognized in prior years as "Best Tech Workplace for Diversity" by the Timmy Awards for investing in training around inclusive behaviors, microaggressions, unconscious bias, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and feedback across the company.

Equal opportunity

  • Ellevation operates under Curriculum Associates, LLC, an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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