Runpod
Engineering Manager - Product & Platform Delivery
Remote, USA
No sponsorship$175k-$250kDetected 77 days ago
TypeScriptPythonGoFull-Stack DevelopmentCloud PlatformsKubernetesLinuxMachine LearningProduct StrategyAgileSystems EngineeringTest AutomationLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- What You'll Receive: - The competitive base pay for this position ranges from ($175,000 - $250,000).
Responsibilities
- Own Feature Delivery for a Product Area: Lead a team of engineers responsible for shipping new functionality and iterating existing product surfaces. Deliver predictable, high-velocity outcomes that improve customer experience and business value.
- Plan and Execute Roadmaps: Translate product strategy into clear technical plans, milestones, and success metrics. Identify tradeoffs early and manage scope, risk, and timelines.
- Technical Leadership & Architecture: Drive pragmatic system design for product-layer services and workflows, ensuring scalability, performance, and consistency with Runpod's platform.
- Build and Grow a Strong Team: Hire, mentor, and develop engineers
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner tightly with Product, Program management, Support, GTM, and Infrastructure counterparts. Coordinate dependencies cleanly while maintaining clear ownership.
- Operational Excellence: Establish team rituals and delivery systems (sprints/kanban, retros, design reviews). Use data to improve cycle time, throughput, and feature adoption.
- Customer-Driven Execution: Stay close to user needs by incorporating feedback, analytics, and support signals into prioritization and iteration.
- Own Feature Delivery for a Product Area: Lead a team of engineers responsible for shipping new functionality and iterating existing product surfaces.
- Deliver predictable, high-velocity outcomes that improve customer experience and business value.
- Lead a team of engineers responsible for shipping new functionality and iterating existing product surfaces.
Requirements
- Engineering Management Experience: 2+ years managing a team of high performance software engineers, including ownership of roadmap delivery, hiring/firing, performance, and team culture.
- Backend or Full-Stack Proficiency: Comfortable reviewing and contributing to code in modern stacks
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Kubernetes-based platforms, container runtimes, scheduling concepts, or GPU/accelerator workflows.
- Track record of scaling teams in high-growth environments while keeping quality high.
- Open-source contributions in cloud-native, systems, or ML-adjacent projects.
- What You'll Receive:
- The competitive base pay for this position ranges from ($175,000 - $250,000).
- Runpod is committed to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination and upholding the principles of equality and respect for all individuals.
- We believe that diversity in all its forms enhances our team.
- As an equal opportunity employer, Runpod is committed to creating an inclusive workforce at every level.
Skills
- Solid understanding of microservices, APIs, eventing, data stores, and service-to-service communication patterns.
- Runpod is pioneering the future of AI and machine learning, offering cutting-edge cloud infrastructure for full-stack AI applications.
Compensation
- The competitive base pay for this position ranges from ($175,000 - $250,000).
Benefits
- Meaningful equity in a fast-growing company- everyone on the team receives stock options - your impact drives our growth, and you share in the upside.
- Generous medical, dental & vision plans
- Flexible PTO- take the time you need to recharge
- Join a passionate team on the cutting edge of AI infrastructure - where culture, learning, and ownership are at the heart of how we scale.
- $1,200 Home Office & Equipment Stipend- We set you up for success from day one with gear and support to create your ideal workspace
- Ensure on-call health for your team's services.
Company info
- We welcome every qualified candidate eligible to work in the United States; however, we are currently unable to sponsor employment visas
Visa & Work Authorization
- We welcome every qualified candidate eligible to work in the United States; however, we are currently unable to sponsor employment visas
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