Manager, Infrastructure Engineering

Airship powers customer engagement for some of the world's most recognized brands, processing trillions of mobile app interactions through a large-scale distributed data system. The Infrastructure Team builds and maintains the foundation for these systems, providing tooling, automation, expertise, and implementation for core cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and observability.

We're looking for an Infrastructure Engineering Manager to lead a team supporting Airship's cloud infrastructure, build processes, and monitoring systems. You'll provide technical leadership and project support for five engineers in both the United States and France, with potential for the team to grow over time. This role reports to the Director of Infrastructure, who is based in the United States.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll balance people management with technical contribution-anticipating infrastructure needs, planning and executing projects, and ensuring our cloud environment scales with Airship and our customers.

This position is open to candidates currently residing in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) within the United States.

- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of infrastructure engineers

- Provide clear direction, feedback, and support to create a productive team environment

- Anticipate, plan, and execute infrastructure projects aligned with company and customer needs

- Participate in hiring as the team grows, including defining hiring strategy and conducting technical interviews

- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and security teams

- Support broader company initiatives as needed beyond the immediate team scope

- Maintain and improve cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform

- Drive improvements in CI/CD pipelines, observability, and automation

- Evaluate and implement emerging infrastructure tools and practices

- Support company initiatives around cost optimization, security, disaster recovery, and compliance

- Strong project management skills-able to drive initiatives from planning to delivery

- Excellent communication skills in English (required for collaboration with US-based leadership)

- Experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred, AWS acceptable)

- Hands-on experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools

- Familiarity with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

- Experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Spinnaker)

- Background in Python, Go, or Java for automation and tooling

- Knowledge of security best practices, networking fundamentals, and incident management

The starting base pay range for this position is: $150,000-$180,000 per year . Base pay is part of the total compensation package and is determined by a variety of factors such as relevant skills, work experience, business priorities, market demands, and location. This role offers stock options, providing a direct opportunity to share in Airship's success.

- Flexible time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and paid volunteer time off

- Support for your overall wellbeing with employer-subsidized mental health and employee wellness programs