inDrive

Engineering Manager (Infrastructure Platform)

inDrive Limassol, Limassol, Cyprus · €91K/yr

IT Services and IT Consulting · 1,001-5,000 employees

6 d ago
engineering-manager Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time Cyprus
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About the role

Lead and develop a team of infrastructure engineers to ensure the reliability and operational readiness of critical production systems. Manage team execution, prioritize tasks, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align with infrastructure strategy.

What they look for

Engineering management Infrastructure engineering AWS Kubernetes Distributed systems Networking Infrastructure automation SRE Platform engineering Incident management Capacity planning Operational excellence Team leadership Technical architecture Cross-functional leadership

Requirements

Requires 7+ years of experience in infrastructure or platform engineering with at least 2 years in a management role. Candidates must possess deep technical expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, and distributed systems.

Benefits

Mentoring Career consulting Learning programs Global Talent Exchange Program Company-wide challenges Awards Sports activities Employee-led social impact projects Volunteering projects Language courses Internal speaking clubs

Full description

Engineering Manager (Infrastructure Platform)

Department: The Platform

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Cyprus

Description

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead and develop a team of infrastructure engineers responsible for critical production systems. This role combines people management with strong technical expertise, requiring a solid infrastructure background and deep knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, distributed systems, networking, and infrastructure automation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead, manage, and develop a team of infrastructure engineers responsible for critical production systems 
  • Own team execution, delivery, and day-to-day prioritization in alignment with infrastructure strategy and architectural direction 
  • Run the shared goals and collaborate with the Infrastructure Security, and other platform teams 
  • Translate infrastructure priorities into clear team plans, milestones for both infrastructure and product teams 
  • Work with Staff and Senior engineers to ensure technical solutions are delivered effectively and aligned with established architectural principles 
  • Ensure the reliability, availability, and operational readiness of systems owned by the team 
  • Own the team’s operational practices, incident response, postmortems, and completion of follow-up actions 
  • Set clear expectations, run regular 1:1s, provide actionable feedback, and support engineers through performance reviews and Individual Development Plans

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

  • 7+ years of experience in software, infrastructure, SRE, or platform engineering, including 2+ years in an engineering management role within a Platform cluster 
  • Proven experience leading and developing engineering teams responsible for production infrastructure or platform systems 
  • Strong infrastructure engineering background, with sufficient technical depth to review architecture, challenge decisions, and work effectively with Staff and Senior engineers 
  • Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, especially AWS, Kubernetes, distributed systems, networking, and infrastructure automation 
  • Experience operating highly available, business-critical systems, including incident management, on-call, postmortems, capacity planning, and operational excellence 
  • Proven ability to set priorities, build execution plans, and deliver complex engineering initiatives while balancing reliability, technical debt, operational work, and long-term investments 
  • Ability to delegate technical ownership and enable senior engineers to lead major technical initiatives 
  • Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to align teams, manage dependencies, and resolve organizational, process, and technical bottlenecks
  • Professional working proficiency in English
  • Experience operating infrastructure across multiple regions, data centers, or hybrid cloud environments
  • Experience managing teams with significant networking or distributed infrastructure responsibilities
  • Experience working in organizations where infrastructure teams provide internal platforms and services to a large number of engineering teams

Why join us

  • Help us challenge injustice by creating fair choices for millions of people across 48 countries.
  • Develop your professional skills with access to mentoring, career consulting, and learning programs
  • Collaborate with teams around the world and gain international experience through our Global Talent Exchange Program
  • Engage in company-wide challenges, awards, sports activities, employee-led social impact and volunteering projects
  • Work alongside people who take initiative, speak openly, and challenge themselves to grow
  • Improve your language skills through co-financed courses and internal speaking clubs
  • Annual salary from 90 700 EUR gross

Final benefits may vary depending on the location.

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