Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Sprout Social's Engineering team as an Engineering Manager to support the Core SRE team in building Kubernetes infrastructure. You will build and lead a high-functioning engineering team, leveraging your expertise in Kubernetes and secure infrastructure. Guide the team through complex product roadmaps, collaborate with cross-functional leaders, and foster team growth through feedback and development. Contribute directly to the team through code reviews, upholding development standards, and shaping the team's technical vision. This role requires 5+ years of experience developing and supporting production infrastructure and 2+ years managing infrastructure teams. Sprout offers a comprehensive benefits package including insurance, paid time off, parental leave, wellness initiatives, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience developing and supporting infrastructure in a production environment
• 2+ years of experience managing infrastructure teams
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts

Responsibilities

• Build a high functioning, well-motivated engineering team and steer them to iteratively deliver quality results
• Leverage your experience in building and maintaining secure, reliable Kubernetes clusters to power the next generation of Sprout experiences
• Guide the team through complicated product and technical road maps, and partner with cross-functional and engineering leaders to align on the strategy for your team and support its execution
• Grow your team of SREs with effective feedback, coaching, and career development
• Work directly alongside the team by providing code reviews, upholding development standards, and guiding the team’s architecture and technical vision

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with IaC and Config Management for automation such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and/or Chef
• Experience building and scaling infrastructure in a cloud environment such as AWS

Benefits

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program and employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting
• Whenever possible, Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them
• Sprout maintains a remote workforce in many places in the United States
• Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, and Modern Health (a wellness benefit)
• Employees are able to enroll in Sprout’s company’s 401k plan, in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution
• Sprout offers “Flexible Paid Time Off” and ten paid holidays