Engineering Manager - Platform

Summary

Join Dandy's Platform team and lead a high-performing engineering team responsible for infrastructure, developer productivity, and shared backend systems. Define and drive strategies to enhance developer velocity, incorporating AI coding assistants. Establish application security foundations through tool selection, workflow automation, and secure development practices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align platform investments with business needs. Establish and uphold best practices for reliability, scalability, and operational excellence. Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers, fostering technical leadership within the team.

Requirements

• 3+ years experience as an engineering manager and 5+ years as a software engineer
• Proven success leading platform, infrastructure, or developer tools teams in high-growth environments
• Experience designing and scaling developer platforms, CI/CD systems, or internal frameworks
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), observability, and devops automation
• Passion for improving developer experience and reducing friction in engineering workflows
• Strategic thinking around how to incorporate emerging tools like AI coding assistants to improve productivity
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across functions
• Bias for action and a pragmatic mindset when making technical trade-offs

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing engineering team responsible for infrastructure, developer productivity, and shared backend systems
• Define and drive the strategy to improve developer velocity across the organization, including tooling, workflows, and infrastructure
• Partner with engineering leadership to define how we adopt and operationalize AI coding assistants (e.g., Cursor, Devin) to accelerate prototyping, refactoring, and workflow automation
• Establish application security foundations through tool selection, workflow automation, issue remediation, and sharing secure development practices
• Work cross-functionally with Product, Security, and Engineering teams to align platform investments with business needs
• Establish and uphold best practices around reliability, scalability, and operational excellence
• Recruit, mentor and develop engineers, helping grow technical leaders within the team

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Dental
• Mental health support
• Parental planning resources
• Retirement savings options
• Generous paid time off