Manager, Engineering

Manager, Engineering

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The Opportunity

We are seeking a Manager, Engineering to lead our PaaS and Pipeline Reliability Operations activities within Developer Productivity Operations. This role leads the engineering team responsible for 24/7 stability, performance, and scalability across our CI/CD pipelines and core development platforms. You will combine technical expertise and operational leadership to drive continuous delivery and platform reliability.

About the Team

Developer Productivity Team, This team is primarily responsible for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of development processes across the organization. With a diverse group of about 30 professionals located both in the US and India, the team's culture is built on collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance. Their mission is to deliver innovative developer productivity solutions that empower over 3,000 developers within Nutanix to achieve their goals with increased speed and minimal friction.

You will report to the Engineering Manager, who is known for their supportive and empowering leadership style. They focus on fostering an environment where team members can thrive, encouraging open communication and collaboration to achieve shared goals. This role is based onsite, and the new hire will be expected to work in the office full-time, ensuring close collaboration with the team and stakeholders.

Your Role

• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team focused on Developer Productivity Operations, CI/CD systems, and developer enablement platforms.
• Infrastructure & Platform Ownership: Own performance and reliability for core tools, including GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory, Gerrit, and repository services.
• Operational Excellence: Maintain 99.9%+ uptime across environments while defining and tracking team SLAs, KPIs, and system metrics.
• Automation & Pipeline Optimization: Drive continuous automation initiatives across environments to eliminate manual processes and increase system resilience.
• Incident & Governance Oversight: Direct incident response efforts, execute root cause analysis, and ensure compliance with security and governance standards.
• Cross-Functional Escalation: Serve as the primary escalation point for complex operational issues (requiring occasional off-hours availability) and partner across engineering, security, and platform teams.

What You Will Bring

• Leadership: Experience managing or leading technical teams within modern DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure environments.
• Technical Proficiency: Broad experience with enterprise repository, artifact, and CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Gerrit, and Artifactory.
• Operational Focus: Proven ability to manage high-availability infrastructure environments and uphold strict SLAs/KPIs.
• Continuous Improvement: High proficiency with driving continuous improvement and system resilience through rigorous root cause analysis (RCA) and post-incident reviews.
• Strategic Evaluation: Track record of evaluating and implementing new tools and technologies to improve the software delivery ecosystem.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration. In locations where our workplace policy applies (i.e. San Jose, Durham, Mexico City, Bangalore, Pune, Hoofddorp, Belgrade, Barcelona, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo), employees are expected to work onsite a minimum of 3 days per week to foster collaboration, team alignment, and access to in-office resources. Workplace type may vary based on location and team requirements. Please speak with your recruiter for details. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.