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Through our AI decision automation platform, Aera Decision Cloud™, we are helping the best-known brands in the world make smarter, faster decisions.\nPrivately-held and VC-funded, we have a global team of over 400 Aeranauts - and we’re growing. We deliver Decision Intelligence innovation and services that enable enterprises to automate and scale decision making with accuracy and speed. We continue to be the trusted choice of market leaders for our proven ability to generate value and unlock opportunities that were previously unattainable.\nWe are seeking an experienced engineering manager to lead our Infrastructure Platform Engineering team in Pune, India, which operates as part of our global Site Reliability Engineering organization.\nThis team includes Infrastructure Platform Engineers and Site Reliability Engineers who support reliable, scalable, and well-operated cloud platforms and production environments.\nThe Manager, Infrastructure Platform Engineering will own the performance, development, prioritization, and day-to-day effectiveness of the India-based team. 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