Engineering Manager (Platform Infrastructure)

Join OpenTable as an Engineering Manager for the Serving Platforms team. In this role, you will lead a globally distributed team of 10 engineers, oversee critical platform components, and shape quarterly priorities. You will also represent the team across the organization, support the evolution of platform systems, and navigate ambiguous situations. Enjoy benefits such as generous parental leave, paid vacation, and mental health support.

Missions

• Lead and mentor a globally distributed team of engineers, providing clear feedback and fostering professional growth.
• Shape quarterly priorities, coordinate work across multiple streams, and manage the team’s operating cadence.
• Represent the Serving Platforms team across the organization, building strong relationships with stakeholders and advocating for team priorities.

Profil recherché

- Demonstrated experience planning, prioritizing, and coordinating parallel engineering efforts while balancing delivery, operational health, and long-term platform improvements

- Hands-on experience in Linux systems administration and practical experience with scripting or automation using Python, Go, or Bash

- Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to turn incomplete requests into clear requirements and build alignment across technical and non-technical audiences

- 5+ years of experience leading and managing infrastructure, platform, site reliability, or systems engineering teams across multi-team initiatives

- Deep familiarity with modern infrastructure platforms, specifically Kubernetes, service mesh, secrets management, and event streaming

- Practical experience with specific tools, including Kafka, MirrorMaker, Vault, Puppet, or Ansible

- Experience leading teams through incident response, supporting root-cause analysis, and driving follow-up work to improve security and operational maturity