Description

The Fleetio Engineering Team is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Platform Engineering efforts. In this role, you will lead the platform engineering team that handles SRE (Site Reliability Engineering), Infrastructure, and Developer Experience You will influence the following areas: platform engineering vision, setting goals for your team, hiring engineering talent, and driving platform engineering efforts. You will collaborate closely with fellow engineering leaders, product managers, and other stakeholders to provide reliable service to our customers and a great developer experience for our developers that enables developer productivity and consistent delivery. You will also develop our engineering talent and grow their careers at Fleetio! If you are an engineering leader with strong technical expertise, excellent leadership skills, and a passion for providing a great experience for customers and developers, we would love to connect with you! A little about us… Fleetio is a modern software platform that helps thousands of organizations around the world manage their fleet operations. Transportation technology is a hot market and we’re leading the charge, with raving fans and new customers signing up every day. We raised $450M in Series D in March of 2025 and are on an exciting trajectory as a company. Fleetio is also a proud founding member of the Rails Foundation!

More About Our Team and Company

Watch our culture videos:https://fleet.io/culture
Engineering culture, interview process and videos: https://www.fleetio.com/careers/engineering
Fleetio overview video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlvIbwZT3oU
Fleetio Go overview video: https://www.fleetio.com/go
More about the Fleetio platform: https://www.fleetio.com/features
API docs: developer.fleetio.com
Test drive Fleetio to get an even better feel for what we're building: https://www.fleetio.com/register

This is a remote opportunity and is open to candidates in the United States, Canada, or Mexico.

Who you are

The ideal candidate for this role possesses a blend of technical expertise, leadership skills, business acumen, and the ability to forge a vision for Fleetios Platform Engineering team. You have a solid background in Site Reliability, Infrastructure Engineering/DevOps, Developer Experience, and building APIs. Your leadership experience includes successfully managing and inspiring high-performing engineering teams, driving innovation, and fostering a collaborative work culture. You exhibit strong problem-solving skills and adaptability to a fast-paced environment. This role is part of the Engineering Leaders group and will report to the Director of Platform Engineering. Due to the team's location, we have a preference for candidates who are based in Central, Eastern, and Atlantic Time Zones.

Your impact

Drive SRE efforts to provide a highly reliable and performant service to our customers
Partner with engineering managers to address any performance issues or bottlenecks
Continuously plan, optimize, and scale our infrastructure to support the growth of our platform
Maintain an excellent developer experience for our engineers that aids in improving developer productivity and happiness
Advance, scale, and support our API to help meet the needs of external users/developers
Drive mobile platform engineering work by partnering with the mobile team
Holistically mentor and guide direct reports in professional development and career growth
Foster a positive and productive work environment that boosts the morale of your team
Review your team's code as necessary to ensure quality, maintain consistency, and share knowledge
Advocate for and mentor the team on engineering best practices
Communicate timely updates and progress on initiatives to relevant stakeholders

Your experience

5+ years of experience leading Engineering Teams as a Manager or as a Director
Proven expertise in leading SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering teams
Experience with AWS (or Azure), Cloud Native tooling, and Infrastructure as Code
Experience managing and supporting infrastructure for web applications
Solid expertise in the latest development, build,test,and deploy practices that drive agility consistent delivery,and quality
Strong passionand track recordof attracting developing,and retaining engineers
Experience utilizing APM tools to monitorand troubleshoot issues
Excellent writtenand verbal communication skills
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Considered a plus

Prior experience with Ruby-on-Rails or similar frameworks
Experience with Kubernetes
Knowledge or experience with mobile engineering