Engineering Manager (Control Plane)

Join Lambda, a high-growth technology company, as an Engineering Manager for our Control Plane team. In this role, you will lead a team of engineers, drive execution of roadmap features, and collaborate with other teams to ensure smooth delivery across the stack. You will also contribute to a culture of high performance, documentation, humility, and curiosity. Benefits include health, dental, vision, 401k match, flexible PTO, and paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave.

• Lead and manage a team of engineers responsible for the development and scaling of the cloud offering, including the Lambda website and cloud APIs.
• Drive the execution of roadmap features, including cluster lifecycle automation, while balancing rapid feature delivery with long-term investments in scalability and platform design.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to ensure the user experience meets the needs of enterprise customers, and contribute to a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.
• You do not need to match all of the listed expectations to apply for this position. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills
• 5+ years in a full-time management role at a high-growth technology company
• Demonstrated expertise in managing long-term projects alongside urgent, short-term priorities and incident resolution
• Exceptional leadership skills that encompass leading by trust, building empathy with your reports and other teams, and maintaining a sustainable but rapid velocity
• Ability to understand, review and structure Python and Go applications
• Proven record of leading and building engineering teams that work on mission-critical, high performance systems
• Extensive experience collaborating with product, sales, and other engineering teams to build cohesive products with a focus on user experience and reliability
• Proven track record leading teams that deliver enterprise features or governance platforms
• 10+ years of industry experience in software engineering, with a focus on large-scale distributed systems and backend systems
• Experience with IAM, authentication/authorization (SSO, RBAC, SCIM), governance tooling, or compliance features
• Experience managing a remote, distributed team
• Background building cloud application platforms