Engineering Manager, Platform - Developer Infrastructure

Position Overview

• Location Type: Hybrid (New York City, San Francisco, Remote)
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

Valon is a company focused on empowering homeowners through mortgage servicing and transforming the industry. They are building a modern software ecosystem with a team of engineers from prominent tech companies. They are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead their Developer Infrastructure efforts on the Platform team, focusing on internal developer tooling and platform improvements. This role is hands-on and involves balancing near-term priorities with long-term platform vision, working closely with engineering, product, and operations.

Company Information

Valon’s mission is to empower every homeowner. They believe the journey of home ownership starts when you get your keys, but lasts far beyond. They are creating a world where home ownership comes with ease, security, and financial know-how. Their headquarters are in New York City, with a new San Francisco office opening this year. They also fully support remote work.

Requirements

• Experience managing and growing engineering teams.
• Strong technical background in software engineering, ideally with experience in infrastructure, platform tooling, or internal developer experience.
• Experience with CI/CD, monitoring, and observability tools.
• Ability to operate with a product management mindset and balance short-term and long-term priorities.
• Experience partnering with engineering, product, and operations teams.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with AI tooling is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 4+ engineers focused on infrastructure, platform tooling, and internal developer experience.
• Own technical strategy, planning, and execution for core platform initiatives, with an emphasis on scalability, reliability, and ease of use.
• Work across internal developer tooling including frontend, local development, CI/CD, and monitoring and observability.
• Guide architecture decisions and write code when needed.
• Partner closely with engineering, product, and operations to define and deliver cross-cutting infrastructure initiatives.
• Focus on recruiting, coaching, giving feedback, and helping engineers thrive through 360° feedback and continuous development.
• Contribute to projects such as:
  • Creating easy-to-create integration tests in code that run in CI.
  • Implementing online database schema migrations via Vitess.
  • Ensuring web compatibility with GraphQL schema before deployment.

Application Instructions

• Not specified.