Platform Engineering Manager
Technology
Alteryx$136,600 - $177,050 /year1 month ago
Full timeFully remote
Job description
- We’re hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a platform engineering team responsible for foundational services that product and engineering teams rely on to build, ship, and operate Alteryx products
- This role is accountable for developing engineers, improving execution discipline, and delivering reliable, maintainable platform capabilities at scale
- You will partner closely with Product, Architecture, Security, SRE, and engineering leaders to turn strategy into clear plans, manage tradeoffs and dependencies, and balance near-term delivery with long-term platform health
- Directly manage a team of software engineers, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, compensation input, promotion readiness, and career development
- Set clear expectations, give timely feedback, and build an inclusive, accountable team culture where engineers can do high-impact work and continue to grow
- Coach engineers on execution, collaboration, ownership, technical judgment, and communication with stakeholders
- Clarify roles, ownership boundaries, and decision-making mechanisms so the team can move quickly without sacrificing quality or alignment
- Own delivery, quality, operational readiness, and predictability for the team’s commitments
- Translate product and engineering strategy into actionable plans, priorities, milestones, and measurable outcomes
- Manage team capacity, execution risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs; proactively escalate when scope, timing, or quality are at risk
- Maintain strong engineering hygiene across planning, estimation, retrospectives, incident follow-up, quality practices, and technical debt management
- Provide tactical technical guidance and oversight, including reviewing designs, implementation approaches, and operational considerations for quality, maintainability, scalability, and alignment with engineering standards
- Partner closely with senior engineers and architects on technical decisions, tradeoffs, sequencing, and execution plans
- Build strong working relationships with product managers, program managers, security, SRE, support, and other cross-functional partners through clear communication and consistent execution
- Represent team progress, risks, decisions, and resourcing needs to senior leadership, while advocating for the support required to deliver effectively
Keywords
monthsOfExperience: 60Technical debtScalabilityCloud computingMaintainabilityBig dataSoftware Engineering
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