Engineering Manager Cloud Infrastructure

Role: Engineering Manager – Cloud Infrastructure Function: Cloud Infrastructure / Engineering Management Location: India Type: Full-time Compensation: Not specified Industry: Information Technology & Services / AI / Physical Infrastructure / Real-Time Payments Role: Engineering Manager – Cloud Infrastructure Function: Cloud Infrastructure / Engineering Management Location: Bangalore Type: Full-time Industry: Information Technology & Services / AI / Physical Infrastructure / Real-Time Payments About Company The company is a Santa Monica-based AI firm redefining physical infrastructure. Its computer vision and deep learning platform powers checkout-free, recognition-based payments at 4,500+ locations across North America. It is the largest parking operator on the continent, with operations spanning parking, gas stations, car washes, and retail. Backed by $4.1B in Series D funding, the company runs a team of 20,000 people. It operates at the intersection of AI, physical infrastructure, and real-time payments — with ambitions well beyond parking. Position Overview This role leads the Central Cloud Infrastructure (CCI) team in India — a three-engineer group that governs cloud usage, manages foundational AWS infrastructure, develops shared tooling, and enforces PCI and SOC2 compliance across the organization. The manager bridges tactical execution and long-term cloud strategy, ensuring the platform scales reliably as the company expands into new physical venue categories. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring both architectural depth and cross-functional coordination across a globally distributed engineering organization. Role & Responsibilities Directly manage, mentor, and drive the technical and career growth of three cloud infrastructure engineers based in India Own and evolve the CCI team's strategy, roadmap, and scope — including prioritization across workstreams based on technical dependencies and business urgency Lead infrastructure modernization efforts, including migration of legacy systems into a unified, cloud-native AWS architecture Serve as the cloud stakeholder with a long-term view on performance, cost efficiency, security posture, and platform health Maintain PCI and SOC2 compliance across cloud environments; architect and own disaster recovery plans Act as the connective layer between CCI and other engineering teams — broadcasting team goals, surfacing dependencies, and enabling shared tooling reuse Participate in on-call rotation for high-urgency infrastructure incidents; leverage AI tooling to automate and accelerate engineering workflows Must Have Criteria 10+ years of devops/cloud infra infrastructure engineering experience, with 1–2+ years managing cloud infrastructure, or SRE teams Hands-on , able to architect, troubleshoot, and review infrastructure directly Production-grade experience with AWS (EC2, EKS, Lambda, S3, VPC), Terraform, and Kubernetes/EKS at scale Working knowledge of Helm, containerization, Kafka, SQL databases, cloud networking, and Python scripting Demonstrated experience managing PCI DSS and SOC2 compliance requirements in cloud environments Track record of leading infrastructure modernization — integrating legacy systems into cloud-native architectures BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline Nice to Have Experience with Atmos (Terraform component framework) in multi-account AWS environments Prior engineering leadership in high-growth, Series B–D startups or scale-ups Exposure to real-time data pipelines or event-driven architectures at high throughput What We Offer Leadership role with direct impact on the company's core cloud platform — infrastructure that processes millions of vehicle transactions daily Opportunity to build and scale a high-performing India-based infrastructure team within a $4.1B-funded, Series D company Visibility into cross-functional engineering strategy with a reporting line to Senior Manager, Central Cloud Infrastructure (US) Access to cutting-edge AI and computer vision infrastructure at a company redefining physical-world automation