Ripple Jobs in North America

Ripple is looking for a Senior Manager, Platform Engineering. In this role, you’ll have an opportunity to develop and grow a team. Ripple is a fast growing company always tapping into new markets, working with open source projects and contributing back, and exploring new technologies.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Leads the development, alignment and execution of Ripple’s Cloud Kubernetes Platform Infrastructure team and roadmap.
• Run day to day operations across Platform Engineering working closely with counterparts SRE, CloudOps and DBA teams.
• Interfaces with senior management and engineering peers in driving strategic planning and execution of resilience and performance programs.
• Own continuous delivery improvement efforts across Infrastructure by providing input into the platform framework for program management in order to align with modern agile processes.
• Own the strategy for providing consistent Kubernetes infrastructure spanning AWS, and GCP globally.
• Further develop collaborative relationships with vendors and the Kubernetes OpenSource community. the sharing of our work through blog posts, conference speaking, and papers
• Participate in OpEx planning and execution at regular cadence with Ripple’s finance team.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• 10+ years of technical contributor experience, demonstrated ability in managing technical personnel, and experience in working within SaaS environments. FinTech experience a plus.
• Timely delivers software and infrastructure that will help drive improvements towards the availability, performance, efficiency, scalability and security of platform services. Technologies include AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Vault.
• Strong management presence and experience advising and interfacing with peer leaders and business leadership on technology related issues; excellent verbal and written communication; strength in building trusted partnerships
• Experience working with technical program management, product management, and engineering / development in an agile DevOps environment.
• Creative and continuous improvement mindset with strong problem solving skills, and importantly ability to maintain the “Big Picture” view of how Platform engineering fits into top level OKRs.
• Proven experience working collaboratively in a matrixed environment and working across concurrent strategic initiatives

WHAT WE OFFER:

• The chance to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact
• Competitive salary and equity
• 100% paid medical and dental and 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day
• 401k (with match), commuter benefits
• Industry-leading parental leave policies
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite programs
• Flexible vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Employee giving match
• Modern office in San Francisco’s Financial District
• Fully-stocked kitchen with organic snacks, beverages, and coffee drinks
• Weekly company meeting - ask me anything >
• Team outings to sports games, happy hours, game nights and more!