Engineering Manager, Cloud

Overview

This is a hybrid role based in our Chicago or Palo Alto office and will require you to be in person Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The Cloud Engineering team is responsible for building and operating the foundational infrastructure that powers Grindr’s global platform. This team owns core cloud services and tooling across AWS and Kubernetes, enabling product and backend teams to ship safely, reliably, and orting to the Head of Cloud Engineering, this role will manage a team of 4–6 individual contributors and play a key role in improving reliability, security, cost efficiency, and developer experience across the organization.

The impact of this role is highly visible, directly influencing uptime, incident response, and Grindr’s ability to scale new features globally.

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of 4–5 cloud engineers responsible for core infrastructure and platform services.
• Own the execution and delivery of cloud initiatives that improve reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Partner closely with product, backend, mobile, SRE, and security teams to ensure infrastructure enables, rather than blocks, product delivery.
• Contribute to technical direction and architectural decisions across AWS, Kubernetes, and supporting cloud services.

• Experience managing and developing engineers, including performance management, feedback, and career growth.
• Strong hands-on background with cloud infrastructure, preferably in AWS, including managed services and networking concepts.
• Experience operating production systems at scale using Kubernetes (EKS or equivalent) and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform).
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience balancing reliability, cost, and velocity in a cloud environment.

• Experience supporting high-traffic, consumer-facing applications.
• Familiarity with operation and performance management of databases and data stores such as Postgre
  
  SQL, Dynamo
  
  DB, and Redis/Elasti Cache.
• Exposure to modern CI/CD and infrastructure workflows (e.g., Atlantis, Git Ops-style workflows).

• Enjoy leading teams while staying close enough to the technology to guide strong technical decisions.
• Are motivated by improving developer experience and building platforms that help others move faster.
• Are comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment where priorities evolve and tradeoffs are required.
• Take ownership, value accountability, and believe great infrastructure is a force multiplier for product teams.

• Mission and Impact:
  Grindr is building the global gayborhood in your pocket. Your role will impact the lives of millions of LGBTQ+ people around the world. Through our success, we are making a world where the lives of our community are free, equal, and just.
• Family Insurance:
  Insurance premium coverage for health, dental, and vision for you and partial coverage for your dependents.
• Retirement Savings:
  Generous 401K plan with 6% match and immediate vest in the U.S.
• Compensation:
  Industry-competitive compensation and eligibility for company bonus and equity programs.
• Queer-Inclusive Benefits:
  Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.
• Additional Benefits:
  Flexible vacation policy, monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch provided onsite, and yearly travel & leisure stipend.

Grindr is building the global gayborhood in your pocket. With more than 14.5 million monthly active users, Grindr has become a fundamental part of the LGBTQ+ community and is charting a path to make the world more free, equal, and just. In 2015 we introduced Grindr for Equality, our in-house non-profit which has advanced safety, health, and human rights for millions of Grindr users and the global LGBTQ+ community in partnership with more than 100 community organizations in every region of the world.

Our next evolution is underway as a public company that continues to grow…