Engineering Manager, Service Platform

SpaceX

Remote

Quick summary

Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $230,000–$242,500 / yr
Posted: 8 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $188k

This role $236k

$131k most similar roles pay here $254k

This role pays more than 77% of similar roles. Most pay $143,248–$232,887 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $236k versus about $188k for comparable roles.

Based on 238 similar postings.

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About SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

SpaceX currently has 604 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$155,000 across 440 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager, Service Platform

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As the Engineering Manager for Instacart’s Service Platform team, you will lead a group responsible for core deployment and release engineering systems, including canary infrastructure and end-to-end deployment tooling. Your role involves setting the vision, driving execution, and ensuring that developers have world-class tools to deploy, validate, and monitor their services. You will work closely with product, infrastructure, and service teams to define and evolve a platform that enables fast iteration without compromising reliability. The ideal candidate has experience in leading people and managing large-scale distributed systems, with strong proficiency in software development using languages like Python or Go. This role requires expertise in building scalable internal tools and platforms, as well as the ability to navigate ambiguous technical problem spaces and manage cross-functional stakeholder relationships.

Skills

Temporal Canary Deployments Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Python Go PostgreSQL AWS Azure GoogleCloud Terraform GitLab Jenkins Prometheus Grafana Ansible Chef Puppet

What you'll do

Lead the team responsible for Instacart’s core deployment and release engineering systems.
Define and evolve a platform that enables fast iteration without compromising reliability.
Partner with product, infrastructure, and service teams to shape developer experience tools.
Set vision and drive execution for world-class deployment and monitoring tooling.
Manage cross-cutting stakeholder relationships, prioritizing customer needs in ambiguous problem spaces.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
7+ years of software development experience with multiple programming languages.
Proven track record of launching high-impact products, especially internal tools.
At least 2 years of leadership experience managing people and systems.
Strong proficiency in maintaining production service standards and reliability.
Ability to navigate ambiguity and prioritize stakeholder needs effectively.
Visionary thinking and expertise in building scalable infrastructure platforms.

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