Eagle Eye Networks · 2 days ago
Platform Engineering Manager
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expEagle Eye Networks is the global leader in cloud video surveillance, delivering cyber-secure, cloud-based video with artificial intelligence and analytics. As the Lead Platform Engineer, you will manage the Platform Engineering team, focusing on continuous improvement and innovation of systems that support a large cloud video surveillance platform.
AnalyticsCloud ComputingCyber SecurityInformation TechnologySaaSSecurity
Hiring Manager
Isabella Watkins
Responsibilities
Lead the design, evolution, and operation of Eagle Eye’s global Kubernetes-based platform across multiple private data centers
Guide architectural decisions around cluster topology, networking, storage systems, compute utilization, and platform scalability
Drive improvements to core platform components including ingress, service mesh, container runtimes, secret management, and automation frameworks
Manage, mentor, and grow a team of Platform Engineers, fostering a high-performance, collaborative, and ownership-driven culture
Provide technical leadership through design reviews, roadmap planning, and hands-on guidance
Develop clear engineering expectations, career paths, and a culture of continuous improvement
Own the internal developer experience — including CI/CD frameworks, deployment tooling, Helm charts, automation pipelines, and environment standardization
Partner with application teams to simplify onboarding, improve reliability, and accelerate feature delivery
Oversee the design and reliability of metrics, logging, and tracing infrastructure used across all EEN services
Ensure observability systems (Prometheus, Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, OpenSearch/VictoriaLogs, etc.) are scalable, well-architected, and aligned to engineering needs
Provide technical leadership around the integration, performance, and reliability of large-scale distributed data systems (e.g., durable storage clusters, messaging systems, search/indexing systems, and stateful workloads)
Oversee platform support for distributed storage technologies including Ceph and other high-throughput, high-availability storage systems
Ensure the platform and data layers interoperate efficiently across global regions
Translate company goals into a clear, actionable platform roadmap
Own cross-functional initiatives that improve platform resilience, developer productivity, and operational efficiency
Evaluate emerging technologies and guide strategic bets that move the platform forward
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or a related field, with at least 3 years in a leadership or managerial role
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production, including cluster design, scaling, observability, and platform integrations
Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals: networking, storage, scheduling, high availability, and stateful workloads
Experience leading and mentoring engineers, with proven ability to deliver large-scale platform initiatives
Expertise with infrastructure automation (Helm, Terraform, Ansible, GitOps tools, etc.)
Strong technical communication skills and the ability to influence architecture across teams
Experience designing or operating observability platforms
Preferred
Experience with large-scale distributed storage (e.g., Ceph) or data platforms (search, messaging, or distributed databases)
Background with service meshes, advanced networking, or multi-cluster architectures
Knowledge of security architecture for Kubernetes and containerized platforms
Experience in hybrid or fully private-cloud environments with globally distributed workloads
Proficiency in Go, Python, or similar languages commonly used for platform tools
Benefits
Medical Benefits: We offer competitive medical, vision, and dental plans. Company offsets premiums.
Taco Tuesdays: Like breakfast tacos? You’re at the right place, because weekly breakfast tacos are provided.
401k plan with company match!
Weekly Lunch: Food is love. Especially when it is free.
Snacks: You will never go hungry.
Culture: Innovation drives our vibe.
Diversity: We embrace our global presence, the diverse ideas and backgrounds of our team to improve our culture, our products and grow our people and our business.
Unlimited PTO: We value our employees’ work/life balance and want you to spend the time off you need.
Company
Eagle Eye Networks
Eagle Eye Networks is a cloud video surveillance company that is transitioning all aspects of traditional video surveillance to the cloud.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$195MKey Investors
SECOMAccel
2025-12-29Acquired
2023-05-17Series F· $100M
2020-10-26Series E· $40M
Leadership Team
Dean Drako
Founder and CEO
Recent News
2025-11-19
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