Senior Engineering Manager, CloudOps

Ellevation

Job Location:

Boston, NH - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 180000 - 220000

Posted on: 7 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Over the last 10 years Ellevation Education has built a thriving business serving the administrators teachers and specialists who support English Learners at public schools across the U.S. Today nearly 2000 school districts use our software to manage their EL programs. We are a successful rapidly growing business with a real mission: helping English Learners achieve their highest aspirations.

Were making major investments in how our platform supports the communication data and workflow needs of educators and were beginning to explore how AI can accelerate enhance and reimagine these experiences. As we scale were looking for engineering leaders who want to do more than manage systems people who want to help shape the internal platforms and paved paths that enable our teams to build ship and operate high-quality software.

About the Role

As a Senior Engineering Manager for CloudOps youll lead the team responsible for the internal platforms tools and paved paths that power engineering at Ellevation. Your teams mission is to build the golden paths that make it easy and fast for product teams to build deploy observe and operate services reliably on AWS.

Youll be accountable for evolving our cloud foundations developer tooling CI/CD pipelines observability defaults and internal developer experience. Youll help transform a landscape that includes legacy systems and pets-style infrastructure into a modern scalable well-supported platform that enables safe velocity across engineering.

In the near term youll also shepherd improvements to ourCloud Development Environment (CDE) the Windows-based workflow required for Framework development while leading the organization toward long-term modernization and eventual retirement of those systems.

Above all this role is aboutshaping culture: moving CloudOps from a reactive security-centric posture to a platform mindset grounded in enablement thoughtful tradeoffs and making the right way the easy way. Youll help the team grow its confidence challenge assumptions and build for the future.

About You

Think beyond infrastructure. You approach platform work with a product mindset focusing on developer experience reliability and ease of adoption.
Believe in paved paths. You want to create delightful opinionated workflows that reduce cognitive load and empower teams to move quickly and safely.
Are energized by modernization. Whether its legacy infrastructure brittle workflows or old deployment patterns youre excited to bring clarity challenge status quo decisions and lead change.
Balance tradeoffs well. Security reliability cost and velocity all matter and you know how to weigh them in context not as absolutes.
Lead with clarity and heart. You communicate well mentor effectively build trust and help teams navigate ambiguity and cultural shifts.
Bring technical depth. You understand cloud-native architecture AWS IaC CI/CD observability and modern DevEx practices even if youre not hands-on every day.
Embrace our mission. You believe deeply in helping educators and students succeed and youre excited to build the platforms that help us reach them.

What Youll Do

Lead and grow the CloudOps (Platform & DevEx) team providing clarity coaching mentorship and a strong sense of purpose.
Build and evolve paved paths for service creation deployment observability and operations defining the Ellevation way to build software.
Improve developer experience across the stack: container workflows repo templates CI/CD automation observability defaults and internal tooling.
Stabilize and enhance the Cloud Development Environment (CDE) Framework development while guiding the organization toward long-term modernization and retirement of legacy systems.
Drive modernization of legacy infrastructure and help the team shift from pets vs. cattle to scalable reliable well-automated patterns.
Partner with product engineering teams to understand friction remove obstacles and co-create better workflows and tools.
Define and measure DevEx outcomes using frameworks like SPACE focusing on satisfaction flow clarity and feedback loops.
Collaborate with Security on guardrails and secure defaults while ensuring CloudOps remains an enablement-focused team not a gatekeeper.
Promote platform thinking and cultural change helping the team build confidence question assumptions and engage proactively with partners across engineering.
Manage vendor relationships infrastructure costs and resourcing for the platform surface areas you own.

What Youll Bring

8 years of engineering experience including 3 years leading platform cloud infrastructure SRE or DevOps teams.
Strong experience with AWS (compute networking IAM storage databases) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform CloudFormation CDK).
Experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines and secure deployment workflows (GitHub Actions OIDC artifact management).
Familiarity with modern observability practices (metrics logs traces; OpenTelemetry; CloudWatch Datadog or Grafana).
Practical knowledge of containerized applications (Docker ECS/EKS) and developer workflows on Mac/Linux.
Hands-on understanding of balancing security reliability and developer experience through guardrails and risk-based tradeoffs.
Experience modernizing legacy systems or shepherding large technical transitions is a strong plus.
A track record of building strong teams mentoring engineers and leading through ambiguity and change.
Curiosity and excitement about how AI can enhance developer workflows observability and tooling even if youre still learning.

Why Ellevation

At Ellevation we believe in the power of education and the educators who make it possible. Joining our team means:

Working on meaningful challenges that directly impact English Learners.
Helping define and build the future of internal platforms and developer experience at a mission-driven company.
Collaborating in a supportive cross-functional environment.
Growing personally and professionally as part of a high-performing team.
Exploring how AI can responsibly accelerate how engineers build test and operate systems.
Playing a leadership role in modernizing the foundations that power Ellevations platform.

$180000 - $220000 a year

Ellevation is transparent about its approach to pay which includes a competitive base salary annual performance-based raise and bonus (or commission for sales positions). The salary range for this role is $180000 to $220000 commensurate with candidate experience and internal parity. Our philosophy is that the full range is indicative of growth during addition we provide comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees.

Are you passionate about growth and eager to learn Do you possess a drive to excel and make a difference Ellevation values diversity creativity and a hunger for new perspectives. While our job postings outline preferred qualifications we believe that talent comes in various forms. If youre motivated adaptable and ready to contribute we encourage you to apply. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experiences recognizing that unique skills and fresh outlooks are invaluable assets to our team. Dont let a checklist of requirements deter you take the leap and lets explore the possibilities together!

About Us:

At Ellevation we develop world-class software to help educators serve the fastest growing population of K-12 students: English Learners (ELs). Ellevation helps school districts transform their Multilingual Learner programs and ensure all students can achieve their highest aspirations. Our product suite includes a best-in-class data and instructional planning platform resources to build teacher capacity and student-facing programs to teach academic language.

We are a fast-growing mission-driven technology company partnering with over 1500 school districts and more than 2 million current and former English Learners. Over the next five years we plan to double the number of ELs we serve and drive measurable outcomes for students. Ellevation merged with Curriculum Associates in 2021 to accelerate impact for Multilingual Learners. Our company continues to operate independently and is well-capitalized to support our ambitious social and financial objectives.

Why Ellevation

In addition to our great benefits and competitive salaries here are some things that make us unique:

Mission-driven organization where team members are empowered to make a significant impact

Opportunities to join Employee Resource Groups and support building a culture of belonging

Professional development and growth opportunities

Company and team offsites in various cities across the United States

Collaborative workspace in the heart of Boston - a stones throw from many central T stops (Downtown Crossing Government Center and Aquarium). Free snacks beverages and local organic fruit provided

Remote and in-person engagement opportunities including happy hours themed events and competitions

Remote and in-person wellness programming to support teams mental and physical wellbeing

Learn more about our team in our Culture Deck.

Here at Ellevation we champion diversity inclusion equity and belonging. We strive to build a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values a range of ideas and opinions.

We believe in building a culture where productivity can flourish one that is empathetic respectful and inclusive. We are proud to have been recognized in prior years as Best Tech Workplace for Diversity by the Timmy Awards for investing in training around inclusive behaviors microaggressions unconscious bias and fostering a culture of continuous learning and feedback across the company. We are encouraged by our progress but theres more work to be done.

Benefits Benefits eligible employees (and qualifying dependents) are covered by medical dental vision and basic life insurance. Employees can enroll in our companys 401(k) retirement plan and receive an employer match up to 50% on the first 7% of your contribution with pre-tax and Roth options. Employees have access to flexible paid time off for vacations sick and disability policy additional 10 paid company holidays 2 floating holidays and a winter office closure between Christmas and New addition we provide a generous parental leave benefit back-up childcare or eldercare and a variety of other perks to support the health and well-being of our employees.

Additional Information: Ellevation operates under Curriculum Associates LLC an Equal Opportunity Employer. Curriculum Associates LLC will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color creed religion sex national origin age marital status veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability genetic information or any other category protected by law. Curriculum Associates LLC will grant employment without regard to race color creed religion sex national origin age marital status veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability genetic information or any other category protected by law. Such action shall include but not be limited to the following: employment upgrading demotion transfer recruitment or recruitment advertising layoff or termination rates of pay or other forms of compensation.

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Required Experience:

Manager

About the Role

About You

Think beyond infrastructure. You approach platform work with a product mindset focusing on developer experience reliability and ease of adoption.
Believe in paved paths. You want to create delightful opinionated workflows that reduce cognitive load and empower teams to move quickly and safely.
Are energized by modernization. Whether its legacy infrastructure brittle workflows or old deployment patterns youre excited to bring clarity challenge status quo decisions and lead change.
Balance tradeoffs well. Security reliability cost and velocity all matter and you know how to weigh them in context not as absolutes.
Lead with clarity and heart. You communicate well mentor effectively build trust and help teams navigate ambiguity and cultural shifts.
Bring technical depth. You understand cloud-native architecture AWS IaC CI/CD observability and modern DevEx practices even if youre not hands-on every day.
Embrace our mission. You believe deeply in helping educators and students succeed and youre excited to build the platforms that help us reach them.

What Youll Do

Lead and grow the CloudOps (Platform & DevEx) team providing clarity coaching mentorship and a strong sense of purpose.
Build and evolve paved paths for service creation deployment observability and operations defining the Ellevation way to build software.
Improve developer experience across the stack: container workflows repo templates CI/CD automation observability defaults and internal tooling.
Stabilize and enhance the Cloud Development Environment (CDE) Framework development while guiding the organization toward long-term modernization and retirement of legacy systems.
Drive modernization of legacy infrastructure and help the team shift from pets vs. cattle to scalable reliable well-automated patterns.
Partner with product engineering teams to understand friction remove obstacles and co-create better workflows and tools.
Define and measure DevEx outcomes using frameworks like SPACE focusing on satisfaction flow clarity and feedback loops.
Collaborate with Security on guardrails and secure defaults while ensuring CloudOps remains an enablement-focused team not a gatekeeper.
Promote platform thinking and cultural change helping the team build confidence question assumptions and engage proactively with partners across engineering.
Manage vendor relationships infrastructure costs and resourcing for the platform surface areas you own.

What Youll Bring

8 years of engineering experience including 3 years leading platform cloud infrastructure SRE or DevOps teams.
Strong experience with AWS (compute networking IAM storage databases) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform CloudFormation CDK).
Experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines and secure deployment workflows (GitHub Actions OIDC artifact management).
Familiarity with modern observability practices (metrics logs traces; OpenTelemetry; CloudWatch Datadog or Grafana).
Practical knowledge of containerized applications (Docker ECS/EKS) and developer workflows on Mac/Linux.
Hands-on understanding of balancing security reliability and developer experience through guardrails and risk-based tradeoffs.
Experience modernizing legacy systems or shepherding large technical transitions is a strong plus.
A track record of building strong teams mentoring engineers and leading through ambiguity and change.
Curiosity and excitement about how AI can enhance developer workflows observability and tooling even if youre still learning.

Why Ellevation

At Ellevation we believe in the power of education and the educators who make it possible. Joining our team means:

Working on meaningful challenges that directly impact English Learners.
Helping define and build the future of internal platforms and developer experience at a mission-driven company.
Collaborating in a supportive cross-functional environment.
Growing personally and professionally as part of a high-performing team.
Exploring how AI can responsibly accelerate how engineers build test and operate systems.
Playing a leadership role in modernizing the foundations that power Ellevations platform.

$180000 - $220000 a year

About Us:

Why Ellevation

In addition to our great benefits and competitive salaries here are some things that make us unique:

Mission-driven organization where team members are empowered to make a significant impact

Opportunities to join Employee Resource Groups and support building a culture of belonging

Professional development and growth opportunities

Company and team offsites in various cities across the United States

Collaborative workspace in the heart of Boston - a stones throw from many central T stops (Downtown Crossing Government Center and Aquarium). Free snacks beverages and local organic fruit provided

Remote and in-person engagement opportunities including happy hours themed events and competitions

Remote and in-person wellness programming to support teams mental and physical wellbeing

Learn more about our team in our Culture Deck.

Required Experience:

Manager

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Senior Engineering Manager, CloudOps

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