Engineering Manager, Infrastructure
Chainlink Labs develops and supports Chainlink.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
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About Chainlink Labs
Chainlink Labs is a technology company focused on building Chainlink as infrastructure for onchain finance. Its current platform includes decentralized data feeds and streams, cross-chain messaging, automation, verifiable randomness, serverless functions, compliance, privacy, data publishing, and runtime-orchestration services for financial institutions, developers, and DeFi protocols.
Skills
About the Role
Define and execute the strategy for internal infrastructure platforms, build and operate scalable cloud and Kubernetes-based systems, ensure high availability and compliance, improve provisioning workflows, maintain uptime SLOs, and implement secure access control and CI/CD infrastructure.
Requirements
- Experience building and operating internal infrastructure platforms on AWS, GCP, or Azure
- 3+ years leading and managing software or infrastructure engineering teams, including hiring, developing, and retaining talent
- Demonstrated ownership of Kubernetes at scale and K8s-based internal platforms
- Experience operating effectively in startup environments and navigating ambiguity
- Experience supporting SOC2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 compliance
- Familiarity with CI/CD ecosystems, runners, secrets management, and cloud networking
- Understanding of secure software delivery and artifact management
- Exposure to blockchain technologies, decentralized applications, or Web3 infrastructure
- Experience with globally distributed, remote-first engineering teams
- Familiarity with Go-based infrastructure tooling or GitHub Actions
Responsibilities
- Deliver a scalable internal infrastructure platform on public cloud environments
- Establish and evolve Kubernetes-based platform capabilities for production-grade workloads
- Maintain 99.9% uptime SLOs for critical infrastructure systems
- Improve provisioning workflows to reduce operational friction and accelerate time to production
- Ensure infrastructure meets SOC2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 compliance through access control and provisioning standards
- Build secure foundations supporting CI/CD pipelines and minimizing operational risk
- Enable product teams to reliably provision, deploy, and operate systems at scale
Hiring Process
Applications are carefully reviewed, with a response aimed for every candidate within two weeks after the job posting closes. The closing date is listed on the job advert, and candidates receive an application-status update shortly after the closing date.
