Senior Engineer Manager Infrastructure & Tooling

consulteer InCyber AG seeks a Senior Engineer Manager for Infrastructure & Tooling in Zürich to lead engineering teams and drive scalable robotics infrastructure. The role requires strong technical expertise in cloud platforms and DevOps.

The company is looking for a technical leader to oversee Infrastructure, DevOps, and Tooling teams. This position focuses on building scalable systems for robotics while managing team growth and technical strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Infrastructure, DevOps, and Tooling teams while promoting a collaborative engineering culture.
• Define and execute the infrastructure strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with product, robotics R&D, and business objectives.
• Ensure the reliability, scalability, security, compliance, and cost-effectiveness of all infrastructure platforms and services.
• Establish best practices for CI/CD pipelines, observability, monitoring, automation, and overall developer experience.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership in infrastructure architecture, automation, and critical technical projects.
• Collaborate with software, robotics, AI/ML, and product teams to maintain stable and efficient development and production environments.
• Guide architectural decisions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise infrastructure landscapes.
• Mentor engineers through technical coaching, regular feedback, design discussions, and code reviews.
• Partner with the recruiting organization to support hiring and scaling of engineering teams.
• Continuously improve infrastructure processes, tooling, operational readiness, and platform performance.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong background in Infrastructure, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or related technical domains.
• Several years of experience leading engineering teams and supporting the growth of technical talent.
• Hands-on expertise with Linux environments, Kubernetes (AKS), Azure, Terraform/OpenTofu, Docker, and GitOps practices.
• Experience designing and operating hybrid cloud and on-premise infrastructures for complex engineering or R&D environments.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, networking, storage, scalability, monitoring, and observability concepts.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or InfluxDB.
• Proven ability to manage and operate business-critical production systems.
• Pragmatic and solution-oriented mindset with a strong focus on long-term platform stability and scalability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in cross-functional environments.

Nice to have

• Experience with robotics, edge infrastructure, MLOps, or Nix is considered an advantage.