Manager, DevOps at Guild.xyz

<div class="content-intro"><p>To thrive as a company and meet our impact goals, we must cultivate a culture of high-performance. You can read about our culture principles <a href="https://guild.com/careers" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>We know managers are often the single-largest driver of employee satisfaction and growth, and our talent is our biggest asset. Because of that, we’ve identified consistent expectations for all of <a href="https://guild.com/careers/people-manager-expectations">Guild’s people managers</a> — helping you know what to expect from your experience here.</p> <p>If you are an Internal Candidate, please apply via our <a href="../../internal_job_board">Internal Job Board</a>. </p> <p>----</p></div><p><strong>Manager, DevOps</strong></p> <p>Guild is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our DevOps team. This role involves overseeing our cloud infrastructure, automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and platform services. The ideal candidate will possess expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), security, automation, networking, and cloud governance. The Engineering Manager will collaborate with engineering, security, and product leaders to ensure DevOps initiatives align with business goals and advance Guild’s cloud platform.</p> <p><strong>Role Responsibilities</strong></p> <p><strong>People Leadership & Team Growth</strong></p> <ul> <li>Develop, mentor, and grow a high-performing DevOps team, fostering technical culture and career progression.</li> <li>Build redundancy and skill diversity within the team to ensure knowledge sharing.</li> <li>Champion and set performance expectations, guiding engineers in accountability, ownership, and execution.</li> <li>Lead through ambiguity and change, maintaining focus on long-term goals.</li> </ul> <p><strong>AWS Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Ownership</strong></p> <ul> <li>Oversee and ensure Guild’s cloud infrastructure is scalable, cost-efficient, and secure.</li> <li>Own and optimize Guild’s multi-account AWS cloud strategy for secure, scalable, and efficient networking and service connectivity.</li> <li>Drive IaC best practices to align cloud resources with security and compliance.</li> <li>Ensure system reliability, security, and performance, while proactively addressing operational risks and technical debt.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Automation, CI/CD & Observability Enablement</strong></p> <ul> <li>Ensure fast, secure, and scalable build and deployment pipelines for all engineering teams.</li> <li>Improve DevOps automation