Platform Engineer Manager
RoadRunner Recycling Inc.
$160,000–$205,000from the description
Jul 7, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A management role leading a platform engineering team responsible for the infrastructure and tooling that supports product development. Day-to-day work is primarily people management — coaching and directing engineers — alongside infrastructure design and oversight using technologies such as AWS, Terraform, Docker, and DataDog. Suits an experienced engineering manager with a hands-on platform or DevSecOps background who can also engage with cross-functional technical roadmap planning.
Senior level · 7+ years · Remote · Full-time
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 4,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 2,400–6,000
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The title 'Platform Engineering Manager' carries no explicit seniority level word, so the title states no level; the actual requirements (7+ years in the field, 3+ years managing, direct reports, CTO reporting line) support a Senior band.
AWS, Terraform, Docker, and Datadog are listed together under the hard-requirements block as 'relevant or similar technologies' — the 'or similar' qualifier means the specific tool is interchangeable, but hands-on experience with a platform engineering toolset at this level is a hard gate.
Data engineering/application architecture and MLOps experience are explicitly marked 'Preferred' in the posting.
The role has direct reports and a people-management mandate (75% of time managing/leading/mentoring), making 11-3021 the primary SOC; 15-1252 is the runner-up given the hands-on platform/infrastructure design duties (10% of time).
Compensation is stated as $160k–$205k with an annual bonus; the bonus amount is unspecified.
Several US states and Puerto Rico are explicitly excluded from candidacy; the role is otherwise fully remote within the US.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): data engineering.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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