Manager, Site Reliability Engineering

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We’re looking for a Manager, Site Reliability Engineering to lead a high-performing team of 6-8 cloud platform engineers in Auckland. This team has a broad scope, covering both Site Reliability and Developer Experience — from managing CI/CD pipelines to building scalable, high-availability production environments. In this role, you’ll play a key part in ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of our global cloud-based POS SaaS platform. You’ll focus on improving the developer experience through better tools and streamlined processes, partnering with teams across the company.

You’ll ensure the team has a clear vision and roadmap, and that delivery stays on track, as well as clarifying expectations early, reducing rework and improving efficiency. You will be responsible for tracking and continuously improving key performance metrics, including developer productivity, platform stability, scalability, and cost efficiency. You’ll also play an active role in communicating with stakeholders, staying informed on company-wide initiatives that impact your team, and providing timely, constructive feedback to peers and managers.

What you’ll be doing:

- People Leadership - Lead and support a senior team of cloud platform engineers — coaching, mentoring, and driving performance and development. You’ll manage people processes like goal setting and performance reviews, while fostering a positive, high-performing team culture.
- Strategy and Roadmap - Define and execute the team’s strategic vision, aligning priorities with business goals. You’ll own the team roadmap, balancing developer experience, platform stability, and scalability — keeping projects on track and delivering impact.
- Infrastructure and Automation - Guide the design and delivery of scalable, reliable infrastructure for our global POS SaaS platform, with a strong focus on automation to improve deployment, monitoring, and operations.
- Collaboration and Communication - Work across engineering, product, and SRE teams to align on platform initiatives. You’ll lead cross-team projects and keep stakeholders informed through clear, proactive communication.

Please note that you may be required to take part in our On-Call rotation roster.

What you need to bring:

- Proven experience working independently across multiple projects and workstreams, with mínimal oversight.
- A strong track record of delivering successful projects through high-performing teams.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, specifically AWS and GCP.
- Expertise in infrastructure as code, with a focus on automation and operational efficiency.
- Experience setting long-term objectives and providing clear technical and team leadership.
- Demonstrated success in improving cross-functional processes that go beyond the boundaries of a single team.

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What’s in it for you?

Come live the Lightspeed experience...
- Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment;
- Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs everyday;
- Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.

and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:

- Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 60 days per year
- Flexible working policy
- Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year
- Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services
- Paid leave and assistance for new parents
- Free LinkedIn Learning license
- Paid Volunteer day
- Complimentary breakfast and lunch options, along with fresh fruits, snacks, and beverages stocked in the office
- Exciting events hosted regularly by our Auckland Culture Club
- Secure, full-time parking facilities
- Brand new office space located in Newmarket (Auckland)
- Dog friendly environment

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Please note that we ask applicants to disclose any criminal convictions, and we conduct criminal record checks as part of our hiring process for this role.

Where to from here?
Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

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