Engineering Manager, Platform

Lime is the largest global shared micromobility business, operating in close to 30 countries across five continents. We’re on a mission to build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free. Our electric bikes and scooters have powered more than one billion rides in cities around the world. Named a 2025 Time 100 Most Influential Company, Lime continues to set the pace for shared micromobility globally, spurring a new generation of clean alternatives to car ownership.

We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager, Platform to lead our Platform Engineering team responsible for designing, building, and scaling the foundational systems that power our global fleet and the diverse operational and business use cases surrounding it.

You’ll oversee the core infrastructure, developer experience, and ML platform functions enabling our engineering and data teams to build, deploy, and scale products efficiently and reliably. This role combines strategic leadership with technical depth, making it ideal for someone passionate about scaling systems and delivering high cross-organizational impact in a fast-moving environment.

What You'll Do:

• Lead, mentor, and scale a team of software engineers focused on cloud infrastructure, developer productivity, and ML platform enablement.

• Own the platform roadmap by defining goals, setting priorities, and aligning initiatives with key business stakeholders

• Drive CI/CD, developer experience, and observability strategy to boost engineering speed and resilience.

• Champion best practices in infrastructure as code, incident management, cost optimization, and cloud security.

• Drive innovation through infrastructure automation and ML platform capabilities to support evolving business needs.

• Foster a strong engineering culture grounded in collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Partner with Security, Compliance, and Finance teams to maintain and enforce SOX-compliant change management and access control processes.

About You:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

• 7+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, and DevOps engineering, with at least 2+ years in a technical leadership or management role.

• Proven success building and scaling cloud infrastructure on AWS for production systems.

• Experience with infrastructure as code, containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, etc.), and database technologies

• Hands-on experience developing, maintaining, and debugging systems using Ruby and Python.

• Experience building and scaling developer tools and workflows (CI/CD, developer portals, observability).

• Familiarity with machine learning infrastructure and data pipelines

• Proven track record managing teams that deliver complex, reliable, and scalable systems.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Passion for mentoring engineers and fostering a collaborative, inclusive team environment.

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to drive technical decisions with a business focus.

U.S. Based Candidate - What We Offer

• Comprehensive Health & Wellness: A choice of medical, dental, and vision plans, with Lime covering 100% of the employee-only premium for many plans. We also provide company-paid life and disability insurance and company-funded mental health benefits.

• Financial & Retirement Planning: 401(k) plan with both pre-tax and Roth options, and access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a monthly company contribution.

• Family & Fertility Support: Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents, plus fertility and family-forming benefits.

• Time Off & Flexibility: Flexible vacation policy for exempt employees, paid sick time, and a calendar of paid company holidays.

• Unique Lime Perks: Complimentary use of Lime vehicles in participating cities, a monthly phone allowance, dedicated learning and development days, and access to perks including One Medical, Wellhub, and Headspace.

Note: Benefits and perks vary depending on role, location, and plan eligibility.

Annual performance bonus, equity and benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, depending on the position offered. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the candidate’s location of residence, the successful candidate's skills, experience and other qualifications. In addition to base salary, some roles may be eligible for a variable performance-bonus based on a combination of company performance, employee performance, and management discretion.

Lime considers all qualified applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act, and all other applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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If you want to make an impact, Lime is the place for you. Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? If this role excites you we encourage you to apply. Explore all opportunities on our career page.

Lime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe different perspectives help us grow and achieve more. That’s why we’re dedicated to building and developing a team that reflects a wider range of backgrounds, abilities, identities, and experiences. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or hiring process, please email [email protected] for assistance.