# Engineering Manager, Infrastructure at Formation Bio

- Company: Formation Bio
- What the company does: Building the pharma company of the future. Backed by Sequoia, a16z and Felicis.
- Company website: https://www.formation.bio/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York, NY; Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $186K to $232K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-15
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/formationbio/jobs/8167964
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/formation-bio-engineering-manager-infrastructure/

## About the role

Where We Hire Formation Bio is prioritizing hiring in key hubs, primarily the New York City and Boston metro areas, with a hybrid model requiring 3 days per week in office. Applicants from the Research Triangle (NC) and San Francisco Bay Area may also be considered. Please apply only if you reside in these locations or are willing to relocate .

## What they're looking for

- 7+ years of total experience across hands-on infrastructure/SRE work and people management, including 3+ years directly managing Site Reliability, Infrastructure, or DevOps engineers
- A track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineers, with the ability to give direct, actionable feedback and set clear expectations
- Strong operational and reliability judgment, including experience overseeing advanced diagnostics, incident response, and root cause analyses. Digital forensics is a plus, but not required
- A strong bias for automation and a low tolerance for repetitive manual work, paired with the judgment to know the rare cases when clickops is the right call and to coach your team accordingly
- Experience managing or coordinating technical projects and programs, including resource budgeting, estimates, tracking, and reporting
- Working knowledge of managing workloads in AWS and Snowflake. Experience with Azure, GCP, and/or Vercel is a plus

Tags: Engineering