# Engineering Manager, Infrastructure at Kikoff

- Company: Kikoff
- What the company does: Kikoff's credit building app is the the fastest way to build credit safely, with plans from $5/month. Backed by Lightspeed.
- Company website: https://kikoff.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-11
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kikoff/jobs/4362565009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kikoff-engineering-manager-infrastructure/

## About the role

Kikoff's infrastructure team builds the systems that enable engineering teams to move quickly without sacrificing reliability, security, or cost discipline. The team owns five connected areas: Observability, Developer Productivity, Compute Infrastructure, Networking and Storage, and Data Infrastructure.

## What they're looking for

- A strong first principles infrastructure foundation. You can review code and designs, make architecture decisions, and contribute directly when needed
- Experience operating consequential production systems, responding to incidents, and improving what remained after the immediate problem was solved
- A track record of hiring, coaching, and developing strong engineers. You know what good looks like and can help people get there
- Experience setting technical direction and turning ambiguous infrastructure problems into a roadmap the team can execute
- Comfort making decisions with incomplete information and changing course when the evidence changes
- Clear, direct communication with engineers, leadership, and cross-functional partners

Tags: Engineering