Klaviyo
Engineering Manager, Developer Infrastructure
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About Klaviyo Klaviyo is a leading marketing automation platform that helps businesses grow by delivering personalized experiences. Our mission is to empower creators to own their destiny. We believe in providing an exceptional developer experience that enables our engineering teams to build and ship high‑quality software efficiently and with confidence.
About the Team The Developer Infrastructure team at Klaviyo is at the heart of our engineering organization, dedicated to accelerating Klaviyo development. We build and maintain the "paved path" that allows engineers to maximize their focus on business objectives by minimizing time spent on build and deployment systems, foundational software "building blocks," and development environments. Our core pillars are
Speed, Quality, and AI Enablement , aiming to empower engineers with efficient, high‑quality tools that enhance productivity and drive business growth.
What You'll Do
Strategic Leadership: Define the technical vision and roadmap for developer infrastructure, aligning with Klaviyo's overarching engineering and business goals.
Enhance Developer Productivity: Drive initiatives to improve platform cycle time metrics across the board, including PR CI Speed, Human Code Review Pickup Time, and Commit Velocity by Repo. This involves a relentless focus on reducing toil and increasing engineering efficiency.
Optimize Development Environments: Champion the improvement of local development environments, addressing challenges such as complex service setups and ephemeral test environments.
Platform Ownership: Oversee platform and dependency upgrades for our major languages, ensuring performance, security, and developer efficiency.
Streamline CI/CD Pipelines: Lead the evolution of our Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
Team Management You will own the day‑to‑day operations, team mentoring and coaching, and help the engineers on your team grow their careers.
What You'll Bring
5+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in a Senior Management or similar role, preferably in developer infrastructure or platform engineering. Experience leading other engineering managers.
Deep understanding of modern software development practices, including CI/CD, local development environments, and cloud infrastructure (AWS).
Hands‑on coding with proficiency in Python, Typescript, and/or Go.
Experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and related deployment platforms.
Track record of diagnosing and solving complex technical challenges related to developer workflows, build systems, and testing.
Ability to inspire, mentor, and grow a team of highly skilled engineers, fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate technical strategies, influence stakeholders, and facilitate cross‑functional collaboration.
Experience experimenting with AI in work or personal projects; enthusiasm to explore new AI tools and workflows responsibly.
Nice to Have
Experience with specific tools such as Pants, FastAPI, Django, React, Terraform, Buildkite.
Background in performance optimization.
Familiarity with complex data management for testing, including large datasets and production‑like data replication.
Experience with frontend development workflows, particularly with React and tools like Cypress or Jest in Fender.
We use Covey as part of our hiring and/or promotional process. For jobs or candidates in NYC, certain features may qualify it as an AEDT. As part of the evaluation process we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound on April 3, 2025.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Base Pay Range For US Locations:
$188,000—$282,000 USD
To learn more about the salary and compensation details, please discuss with your recruiter during the hiring process.
Get to Know Klaviyo We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay‑vee‑oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first‑party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.
AI fluency at Klaviyo includes responsible use of AI (including privacy, security, bias awareness, and human‑in‑the‑loop). We provide accommodations as needed.
Klaviyo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non‑discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Our company takes the security and privacy of job applicants very seriously. We will never ask for payment, bank details, or personal financial information as part of the application process. All our legitimate job postings can be found on our official career site. Please be cautious of job offers that come from non‑company email addresses (@klaviyo.com), instant messaging platforms, or unsolicited calls.
By clicking "Submit Application" you consent to Klaviyo processing your Personal Data in accordance with our Job Applicant Privacy Notice. If you do not wish for Klaviyo to process your Personal Data, please do not submit an application.
Seniority level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Marketing Services
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Engineering Manager, Developer Infrastructure
role at
Klaviyo .
3 days ago. Be among the first 25 applicants.
Get AI‑powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.
About Klaviyo Klaviyo is a leading marketing automation platform that helps businesses grow by delivering personalized experiences. Our mission is to empower creators to own their destiny. We believe in providing an exceptional developer experience that enables our engineering teams to build and ship high‑quality software efficiently and with confidence.
About the Team The Developer Infrastructure team at Klaviyo is at the heart of our engineering organization, dedicated to accelerating Klaviyo development. We build and maintain the "paved path" that allows engineers to maximize their focus on business objectives by minimizing time spent on build and deployment systems, foundational software "building blocks," and development environments. Our core pillars are
Speed, Quality, and AI Enablement , aiming to empower engineers with efficient, high‑quality tools that enhance productivity and drive business growth.
What You'll Do
Strategic Leadership: Define the technical vision and roadmap for developer infrastructure, aligning with Klaviyo's overarching engineering and business goals.
Enhance Developer Productivity: Drive initiatives to improve platform cycle time metrics across the board, including PR CI Speed, Human Code Review Pickup Time, and Commit Velocity by Repo. This involves a relentless focus on reducing toil and increasing engineering efficiency.
Optimize Development Environments: Champion the improvement of local development environments, addressing challenges such as complex service setups and ephemeral test environments.
Platform Ownership: Oversee platform and dependency upgrades for our major languages, ensuring performance, security, and developer efficiency.
Streamline CI/CD Pipelines: Lead the evolution of our Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
Team Management You will own the day‑to‑day operations, team mentoring and coaching, and help the engineers on your team grow their careers.
What You'll Bring
5+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in a Senior Management or similar role, preferably in developer infrastructure or platform engineering. Experience leading other engineering managers.
Deep understanding of modern software development practices, including CI/CD, local development environments, and cloud infrastructure (AWS).
Hands‑on coding with proficiency in Python, Typescript, and/or Go.
Experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and related deployment platforms.
Track record of diagnosing and solving complex technical challenges related to developer workflows, build systems, and testing.
Ability to inspire, mentor, and grow a team of highly skilled engineers, fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate technical strategies, influence stakeholders, and facilitate cross‑functional collaboration.
Experience experimenting with AI in work or personal projects; enthusiasm to explore new AI tools and workflows responsibly.
Nice to Have
Experience with specific tools such as Pants, FastAPI, Django, React, Terraform, Buildkite.
Background in performance optimization.
Familiarity with complex data management for testing, including large datasets and production‑like data replication.
Experience with frontend development workflows, particularly with React and tools like Cypress or Jest in Fender.
We use Covey as part of our hiring and/or promotional process. For jobs or candidates in NYC, certain features may qualify it as an AEDT. As part of the evaluation process we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound on April 3, 2025.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Base Pay Range For US Locations:
$188,000—$282,000 USD
To learn more about the salary and compensation details, please discuss with your recruiter during the hiring process.
Get to Know Klaviyo We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay‑vee‑oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first‑party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.
AI fluency at Klaviyo includes responsible use of AI (including privacy, security, bias awareness, and human‑in‑the‑loop). We provide accommodations as needed.
Klaviyo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non‑discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Our company takes the security and privacy of job applicants very seriously. We will never ask for payment, bank details, or personal financial information as part of the application process. All our legitimate job postings can be found on our official career site. Please be cautious of job offers that come from non‑company email addresses (@klaviyo.com), instant messaging platforms, or unsolicited calls.
By clicking "Submit Application" you consent to Klaviyo processing your Personal Data in accordance with our Job Applicant Privacy Notice. If you do not wish for Klaviyo to process your Personal Data, please do not submit an application.
Seniority level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Marketing Services
#J-18808-Ljbffr