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i3D.net is hiring a Software Engineering Manager - Infrastructure

About the Role

This role involves leading engineering teams responsible for building and maintaining scalable infrastructure systems that support high-performance online services. The manager will drive technical strategy, team development, and operational reliability across global platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and mentor multiple software engineering teams working on core infrastructure platforms.
  • Drive engineering excellence through code quality, system design, and operational best practices.
  • Collaborate with product and technical leaders to define infrastructure roadmaps and priorities.
  • Oversee the development and deployment of scalable, secure, and resilient systems.
  • Lead incident response and post-mortem processes to improve system reliability.
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, automation, and DevOps principles.
  • Monitor team performance and support professional development of engineers.
  • Ensure alignment with security, compliance, and data protection standards.
  • Guide technical decision-making for infrastructure architecture and tooling.
  • Facilitate cross-team collaboration to resolve complex technical challenges.
  • Promote observability, monitoring, and proactive issue detection across systems.
  • Support capacity planning and performance optimization initiatives.
  • Evaluate and integrate new technologies to enhance platform capabilities.
  • Maintain documentation standards for infrastructure configurations and processes.
  • Drive adoption of cloud-native technologies and containerized environments.
  • Balance technical debt management with feature delivery timelines.
  • Lead sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives using agile methodologies.
  • Ensure on-call processes are effective and sustainable for engineering teams.
  • Represent engineering in executive discussions and strategic planning sessions.
  • Champion innovation while maintaining system stability and uptime.
  • Coordinate disaster recovery planning and infrastructure resilience testing.
  • Optimize CI/CD pipelines for faster, safer deployments.
  • Encourage knowledge sharing and cross-functional training programs.
  • Work closely with SRE and platform teams to streamline operations.
  • Support recruitment and onboarding of skilled software engineers.

Nice to Have

  • Master’s degree in a technical or management-related discipline.
  • Experience managing teams across different geographic regions.
  • Background in gaming, hosting, or real-time online services infrastructure.
  • Leadership experience in high-growth or scaling technology organizations.
  • Public speaking or conference presentation experience.
  • Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects.
  • Certifications in cloud architecture or DevOps practices.
  • Hands-on experience with service mesh and API gateway technologies.
  • Knowledge of edge computing and content delivery networks.
  • Experience with large-scale data center operations.

Compensation

Competitive salary with performance-based bonuses and comprehensive benefits package.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with flexibility for remote and office-based collaboration.

Team

Part of a global technology team delivering infrastructure solutions for high-availability online services.

About Us

We power online services for millions of users worldwide, delivering low-latency, high-availability infrastructure for real-time applications.

What We Offer

Opportunities for professional growth, a collaborative engineering culture, access to cutting-edge technologies, and a global impact on digital services infrastructure.

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About company
i3D.net

We started i3D.net in 2004 with a simple goal: to improve gaming experiences by hosting the best consumer game servers available.

Our growth into the largest game server provider in the Benelux region quickly drew the attention of leading game publishers. Before long, companies such as EA, THQ, and Ubisoft began relying on our infrastructure to deliver seamless online experiences for titles like Battlefield and Rainbow Six.

Over time, we expanded beyond gaming to support a wide range of performance-critical applications, including real-time voice and video, AI inference, and enterprise IT infrastructure. Today, we provide globally distributed, high-performance digital infrastructure services engineered for reliability, low latency, and scalability.

We are committed to delivering infrastructure solutions that empower developers and organizations to focus on innovation, while we handle the complexities of performance, security, and global reach.

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Job Details
Department CEO Leadership
Category management
Posted 6 months ago