Manager, Software Engineering in United States (# 4377)

About Us

RB Global (NYSE: RBA) (TSX: RBA) is a leading, omnichannel marketplace that provides value-added insights, services and transaction solutions for buyers and sellers of commercial assets and vehicles worldwide. Through its auction sites in 13 countries and digital platform, RB Global serves customers in more than 170 countries across a variety of asset classes, including automotive, commercial transportation, construction, government surplus, lifting and material handling, energy, mining and agriculture.

                                                                                                                                                                                            The company’s marketplace brands include Ritchie Bros., the world’s largest auctioneer of commercial assets and vehicles offering online bidding, and IAA, a leading global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers. RB Global’s portfolio of brands also includes Rouse Services, which provides a complete end-to-end asset management, data-driven intelligence and performance benchmarking system; SmartEquip, an innovative technology platform that supports customers’ management of the equipment lifecycle and integrates parts procurement with both OEMs and dealers; Xcira, a leader in live simulcast auction technologies; and Veritread, an online marketplace for heavy haul transport.

RB Global full-time employees are offered medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurances. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan and RB Global will match 100% for the first 4% contributed.  Employees will also receive 15 days of PTO each year.

Job Description

The Engineering Manager, Infrastructure manages day-to-day task assignments and support duties related to our Cloud Infrastructure to ensure the availability, scalability, and reliability of our cloud-based applications.

Key Responsibilities
 

• Manage multiple cloud infrastructure projects and engineering staff.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design and implement technical solutions that align with business requirements and drive customer success.
• Perform ad hoc analysis and troubleshooting to resolve issues with deployed systems, including security, performance, and networking issues.
• Respond off-hours to alerts for our infrastructure.
• Mentor and provide direction to other Infrastructure Engineering team members.
• Be the standard bearer for Infrastructure Engineering team coding, documentation, and Infrastructure as Code practices.

Skills and Experience
 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Expert level knowledge of one of the major public cloud technologies (AWS/GCP preferred).
• Hands on experience with Linux.
• Hands on experience with Kubernetes.
• Strong programming skills in one or more languages such as Python, Go.
• Proven experience in implementing cloud governance and DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation).
• At least one year of experience managing cloud infrastructure engineers.
• Solid understanding of SRE principles and practices, including monitoring, incident response, capacity planning, and performance optimization.

Expected Outcomes (first 12 months)

• Maintain and enhance cloud infrastructure practices, ensuring adherence to company standards.
• Keep up with daily needs of our operational team(s).
• Supervise other infrastructure engineers and grow the team as needed.
• Be active in the Rouse Engineering community, performing code reviews and sharing knowledge.