The ad says“Hands-on experience building with AI-assisted development tools, and a clear point of view on where they help, where they don’t, and how to hold quality and security standards as output scales”
The ad says“10+ years of experience developing backend software applications, with deep expertise in distributed systems, APIs, and service-oriented architecture”
The ad says“10+ years of experience developing backend software applications, with deep expertise in distributed systems, APIs, and service-oriented architecture”
The ad says“10+ years of experience developing backend software applications, with deep expertise in distributed systems, APIs, and service-oriented architecture”
The ad says“Experience owning platform reliability — SLAs/SLOs, incident management, observability, and on-call practices”
The ad says“Experience owning platform reliability — SLAs/SLOs, incident management, observability, and on-call practices”
The ad says“Experience owning platform reliability — SLAs/SLOs, incident management, observability, and on-call practices”
The ad says“5+ years of experience directly managing software engineers, including experience managing a platform, infrastructure, or backend systems team”
The ad says“Experience owning platform reliability — SLAs/SLOs, incident management, observability, and on-call practices”
The ad says“10+ years of experience developing backend software applications, with deep expertise in distributed systems, APIs, and service-oriented architecture”
The ad says“Experience owning platform reliability — SLAs/SLOs, incident management, observability, and on-call practices”
As Senior Manager on the Platform side at Forma, you’ll lead the backend team responsible for the core systems that power our entire benefits platform. Your team owns the reliability, scalability, and performance of the backend systems that every product and customer-facing team builds on
Under your leadership, the team will drive end-to-end ownership of these services from architecture through deployment and operational excellence. You’ll work closely with Engineering leadership, Product Management, Security, Customer Operations and other engineering teams to ensure our platform can scale reliably as we grow
You’ll also shape how the team builds, not just what it builds — AI-assisted development is changing the volume and shape of code flowing into our systems, and Platform owns the guardrails that keep that change safe
Own the product strategy and roadmap for backend platform services, balancing scalability, reliability, security, with business outcomes across the org
Translate platform strategy into a practical execution plan with quarterly OKRs, and hold the team accountable to delivery
Champion engineering excellence — driving best practices in system design, code quality, testing, and operational readiness across services, including an explicit bar for how AI-assisted code is specified, reviewed, and verified before it reaches production
Partner cross-functionally with other engineering teams to define platform APIs, shared services, and infrastructure that support company-wide product velocity
Manage and grow a team of backend engineers, providing performance feedback, hiring, and fostering a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive team culture
Build trust and a strong engineering culture, coaching engineers toward technical and career growth, including deliberate investment in the skills AI doesn’t replace: problem framing, debugging from first principles, and architectural judgment
Own the operational model for platform reliability: uptime, incident response, on-call processes, and postmortems, ensuring the platform meets the performance and availability bar the business needs
Develop and track engineering and platform health metrics to drive continuous improvement toward world-class enterprise infrastructure
Set up processes to handle ad hoc infrastructure and support needs without disrupting the team’s execution cadence
Benefits
Remote Friendly
Health Care
Flexible PTO
Parental Leave
Lifestyle Stipend
Team Building Stipend
Productivity Stipend
Career Opportunities
Preferred experience
10+ years of experience developing backend software applications, with deep expertise in distributed systems, APIs, and service-oriented architecture
Proven success driving technical strategy and innovation in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
Hands-on experience building with AI-assisted development tools, and a clear point of view on where they help, where they don’t, and how to hold quality and security standards as output scales
Ability to foster a collaborative environment through strong partnerships with Product, Security, and other Engineering teams
Fintech experience would be a plus
5+ years of experience directly managing software engineers, including experience managing a platform, infrastructure, or backend systems team
Proven track record of building and scaling large-scale, complex distributed systems in a production environment
Experience developing engineering talent and helping them achieve their personal and professional goals through hiring, coaching, and performance management
You’re encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns
