Engineering Manager, Platform

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Fora is the modern travel agency, empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs to build thriving travel advisory businesses. We're modernizing the $100B+ travel industry with AI woven through every part of the advisor's workflow, plus global supplier relationships, personalized training, and a vibrant community, all in one place. That's what lets advisors build businesses that scale, while their taste and service create trips no algorithm alone could plan.

At the heart of it all is our mission: to help the next generation of travel entrepreneurs turn their love for travel into a fulfilling career, whether full-time or part-time.

We're mission-driven and obsessed with our customers, and we believe humans and AI are both essential: the best work here comes from people and technology at their best, together. That's not just a philosophy about our product, it's how we build our team. Everyone at Fora gets hands‑on with frontier AI tooling as part of the job. At Fora, you'll learn to be AI-fluent, with real experience applying AI to solve problems day to day, wherever you sit in the company.

Founded in 2021, Fora has grown to a team of 250+ full‑time employees based in downtown New York City
. In 2026, we closed a $60 million Series D led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, with continued backing from Thrive Capital, Insight Partners, and Heartcore Capital. We've been named a Linked In Top Startup (2024), one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies (2023 and 2025), and one of TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies (2026).

Come build something that hasn't existed before.

Fora Travel is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and grow the Platform Team, the foundational engineering group responsible for the reliability, scalability, and developer experience that powers Fora's entire product suite. Our platform spans cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, observability systems, security, and the core tooling that lets every engineering team at Fora move fast and ship with confidence.

You will manage a team of talented engineers and work closely with Engineering leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders to set the technical direction of our platform, drive meaningful improvements to developer productivity, and ensure our systems are built to scale with the business. This role is for someone who is equally energized by developing people and staying close to the architecture.

• Lead and grow a cross‑functional platform team, managing day‑to‑day execution, setting clear priorities, and maintaining sustainable, high‑quality engineering practices.
• Stay hands‑on with architecture and technical decisions, providing meaningful guidance on infrastructure design, platform scalability, and engineering standards across the team's scope.
• Own the roadmap for foundational platform capabilities including CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, observability, secrets management, and database reliability.
• Partner with engineering teams across Fora to establish SLOs, support reliability targets, and ensure platform systems meet the demands of a growing product organization.
• Coach and develop engineers through regular feedback, mentorship, and career development, with a commitment to building a motivated and high‑performing team.
• Oversee relationships with contractors and embedded vendor resources, ensuring work is well‑scoped, integrated effectively, and held to Fora's engineering standards.
• Collaborate with security‑focused engineering efforts to ensure the platform reflects strong security and compliance practices, including network segmentation, secrets management, and access controls.
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