Engineering Team Lead Jobs in New York
Engineering Team Lead jobs in New York are among the most active in the country, with strong demand concentrated in civil and structural infrastructure, software and systems engineering, and advanced manufacturing across a wide range from senior engineer stepping into leadership through director-level team lead. The largest hiring metros are New York City, Buffalo, and Albany, where established employers such as Consolidated Edison, IBM, and Lockheed Martin maintain significant engineering operations. The most sought-after specialties in New York are infrastructure and utilities engineering, software engineering leadership, and defense systems development. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Engineering Team Lead - Cloud Stability
Location
New York
Business Area
Engineering and CTO
Ref #
10050575
Description & Requirements
The Cloud Stability team is essential, managing Bloomberg’s private cloud, a massive, critical infrastructure hosting over 100k virtual machines that underpin Bloomberg's most vital applications, including the flagship Terminal and News systems. The team's core mission is to efficiently guarantee the high-availability infrastructure that all clients depend on. Key responsibilities include ensuring reliability of cloud services, establishing comprehensive observability across the fleet, managing infrastructure maintenance and failure response, and executing predictive capacity planning. The team drives this through extensive automation built on tools like Ansible, Airflow, and Flask. The private cloud consists of two key offerings: Bloomberg Cloud Compute (BCC), an in-house cloud leveraging open source technologies such as OpenStack and Ceph, and a VMWare-based commercial software cloud.
We are seeking an experienced Team Lead for the Cloud Stability team based out of New York. This leadership role is pivotal: you will define and drive the strategic execution for running the private cloud, ensuring it continuously enables the vast majority of engineering workflows within Bloomberg. Furthermore, you will be trusted to articulate a future-state vision for the Bloomberg cloud's operation and forge critical partnerships across internal and external teams to realize that vision.
Some of our initiatives include:
- Set a strategy for capacity management that takes into account changes in real time capacity and planned demand
- Develop orchestration to coordinate competing automation
- Enable twice annual reboots of a fleet of ~7k servers
- Expand BCC’s global footprint with new production clusters
As a Team Lead, we’ll trust you to:
- Inspire and motivate the team to achieve outstanding results, while supporting individual growth and development.
- Build partnerships with internal teams, and external stakeholders so that problems are well understood and solutions are aligned with expectations.
- Organize and prioritize the backlog of work with the team and stakeholders so that the most important and impactful work is addressed first
- Work with the engineers in the team to deliver high quality solutions that adhere to best practices.
- Develop a vision of an optimally run cloud and a roadmap for getting there.
You'll need to have:
- At least 4+ years experience as a Team Lead of a software development team
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technology field
- Ability to foster a collaborative team environment; through driving a strong culture of teamwork and taking advantage of team diversity
- Ability to effectively listen, communicate, challenge, and influence team members, peers, and senior managers
- Experience building trust based relationships with stakeholders to pave the way for cross team collaboration and alignment
- A solid foundation in software development, including best practices, code quality, modular design, testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and maintainability.
- Ability to reason about system behavior, failure domains, and scaling characteristics, enabling effective guidance on stability, reliability, and performance.
- Architectural fluency across compute, storage, networking, & orchestration technologies.
We'd love to see experience in:
- Openstack
- Cloud infrastructure or SRE team
- Virtual networking, Software Defined Networking
- Workflow orchestrators such as Airflow and AWX/Ansible
- Unix and distributed systems
- Agile Scrum
Salary Range
200000 - 300000 USD Annually + Benefits + Bonus
The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.
We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that may include merit increases, incentive compensation (exempt roles only), paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.
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Engineering Team Lead - Cloud Stability
Location
New York
Business Area
Engineering and CTO
Ref #
10050575
Description & Requirements
The Cloud Stability team is essential, managing Bloomberg’s private cloud, a massive, critical infrastructure hosting over 100k virtual machines that underpin Bloomberg's most vital applications, including the flagship Terminal and News systems. The team's core mission is to efficiently guarantee the high-availability infrastructure that all clients depend on. Key responsibilities include ensuring reliability of cloud services, establishing comprehensive observability across the fleet, managing infrastructure maintenance and failure response, and executing predictive capacity planning. The team drives this through extensive automation built on tools like Ansible, Airflow, and Flask. The private cloud consists of two key offerings: Bloomberg Cloud Compute (BCC), an in-house cloud leveraging open source technologies such as OpenStack and Ceph, and a VMWare-based commercial software cloud.
We are seeking an experienced Team Lead for the Cloud Stability team based out of New York. This leadership role is pivotal: you will define and drive the strategic execution for running the private cloud, ensuring it continuously enables the vast majority of engineering workflows within Bloomberg. Furthermore, you will be trusted to articulate a future-state vision for the Bloomberg cloud's operation and forge critical partnerships across internal and external teams to realize that vision.
Some of our initiatives include:
- Set a strategy for capacity management that takes into account changes in real time capacity and planned demand
- Develop orchestration to coordinate competing automation
- Enable twice annual reboots of a fleet of ~7k servers
- Expand BCC’s global footprint with new production clusters
As a Team Lead, we’ll trust you to:
- Inspire and motivate the team to achieve outstanding results, while supporting individual growth and development.
- Build partnerships with internal teams, and external stakeholders so that problems are well understood and solutions are aligned with expectations.
- Organize and prioritize the backlog of work with the team and stakeholders so that the most important and impactful work is addressed first
- Work with the engineers in the team to deliver high quality solutions that adhere to best practices.
- Develop a vision of an optimally run cloud and a roadmap for getting there.
You'll need to have:
- At least 4+ years experience as a Team Lead of a software development team
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technology field
- Ability to foster a collaborative team environment; through driving a strong culture of teamwork and taking advantage of team diversity
- Ability to effectively listen, communicate, challenge, and influence team members, peers, and senior managers
- Experience building trust based relationships with stakeholders to pave the way for cross team collaboration and alignment
- A solid foundation in software development, including best practices, code quality, modular design, testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and maintainability.
- Ability to reason about system behavior, failure domains, and scaling characteristics, enabling effective guidance on stability, reliability, and performance.
- Architectural fluency across compute, storage, networking, & orchestration technologies.
We'd love to see experience in:
- Openstack
- Cloud infrastructure or SRE team
- Virtual networking, Software Defined Networking
- Workflow orchestrators such as Airflow and AWX/Ansible
- Unix and distributed systems
- Agile Scrum
Salary Range
200000 - 300000 USD Annually + Benefits + Bonus
The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.
We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that may include merit increases, incentive compensation (exempt roles only), paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.
Discover what makes Bloomberg unique - watch our for an inside look at our culture, values, and the people behind our success.
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Engineering Team Lead Job Market in New York
A snapshot from current New York openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- LaBella Associates7
- Bloomberg5
- Popli Design5
- MongoDB3
- Stantec3
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services16
- Construction & Real Estate9
- Technology & Software7
- Banking & Financial Services3
- Media & Entertainment2
What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in engineering team lead jobs across New York.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related field required by most New York employers
- Professional Engineer license issued or recognized in New York preferred for infrastructure and civil roles
- Five or more years of hands-on engineering experience in a relevant technical discipline
- Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring engineers on multi-disciplinary project teams
- Proficiency with project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, or PMP-aligned frameworks
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional stakeholder collaboration in New York organizations
Engineering Team Lead Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a engineering team lead in New York?
Most engineering team lead roles in New York require a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline followed by several years of technical experience before moving into leadership. For civil, structural, or utilities roles, holding a Professional Engineer license issued by the New York State Education Department's Office of the Professions strengthens candidacy significantly and is often required. For software and systems engineering team leads, a strong portfolio of delivered projects and experience mentoring junior engineers typically substitutes for formal licensure.
How much do engineering team leads make in New York?
Engineering team leads in New York earn a median of about $175,710 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $128,500 for the lowest 10% to over $274,870 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire engineering team leads in New York?
Employers hiring engineering team leads in New York right now include LaBella Associates, Bloomberg, and Popli Design, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. New York's concentration of large utility companies, defense contractors, and technology firms means steady, ongoing demand for engineering leadership roles across the state.
Which New York cities have the most engineering team lead jobs?
New York, Buffalo, and Syracuse have the most engineering team lead openings in New York. New York City drives the largest share through its density of infrastructure, finance technology, and consulting firms, while Buffalo and Albany see consistent demand from defense contractors, state infrastructure projects, and large manufacturing employers anchored in those regions.
Are there remote engineering team lead jobs in New York?
Yes, though availability depends heavily on the specialty. About 17% of engineering team lead openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, with software and systems engineering leadership most likely to offer flexible arrangements. Civil, utilities, and manufacturing team lead roles typically require on-site presence due to the hands-on nature of the work.
How can I get hired as a engineering team lead in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic path is moving into a lead role from a senior individual contributor position within a New York employer, rather than applying externally as a first-time lead. Large New York organizations such as Consolidated Edison, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and major defense contractors regularly promote engineers into team lead roles from within. Building project ownership experience, earning a Professional Engineer license through the New York State Education Department, and volunteering to mentor junior colleagues makes the transition far more credible to hiring managers.
Where can I find and apply to engineering team lead jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to engineering team lead jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across New York City, Buffalo, Albany, and other hiring centers throughout the state. Find the roles that fit your experience and apply directly to each one.
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