Nathan Hruby is a hands-on senior engineering manager with 14 years building cloud and infrastructure platforms for SaaS startups, currently leading teams at CaptivateIQ while advising as Principal at Platform OnDemand. He specializes in bridging infrastructure and business needs—designing reliable, scalable systems that are both growth-ready and pleasant for engineers to use. His background spans site reliability, DevSecOps, and product reliability across companies like ClickUp, HashiCorp, and SetSail, giving him deep operational and platform experience. Powered by curiosity, pragmatism, and kindness, he combines technical rigor with empathetic leadership and a knack for reducing cognitive load in complex systems. An unusual detail: his BA in Drama & Theatre informs his communication style and team coaching, and he’s the sort of engineer who literally overthinks typos.
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Nathan Hruby - Senior Engineering Manager at CaptivateIQ