# The Management Poles of Developer Infrastructure Teams

DevFeed: [The Management Poles of Developer Infrastructure Teams](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-management-poles-of-developer-infrastructure-teams-1482.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/management-poles-developer-infrastructure-teams>)

Author: Mark Côté

Published: 2022-10-28T17:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Developer Tools](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-tools.md>)

Tags: [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/management.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [support](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/support.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>), [user-research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-research.md>), [ux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ux.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>)

## AI overview

The article presents three competing management poles for developer infrastructure teams: management support, system and domain expertise, and road maps. It describes why infrastructure managers must balance coaching, operational support, and specialized team knowledge.

## Source excerpt

There are 3 management poles for developer infrastructure teams that are thus tricky to balance: management support, system and domain expertise, and road maps.