Engineering Manager - NoSQL Databases

What your day will look like

• You will lead a team building scalable data solutions for Kubernetes and cloud machines
• You will hire, coach, mentor, provide feedback, and lead your team by example
• You will demonstrate sound engineering skill by directly contributing code when needed
• Effectively set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
• Advocate modern, agile software development practices
• Develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
• Ensure that your team delivers excellent products that users love by maintaining a culture of quality and engineering excellence
• Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture aligned with the company's values.
• Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organization
• Work from home with global travel twice yearly, for internal events of one or two weeks duration

What we are looking for in you

• A software engineering background, preferably with Python and Golang experience
• Experience running in production and at scale, preferably databases, preferably NoSQL
• Excellent judgement about people - their motivations, abilities, developmental needs, and prospects for success
• Proven ability to build high-quality, open-source software
• Proven to drive good engineering practices around performance and quality
• An open-minded attitude to new technologies and the drive to push the boundaries of what is possible
• The ambition to build products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhere
• Love developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it
• Knowledgeable and passionate about software development

Additional Skills That You Might Also Bring

• Specialist knowledge in one or more of MongoDB, OpenSearch, and Redis
• Prior experience working with open source and a will to build products with the community