Role overview

Engineering Manager- Data Platform

Requirements and responsibilities

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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 Big Data or MySQL
  • 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 Spark, Superset, MySQL, or similar
  • Prior experience working with open source and a will to build products with the community

What we offer you

  • Fully remote working environment - we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
  • Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
  • Annual compensation review
  • Recognition rewards
  • Annual holiday leave
  • Parental Leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at ‘sprints’
  • Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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FocusCharm EngineeringRole area
Seniority signalLeadCandidate level
StackGolang, Kubernetes, PythonPrimary skills
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