Engineering Manager - Building Scalable Systems - Data Platform/Data Engineering/Kafka
Job details
As an Engineering Manager for the Infrastructure and Platform team, you will lead a talented group of engineers in building and maintaining scalable, high-performance systems essential to delivering global, multi-cloud solutions. Your work will involve creating and operating infrastructure that supports automated builds, testing, and deployment pipelines, ensuring reliable and efficient delivery of software releases. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will play a key role in developing infrastructure, enabling seamless product launches, and fostering an outstanding team culture. Key Responsibilities:
- Build and lead a high-performing engineering team to develop and maintain critical infrastructure for scalable and efficient software releases.
- Partner with development teams to improve the release lifecycle, enhance workflows, and ensure quality delivery.
- Lead release efforts, overseeing the deployment of standard and specialized runtimes while maintaining high-quality standards.
- Attract, hire, and develop top-tier engineering talent to build a cohesive, innovative, and productive team.
- Implement robust processes to execute product strategies, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and goals.
- Manage technical debt, long-term architecture decisions, and balance product roadmap priorities with engineering capabilities.
- Develop and oversee automated systems for building, testing, and deploying software across cloud environments.
- Utilize internal tools and data to analyze deployment metrics and optimize safety and efficiency.
- Set and uphold best practices for release lifecycles, cadence, and workflows to meet corporate objectives.
- Enhance operational efficiency and engineering workflows to support key organizational initiatives.
- Build a scalable, reliable, and high-quality release infrastructure tailored to multi-cloud environments.
- Foster a culture of engineering excellence and innovation within the team.
- Drive improvements to product release processes, ensuring high availability and reliability.
- Collaborate across teams to address cross-cutting challenges and deliver impactful solutions.
- At least 4+ years of experience building and leading engineering teams.
- Proficiency with cloud APIs and technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Experience with deployment infrastructure tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, Bazel, or similar.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and containerized environments.
- Strong ability to attract, hire, and coach top-tier engineering talent.
- Experience scaling engineering organizations and fostering team growth.
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