Engineering Manager

We're looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the development of highly scalable, reliable, and secure platform services and database connectors that power mission-critical data pipelines for thousands of enterprise customers. These pipelines connect to modern data warehouses such as Snowflake, BigQuery, and Databricks, as well as data lakes like Apache Iceberg. This is a rare opportunity to own and build foundational systems, solve complex engineering challenges, and lead a high-impact team delivering best-in-class performance at scale. You will play a central role in shaping our platform vision, driving high accountability, and fostering a culture of technical excellence and high performance while working closely with cross-functional stakeholders across product, program, support, and business teams.

Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Team Development: Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of software engineers who take pride in ownership and delivering impact.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure operational excellence through proactive monitoring, automated processes, and a culture of continuous improvement with strong accountability.
• Quality and Delivery: Drive a quality-first mindset throughout the development lifecycle, from design to deployment.
• Technical Leadership: Lead architecture reviews, provide code guidance, and solve critical platform challenges.
• Distributed Systems: Build and operate multi-tenant, distributed backend systems at scale.
• Technical Expertise: Bring experience operating at the level of Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or Principal Engineer.
• Accountability and Ownership: Champion clear ownership, high accountability, and visibility across engineering and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Program, Support, and Business teams to drive alignment and execution.
• Reliability and Security: Embed observability, reliability, security, and auditability into all aspects of the platform.
• Engineering Excellence: Inspire the team to pursue best-in-class implementations and deliver measurable results.
• Performance Metrics: Define and track data-driven KPIs to measure operational efficiency, performance, and team effectiveness.
• Product Ownership: Take end-to-end ownership of product lines, ensuring on-time delivery and customer success.
• Hiring and Team Growth: Contribute to hiring, team development, and building an inclusive, learning-focused engineering environment.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in backend or systems software development.
• 2+ years in a formal or informal Engineering Manager, Senior Engineering Manager, or Tech Lead role in a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Career progression through senior individual contributor roles such as Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or Principal Engineer.
• Strong experience with distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and multi-tenant platforms.
• Proven ability to drive cross-team collaboration with Product, Support, Business, and Program teams.
• Demonstrated ability to drive accountability, set clear goals, and raise the performance bar for the team.
• Expertise in system design, scalability, performance optimisation, and cost control.
• Proven track record of mentoring engineers, guiding architecture, and leading impactful initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to balance strategic thinking and execution.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with data engineering platforms, ETL systems, or database internals.
• Exposure to product-driven companies, especially in infrastructure, SaaS, or backup and data systems.
• Demonstrated history of fast-tracked career growth or high-visibility impact.
• Experience leading or contributing to large-scale re-architecture or greenfield development initiatives.