Engineering Manager, ksqlDB
Confluent, United States

At Confluent, we’re creating a category that transforms how every company manages and streams data. Have you ever found a new favorite series on Netflix, picked up groceries curbside at Walmart, or paid for something using Square? That’s Confluent in actiongiving our customers instant access to massive amounts of real-time data, enabling them to thrive in an ever-changing digital world. As one of the fastest-growing enterprise companies in history, and with Fortune 100 customers across major industries, we have a tremendous opportunity in front of us. We also have experience on our side. Our leaders have taken companies of our size to major success before and include some of the original creators of Apache Kafka.
We’re looking for self-motivated team members who crave a challenge and feel energized to roll up their sleeves and help realize Confluent’s unlimited potential. Chart your own path and take healthy risks with the backing and support of our #OneTeam culture. Be part of inclusive initiatives like Employee Resource Groups and development programs, and take advantage of benefits that support our diverse global teams. Grow as we growwhether you’re just starting out or managing a large team, you’ll be amazed at the magnitude of your impact.
About the RoleIn this role as an engineering leader at Confluent you will drive our charter to build an elastic, scalable, efficient, SQL-based, stream processing technology that operates both on-prem and in the Cloud. You will guide the vision, recruit, and enable a high performing engineering team that solves complex distributed data processing challenges at scale.What you’ll do

• Solve challenging problems that will disrupt the stream processing space
• Manage a team of high-performing engineers and leads, helping them to continue growing their skillset through hands-on experience and mentorship. Provide timely and productive feedback, encourage a growth mindset, and advise team members in setting and working toward personal development goals
• Nurture a culture of excellence on the team through a focus on hiring, communication, execution, and work quality
• Collaborate with others in engineering and product leadership to create the long-term roadmap and quarterly deliverables for your team
• Effectively communicate the roadmap and strategy within the team and across the organization
• Create and manage processes that enable team members to do their best work

What we’re looking for

• 3+ years of engineering management experience leading productive, high functioning teams
• Ability to ensure a high hiring bar, keep engineers motivated, coach/mentor and handle performance management issues
• Experience running large stateful data systems and production services in the cloud
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development
• A great track record of shipping features and hitting deadlines consistently. Ability to move fast, build in increments, and iterate. A sense of urgency, a mindset towards achieving results, and excellent prioritization skills. Ability to anticipate future technical needs for the product and craft plans to realize them
• Ability to influence the team, peers and upper management using effective communication and collaborative techniques
• Focus on building and maintaining a culture of collaboration within the team
• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science

Additional highly desirable experience

• Stream processing systems
• Structured query serving systems
• Data processing systems in general

Come As You Are
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