Candidates for this position are preferred to be based in Bangalore, India and will be expected to comply with their teams hybrid work schedule requirements.
Who We Are:
The Data Services & Data Enablement team is looking for smart, passionate and curious people who are excited to help us scale, support, and engineer our database, distributed analytic, and streaming infrastructure. With the broad reach of the technologies we are using you will have the opportunity to grow your network and skills by being exposed to new people and ideas who work on a diverse set of cutting-edge technologies. If you are the type of person who is fascinated by engineering extremely large and diverse data systems and if you are passionate about troubleshooting challenging technical problems in a rapidly innovating cloud environment, you could be a great fit.
What You ll Do:
Play a key role in developing and driving a multi-year technology strategy for a complex platform
Directly and indirectly manage several senior software engineers (architects) and managers by providing coaching, guidance, and mentorship to grow the team as well as individuals
Lead multiple software development teams - architecting solutions at scale to empower the business, and owning all aspects of the SDLC: design, build, deliver, and maintain
Inspire, coach, mentor, and support your team members in their day to day work and their long term professional growth
Attract, onboard, develop and retain diverse top talents, while fostering an inclusive and collaborative team and culture (our latest DEI Report)
Lead your team and peers by example. As a senior member of the team your methodologies, technical and operational excellence practices, and system designs will help to continuously improve our domain
Identify, propose, and drive initiatives to advance the technical skills, standards, practices, architecture, and documentation of our engineering teams
Facilitate technical debate and decision making with an appreciation for trade-offs
Continuously rethink and push the status quo, even when it challenges your/our established ideas.
What You ll Need:
Results-oriented, collaborative, pragmatic, and continuous improvement mindset
16+ years of experience in engineering, out of which at least 10 years spent in leading highly performant teams and their managers (please note that a minimum of 5 years in leading fully fledged managers is required)
Experience making architectural and design-related decisions for large scale platforms, understanding the tradeoffs between time-to-market vs. flexibility
Significant experience and vocation in managing and enabling people s growth and performance
Experience designing and building high-scale generalizable products with outstanding user experience. Practical experience in hiring and developing engineering teams and culture and leading interdisciplinary teams in a fast-paced agile environment
Capability to communicate and collaborate across the wider organization, influencing decisions with and without direct authority and always with inclusive, adaptable, and persuasive communication
Analytical and decision-making skills that integrate technical and business requirements