Engineering Manager, Distributed Data Services

Asana
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Posted: 
August 2, 2023
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Hybrid
Job Commitment
Full-time
Job Commitment
Manager
Job Function
Dev & Engineering
Salary
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Job Commitment
Full-time
Experience Level
Manager
Workplace Type
Hybrid
Job Function

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About the position

We are seeking an engineering manager who is dedicated to fostering the growth and development of their team members, both professionally and personally. This role will focus on compassionate leadership and cultivating a growth mindset within the team. The successful candidate will be passionate about mentoring, coaching, and hiring, as well as tackling challenging technical problems. They will lead a team responsible for building and maintaining Asana's distributed query backend and caching systems, which are crucial for serving data to the application. The role also involves ensuring the reliability and reactivity of the data serving layer, supporting Asana's web application, mobile apps, and API. The engineering manager will play a key role in managing the team, guiding the strategic roadmap, maintaining high availability, mitigating risks, recruiting and growing the team, and defining how the team interacts with the rest of Asana.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the distributed data services team, including the technical lead
  • Guide the articulation and execution of the strategic roadmap of the team
  • Ensure high availability of the data service infrastructure
  • Conduct root cause analyses and post mortems for system failures
  • Identify single points of failure and future risks, and proactively mitigate them
  • Evolve the backend architecture to support Asana's fast growth
  • Recruit for and grow the team
  • Define how the team evolves and interacts with the rest of Asana
  • Build and operate infrastructure and distributed systems at scale
  • Collaborate with other engineering teams, PMs, and cross-functional partners
  • Maximize impact for yourself and your team
  • Provide valuable input to technical or product discussions
  • Consider the multi-year consequences of your decisions

Requirements

  • Prior experience building and operating infrastructure and distributed systems at scale
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS
  • 1-4 years of engineering management experience
  • Experience in planning and helping career progression and performance management of reports
  • Intelligence, charisma, integrity, and technical skills to earn the trust of a technically astute team
  • Collaboration skills with other engineering teams, PMs, and cross-functional partners
  • Focus on maximizing impact for yourself and your team
  • Ability to provide valuable input to technical and product discussions
  • Oriented around the multi-year consequences of decisions

Benefits

  • Comprehensive compensation package
  • Fair pay based on market value and individual qualifications
  • Base salary range of $220,000 - $299,000
  • Additional components such as equity, sales incentive pay, and benefits
  • Opportunity to work for a company recognized as a Top 10 Best Workplace, Fortune's #1 Best Workplace in the Bay Area, and one of Glassdoor’s and Inc.’s Best Places to Work
  • In-person collaboration with hybrid elements
  • 11+ offices worldwide
  • Focus on building technology that drives positive change in the world
  • Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Equal employment opportunities for all applicants without regard to various characteristics protected by law

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  • Comprehensive compensation package
  • Base salary range between $207,000 - $279,000 (subject to individual qualifications and market value)
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  • Fortune's #1 Best Workplace in the Bay Area
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