Senior Manager Engineering - Control Plane

Starburst • Boston, MA

87d • $222,057 - $271,403

About The Position

We're seeking an experienced Engineering leader to help scale our growing engineering team. You will build and lead a motivated team responsible for developing our SaaS platform (Galaxy) to be the best data lake analytics platform. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of successfully building platforms, teams, and the culture necessary to create competitive advantage for previous companies along with the personal passion to see the same applied to this industry. As a Senior Manager, Engineering - Control Plane at Starburst you will: Lead and grow a team of passionate engineers. Provide support and guidance that enables the team to self-organize and to achieve sustained high velocity and predictability. Drive and deliver the vision for serverless SaaS and end to end functionality for data lake analytics platform covering ingestion, data management and governance. Help employees grow through career development, coaching, and mentoring while guiding senior contributors to maximize their potential. You'll provide a clear path for progression through personal development plans, defining goals, performing evaluations, and collaborating with employees on their objectives. Most of all, ensure employees are having fun with their work. Own, operate, and maintain your team’s services. Employ Agile methodologies to continuously deliver value to customers. Enhance and maintain a rotating on-call incident escalation and response process. Represent your team’s operational maturity to Starburst’s executives and product teams across the company. Collaborate on roadmaps with Product Managers and Tech Leads to ensure the team has clear direction and priorities. Act as an ambassador for Starburst, recruiting and motivating top talent.

Requirements

• 4+ years of engineering management experience with a total of 8 years or more experience.
• Track record of leading distributed systems engineering and operations teams in software companies.
• Demonstrated expertise in building and running a platform at scale (Billions of events/week or greater).
• Specific expertise in Highly Available data architectures across multiple availability zones.
• Passionate about engineering hygiene and operational excellence.
• Familiar with agile processes, continuous integration, and test automation.
• Strategic thinker as it relates to scale and removing humans from the loop.
• Ability to distill complex and ambiguous situations into actionable plans.
• Ability to represent customers’ perspectives and plan for their success.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of passionate engineers.
• Provide support and guidance that enables the team to self-organize and achieve sustained high velocity and predictability.
• Drive and deliver the vision for serverless SaaS and end to end functionality for data lake analytics platform.
• Help employees grow through career development, coaching, and mentoring.
• Provide a clear path for progression through personal development plans.
• Own, operate, and maintain your team’s services.
• Employ Agile methodologies to continuously deliver value to customers.
• Enhance and maintain a rotating on-call incident escalation and response process.
• Represent your team’s operational maturity to Starburst’s executives and product teams.
• Collaborate on roadmaps with Product Managers and Tech Leads.
• Act as an ambassador for Starburst, recruiting and motivating top talent.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Attractive stock grants
• Flexible paid time off
• Equity packages (ISOs)
• Comprehensive benefits offering

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees