Senior Engineering Manager - Developer Platform

🕒 +30 days ago

📍🇵🇱 Warsaw🏢 On Site🕛 Full Time👑 Lead-Level🗄️ Backend Engineer

SQLDistributed SystemWeb Performance

Lead and grow a team of talented engineers in the design, development, and support of the foundational clients that connect to our highly parallel and fault-tolerant platform.
Own the strategy and execution for the Drivers, SDKs, APIs, and Clients pillar, with a primary focus on delivering a unified driver stack that consolidates our existing drivers into a single, high-performance universal driver core.
Recruit top talent by interviewing and hiring new team members in a competitive market to grow the team's capabilities.
Develop your people by being responsible for the career growth of your reports, providing continuous mentorship, coaching, and guidance.
Drive technical direction by leading and participating in technical, design, and product discussions relating to your team's components.
Collaborate across the organization with other leaders in Engineering and Product on quarterly planning, staffing, and project schedules, including with teams across different time zones.
Effectively shift resources across areas and projects to achieve execution goals and respond to customer feedback and production issues.
Foster a culture of creativity and innovation while also promoting practical decision-making and a high-quality bar.

12+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
5+ years of engineering management experience.
A demonstrated track record of successfully recruiting and leading technical teams in a competitive talent market.
Rock-solid engineering fundamentals with experience in developer-facing technologies, client-server protocols, database internals, or distributed systems.
Extremely strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to handle complex technical challenges.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
Outstanding written and oral English language skills are necessary for clear documentation and presentations.
A track record of creating or contributing to large open-source communities.
Strong database fundamentals, including SQL, performance optimization, and client-side protocols.
Proven experience with authoring roadmap documents, project plans, and RCAs, indicating strong project management skills.