Engineering Manager Infrastructure Platform
Engineering Manager Infrastructure Platform
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Were a global team of over 400 people working together to push the boundaries of opensource technology and multicloud solutions. Our vision is to become the trusted Data & AI Platform for everyone leveraging the most popular opensource technologies like Apache Kafka Aiven for PostgreSQL Aiven for Clickhouse and Aiven for OpenSearch. to help companies accelerate timetomarket drive efficiency and build innovative solutions across any cloud. Right now were looking for a Engineering Manager (Infrastructure Platform)to join our team who shares our passion for forwardthinking and innovative approaches.
Who we are
So how do we become the trusted open source data platform for everyone By listening closely to our customers and taking action to ensure they achieve their business goals. You see the software we create is merely a means of delivering value. Our thinking is customerfirst. Thats why our customers are at the front and center of all we do. And in the spirit of sideways thinking were by their side as well. Actively helping them solve their challenges. Collaborating. Sharing. And innovating. In other words it really isnt just about who we are. Its about who our customers are and where they want to be.
Our Crabby Principles
Aiveners use the V2MOM framework to set and align on business goals. In order to achieve those business goals we live by our Crabby Principles which unite us in our ways of working globally.
These principles are embedded in our business processes and support us in collaborating and role modelling positive and productive behaviours in our daily work something you will have the opportunity to demonstrate throughout your interview journey with us.
About Us
Aiven is building a highly scalable and resilient infrastructure platform to power our products and services. Our Infrastructure Platform team is responsible for developing and maintaining the core systems that enable our engineering teams to deliver highquality software efficiently and reliably.
The Role
Were hiring a engineering manager to lead our Infrastructure Platforms product engineering team. The Infrastructure Platform enables our users to explore and control their containerized applications and data services through our highavailable APIs. The Infrastructure Platform is often the customers first touchpoint with Aivens data platform and plays a big part in our productled growth strategy. We want it to be an intuitive and seamless experience while providing advanced features to support experienced users needs.
The team works on all aspects of the Infrastructure Platform across our whole tech stack but is specifically focused on bringing new product features to life in close collaboration with other teams while also keeping the technical foundation and delivery of the Infrastructure Platform in tiptop shape. The distributed team consists of fantastic engineers concentrated around our Production Engineering hub in Toronto.
We are looking for a productionminded engineering manager who has a keen interest in the business and user behavior is proactive with planning priorisation and tradeoffs and wants to understand the Why behind all things. As a productionminded engineering manager you communicate well with engineers and nonengineers alike and are interested in how other functions work.
What Youll Do:
- Plan the engineering roadmap together with product management and the team
- Manage the teams backlog.
- Be accountable for the teams output and performance
- Coach team members as they advance in their careers
- Grow the team by hiring excellent engineering talent
- Foster a psychologically safe hightrust environment where curiosity healthy debate and exchange of ideas thrive
- Facilitate team meetings like planning and retrospectives.
What Were Looking For:
Our engineering managers have a handson programming background and we expect them to have a meaningful say in technical conversations. Youll probably have at least five years handson programming experience building maintaining and operating distributed systems and at least two years experience of people management. But more than the years we care about what you have been doing. We want to hear about the products you shipped how they were built what was the impact and what you learned while doing that.
The team interacts with a wide range of products and technologies but infrastructure and distributed systems is at its core. Our primary technologies are Python and Go services backed by PostgreSQL. We dont expect you to tackle everything on the list from the getgo but having prior experience is beneficial for sure.
Leadership Skills
- Proven track record of leading teams in successful software product deliveries
- Communicate crossfunctionally and have a strong product sense
- Experience in recruiting engineering talent
- Experience in agile software development
- Comfortable leading initiatives and presenting to groups
- Fluent communication skills in English written and verbal
Technical Skills
- Experience building fullstack web applications endtoend including modern singlepage apps
- Experience preferably handson in public cloud infrastructure and networking (AWS GCP and/or Azure)
- Experience designing public RESTful APIs
- Relational database knowledge (PostgreSQL MySQL etc.
- Streaming service knowledge (Kafka etc.
- Experience working with CI/CD tools (BuildKite GitLab CI/CD GitHub Actions etc.
Dont worry if your experience doesnt line up perfectly we still encourage you to apply! We believe in investing in our crabs professional growth.
Our Offer
If you ask us whats the best thing about working for Aiven many will probably say its the high concentration of talent from around the world that we have here. Enjoy the agile environment of a hyperscale scaleup where you can truly make an impact and have fun while at it.
We invest in you
- Participate in Aivens equity plan.
- With Aiven locations spanning the globe we want all of our crabs to find the right balance with our hybrid work policy.
- Get the equipment you need to set yourself up for success.
- Step up your career game with real employer support (use one of our learning platforms annual learning budget and more).
- Get holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program.
Make a difference at Aiven
- Contribute to open source projects that you find meaningful outside of work and get paid for it! Our Plankton program recognizes extra work to the open source ecosystem for developers and nondevelopers alike.
- Use up to 5 days per year to volunteer for a good cause of your choice.
- Join one of our team member resource groups empower yourself and others in missions that resonate with you.
What else
- Need insurance Weve got you covered benefit from our: Comprehensive health insurance including dental and vision benefits Travel medical insurance and Life and AD&D insurance
- Make the most of the various discount programs on offer
- Looking after your future: youre covered by our group RRSP retirement plan
Amazing! Whats next
Once applying you should hear from our Talent Experience team within 5 days regarding the status of your application. If you are selected to move forward you can generally expect 4 stages with us
- 3045 minute call with one of our Talent Partners
- 45 minute Depth of Expertise Interview with the hiring manager
- Skills interview and or presentation for 1 hour with the wider team
- Company values interview for 1 hour
Work Permit Sponsorship
Aiven is able to sponsor work permit for this position. However possible recruitment and employment is subject to having and maintaining an adequate authorisation to work.
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Equal Opportunities
Aiven provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to age gender identity national or ethnic origin religion sexual orientation physical and mental ability marital and family status or without regard to any other similar personal attributes. Aiven complies with applicable local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff transfer leaves of absence compensation training and any other terms and conditions related to employment.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
