Director of Engineering, Product Platforms
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Job Location:
Mountain View, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Aerospike is thereal-time databaseformission-critical use cases and workloads includingmachine learning generative and agentic powers millions of transactions per second with millisecond latency at a fraction of the total cost of ownership compared to other databases.
Global leaders includingAdobe Airtel Barclays Criteo DBS Bank Experian Grab HDFC Bank PayPal Sony Interactive Entertainment The Trade Desk and Wayfairrely on Aerospike forcustomer 360 fraud detection real-time biddingprofile stores recommendation enginesand other use cases.
At Aerospike we dream big and deliver even bigger. Our mission is to unleash the power of the worlds real-time data with a database built for infinite scale speed and sustainability.
To foster strong team alignment and productivity Bay Areabased team members are expected to work from the office 23 times per weektypically Tuesday through Thursday.
If youre ready to shape the future of data join us.
As the Director of Engineering over our Product Platforms you will lead high-caliber teams of engineers to build and scale a robust cloud-native platform that serves as the foundation for the next generation of data-driven innovation from Aerospike. This is a unique opportunity to shape the technical roadmap of a portfolio of platforms and services that bring Aerospike products to life in the cloud while fostering a culture of engineering excellence and operational rigor. We are looking for a transformative leader who thrives at the intersection of complex distributed systems and strategic product delivery. Join us to redefine whats possible in the world of high-performance data and leave a lasting legacy on the backbone of the modern digital economy.
Responsibilities
- Lead leaders guide multiple platform teams through the development of Aerospike Cloud into a product platform for all Aerospike products
- Build platforms that empower other product engineering teams to own their cloud products from control and data planes billing licensing telemetry and UIs
- Communicate regularly with stakeholders product managers product engineering leaders SREs teams and other developers regarding progress on a long-term technology roadmap
- Convert business requirements into actionable engineering plans and work items
- Steward the quality and reliability of both your teams services and other teams services running on the platform
- Attract develop and retain top-tier engineering talent into Aerospike and create avenues for them to succeed through technology mentorship and processes
- Provide technical leadership on company-wide initiatives
- Participate in an on-call process as a manager escalation to provide guidance and correct decision-making during incident response
Required skills and qualifications
- 7 years of experience in developing distributed multitenant auto-scalable backend services
- 5 years of experience in technical leadership in management roles leading high-performing engineering teams through direct leadership and through manager direct reports
- Demonstrated ability to provide strong technical leadership mentorship and guidance to teams of backend and front end engineers
- Proven track record of ensuring the delivery of high-quality scalable and reliable solutions in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience in recruiting onboarding and developing top talent within more than 1 kind of engineering team. Ability to foster a collaborative inclusive team culture that values innovation continuous learning and excellence
- Proficiency in collaborating with product management and other stakeholders to define and execute the long-term technical roadmap
- Demonstrated ability to align business goals and objectives with organizational priorities and roadmaps with a focus on driving innovation and competitive advantage through technology
- Excellent foundation in computer science and algorithms
- Experience in developing distributed multitenant auto-scalable backend services
- Proficient knowledge of one or more statically typed back-end programming languages (Go Kotlin Java Scala)
- Experience with at least one of the major public cloud providers: AWS Google Azure
- Experience with NoSQL and relational databases and database fundamentals including data storage data replication data modeling and data access patterns
- Experience with developing deploying and maintaining distributed services with containers (Docker) & orchestration (Kubernetes EKS GKE)
- Experience with Git and CI/CD pipeline engines
- Technical knowledge and understanding of techniques and standards for authentication authorization and encryption
- Experience with production and on-call support
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with usage-based billing entitlements or licensing enforcement.
- Familiarity with observability tooling (Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry Datadog).
- Experience with workflow orchestration (e.g. Temporal).
- Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform similar).
- Experience building or operating NoSQL and high-performance data systems.
- Background in SaaS cloud infrastructure or developer platforms.
- Open-source contributions or external technical writing/talks.
Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from discrimination on the basis of race religion color sex gender identity sexual orientation age non-disqualifying physical or mental disability national origin veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Join us at Aerospike and be part of a dynamic team that is shaping the future of data management.
Salary Range for California Based Applicants: $250000 - $300000 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience location and other factors permitted by law)
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About Company
Aerospike is the real-time database for AI, trusted in the world's most demanding environments. Consistent, available, and cost-efficient at any scale.
