Engineering Manager, Treasure Data

• A student of complex systems theory and how to build resilient and adaptive systems and teams
• Have experience working with highly distributed teams, across large time zone differences
• Have a deep understanding in engineering (coding, building 24/7 production systems), and the common failure modes in distributed systems
• Have read and enjoyed books like "The Manager's Path", "Nonviolent Communication", "High Output Management", "A Philosophy of Software Design", and "Systems Performance."
• 15 years of related experience, with 3+ years in management

Desirable

• Manage 9 team members from Japan and North America, setting clear expectations, providing constructive feedback, and handling difficult management situations
• Work with Product and other engineering teams to focus the team on high customer value projects
• Actively coach the people you work with to grow each member's communication, collaboration, and self-management capabilities
• Establish and encourage networks of communication. An Engineering Manager should always look for opportunities for engineers to directly communicate and self-organize, within and across teams
• Work with technical leads and engineers directly to break down the roadmap and product requirements for delivery
• Assisting with production operations as part of our full team on-call rotation
• Pairing with other engineers to help overcome challenges
• Assisting with system design activities, bringing an experienced perspective to discussions to make the right tradeoffs
• Help surface challenges and areas for improvement, assisting in driving our product roadmap