Senior Manager of Engineering, Starburst
Control Plane
$210-250k
+ Equity Package (ISOs) + Variable Compensation
1-2 days a week in office
Data platform for analytics, apps and AI
Open for applications
Data platform for analytics, apps and AI
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$210-250k
+ Equity Package (ISOs) + Variable Compensation
1-2 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To free customers from the tyranny of data lock-in.
Role
Who you are
- 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
- 4+ years of engineering management experience with a total of 8 years or more experience
- You have a track record of leading distributed systems engineering and operations teams in software companies
- You have demonstrated expertise in building and running a platform in multiple locations at Billions of events/week or greater scale either on-premise or in public cloud. Specific expertise in Highly Available data architectures across multiple availability zones is highly desired
- You are passionate about engineering hygiene and operational excellence. You have the know-how to build an engineering organization that delivers it
- You are familiar with agile processes, continuous integration, and test automation
- You are a strategic thinker as it relates to scale and removing humans from the loop
- You thrive when operating in broad scope, from conception through the continuous operation of 24x7 services to defined SLA’s
- You distill complex and ambiguous situations into actionable plans for your team
- You represent your customers’ perspectives. You plan for how they will be impacted by the services you build, and you always work to enable their success
- Ability to Travel: This role will require occasional in-person travel for purposes including but not limited to new hire onboarding, team and department offsites, customer engagements, and other company events. Actual travel expectations may vary by role and business needs
What the job involves
- 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
- 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
Our take
Starburst offers a unified platform for accessing distributed data from various databases through its Trino-based query engine. This approach helps users cut infrastructure and analytics costs by providing a single point of access. As the Data Lakes market grows nearly 30% annually, Starburst is well-positioned to help businesses manage their increasingly complex data.
The company has recently gained recognition for its advanced capabilities in data management. Starburst emphasizes the importance of real-time hybrid data access and robust security, especially for AI applications. Its latest report, developed in collaboration with TheCUBE Research, underscores how effective data management practices are essential for successful AI implementation.s
Key findings from the report include the critical need for real-time data access and the alignment of data strategies with AI goals. These insights highlight how Starburst's technology supports efficient AI deployment and data management.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2022
$250m
SERIES D
Dec 2020
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $414m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Health Insurance Coverage
- Life Insurance, Disability, and Income Protection
- Employee assistance Programs
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Remote Work Opportunties
- Equity Ownership
Company HQ
Fort Point Channel Landmark District, Boston, MA
Leadership
Justin Borgman
(CEO & Chairman)Founder and CEO of Starburst's precursor company Hadapt, which was acquired by Terdata in 2014. Served as VP & GM at Teradata before co-relaunching Hadapt as Starburst in 2017.
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