Engineering Manager – Observability
Cloudera
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bangalore • India
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About the role
- Lead, coach, and scale a team of 6–10 elite engineers to forge a high-performance culture.
- Foster an environment of high accountability, psychological safety, and "extreme ownership" of our Tier-0 telemetry pipeline infrastructure.
- Review artifacts to ensure enterprise grade solutions that address current challenges and enable scalable telemetry platforms for future use for both SaaS and on-prem use cases.
- Partner with APAC, US and EMEA-based teams to ensure telemetry integration is a seamless, "self-service" experience for every internal Cloudera developer.
- Own the technical excellence of our metrics storage and ingestion interfaces.
- Ensure the reliability of the observability pipeline through rigorous on-call rotations and monitoring.
- Balance high-velocity innovation (85%) with disciplined maintenance of mission-critical legacy cloud infrastructure (15%), ensuring a sustainable on-call and release rhythm.
Requirements
- A leadership track record of 10+ years in Software Engineering with 2+ years of formal people management, specifically leading teams through complex architectural shifts.
- Observability DNA, a deep understanding of Observability and the OpenTelemetry ecosystem (Collector, SDKs, OTLP, Semantic Conventions) and a passion for modern observability patterns.
- Proven experience managing high-throughput distributed systems on Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE) at a scale that breaks standard configurations.
- Hands-on data pipeline experience with high-volume streaming (Kafka/Pulsar) and a sophisticated understanding of the trade-offs in telemetry sampling and storage.
- Demonstrated ability to manage "up and out," influencing stakeholders and directors across different time zones (US and EMEA) and cultures.
Benefits
- Generous PTO Policy
- Support work life balance with Unplugged Days
- Flexible WFH Policy
- Mental & Physical Wellness programs
- Phone and Internet Reimbursement program
- Access to Continued Career Development
- Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages
- Paid Volunteer Time
- Employee Resource Groups
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
software engineeringobservabilityOpenTelemetryKubernetesdata pipelinestreamingtelemetry samplingtelemetry storagehigh-throughput distributed systemscloud infrastructure
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingaccountabilitypsychological safetyinfluencing stakeholderscross-cultural communicationteam managementhigh-performance cultureinnovationmaintenance