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Cloudera

Engineering Manager – Observability

Cloudera

Engineering Manager leading the Telemetry Infrastructure team at Cloudera. Overseeing the observability backbone for enterprise data cloud with a high-performance engineering culture.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeBangalore • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudDistributed SystemsKafkaKubernetesPulsar

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • 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

What you’ll need
  • 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

Comp & perks
  • 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

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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