Kentik

Senior Manager, Engineering

Kentik

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $230,000 - $275,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • As a leader in platform engineering of both the Ingest and Network Data Team, you will lead the team in designing, and scaling a high-performance, data ingest and critical enrichments that plays a critical role for some of the most influential companies on the internet.
  • Engineering Manager for the Ingest and Network Team: Mentor and lead a growing organization responsible for both the high-volume ingestion pipelines and the complex network data enrichment services.
  • Provide thought leadership in designing and scaling distributed systems that ingest trillions of records while performing real-time enrichments on network metadata.
  • Take broad concepts and define requirements, approach, and success metrics.
  • Contribute hands-on on both greenfield and maintenance projects, including bootstrapping large and/or new products.
  • Drive engineering best practices through code reviews, automated testing, and comprehensive documentation to maintain platform reliability.
  • Collaborate with other engineering, support, and sales teams to drive platform-wide storage standards and alignment with customer demands.
  • Participate in our recruiting and hiring process.

Requirements

  • Prior experience as an engineering manager or technical lead.
  • Deep, hands-on leadership experience in a SaaS and/or startup environment.
  • The ability to balance "the right way" (engineering excellence) with speed to market, ensuring buy-in from both engineers and stakeholders.
  • Subject matter expertise in highly scalable data ingestion, network data enrichment, the management of massive time-series datasets, cloud, and/or observability.
  • Strong organizational skills.
  • A strong desire to learn and master new technologies, architectures, and market requirements as the platform expands.
Benefits
  • 100% of premiums are paid by company for health, vision and dental coverage for you and your dependents
  • Additionally, an annual Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) of $3,000 for an individual or $4,500 for a family
  • Paid family & medical leave
  • Open PTO, a quarterly Wellness Day, and a minimum of 10 paid holidays
  • 401(k) retirement account
  • Home office reimbursement
  • Stock options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
data ingestionnetwork data enrichmentdistributed systemsreal-time processingautomated testingcode reviewsplatform reliabilitySaaStime-series datasetscloud
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringorganizational skillscollaborationcommunicationthought leadershipbalancing engineering excellence with speedadaptabilityproblem-solvingrecruiting