Granica · 5 days ago
Engineering Manager – Foundational Data Systems for AI
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$190K/yr - $290K/yr
7+ years expGranica is a company focused on building foundational data systems that support AI and analytics. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a globally distributed team of engineers, overseeing the design and operation of core infrastructure systems that ensure efficiency and reliability for data workloads.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and grow a senior engineering team across multiple geographies
Own hiring, onboarding, and career development in a high-bar engineering culture
Create clarity and accountability across a large, senior organization operating in ambiguity
Set technical direction through design reviews, RFCs, and principled architectural trade-offs
Remain deeply involved in architecture and system design decisions
Own The Evolution Of Foundational Systems Including
Table maintenance and data layout optimization
Metadata services and transaction management
Schema evolution and versioning
Distributed compute orchestration
Reliability, observability, and operational tooling
Translate strategy into execution through clear roadmaps and milestones
Establish engineering standards for correctness, reliability, and cost efficiency
Lead incident response, postmortems, and system improvements
Operate infrastructure where correctness and durability are critical
Work closely with Research, Applied Systems, Product, and Infrastructure teams
Help move ideas from theory to production while preserving system integrity
Act as a technical and organizational bridge between research and engineering
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in backend, infrastructure, or distributed systems engineering
2+ years leading engineering teams or large multi-person technical initiatives
Strong system design experience across distributed compute, storage, or data platforms
Experience building or operating large-scale data infrastructure systems
Hands-on experience with one or more open table formats such as: Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, Apache Hudi or similar table-layer technologies
Understanding Of Table Format Internals, Such As metadata layers and manifests, snapshot / transaction commit models, file compaction and table optimization, schema evolution and partitioning strategies
Experience Working With Distributed Compute Frameworks Such As Spark, Trino / Presto, Flink, Ray
Strong programming ability in Go, Java, Scala, or Python
Comfort operating as a hands-on engineering leader (~30–40% technical) while managing a team
Preferred
Experience building data lakehouse platforms
Experience working on table format implementations or metadata services
Experience operating systems at petabyte-scale data volumes
Experience partnering closely with research or ML infrastructure teams
Experience scaling engineering teams in fast-moving, high-ambiguity environments
Benefits
Meaningful equity
Substantial bonus for top performers
Flexible time off plus comprehensive health coverage for you and your family
Support for research, publication, and deep technical exploration
Company
Granica
Granica is the world's first AI Data Readiness Platform, creating cutting-edge and enterprise-ready AI infrastructure services.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$45MKey Investors
New Enterprise Associates
2023-06-08Series A· $45M
2020-01-01Seed
Leadership Team
Rahul Ponnala
CEO & Co-Founder
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