Ditto · 3 weeks ago
Engineering Manager, Cloud
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$200K/yr - $280K/yr
5+ years expDitto is a fast-growing startup redefining data movement at the edge. The Engineering Manager will lead a team to build cloud databases and integrations, ensuring scalability and reliability while supporting Ditto's ambitious growth plans.
CollaborationProduct DesignSoftwareUX Design
Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 8-10 skilled and globally distributed engineers, supporting their technical success, career development, and personal growth
Provide mentorship and coaching to help team members achieve their full potential
Foster a culture of trust, collaboration, and continual improvement aligned with Ditto's core values
Plan and deliver high-quality solutions that meet business and technical goals
Be an active participant in the design and implementation of system architectures, focusing on scalability and reliability
Drive optimizations for high-throughput, low-latency distributed databases, ensuring robust data consistency and fault tolerance
Establish monitoring and alerting strategies to ensure 99.99% reliability at scale
Collaborate with Product, the Senior Director of Engineering - Cloud, and other Engineering teams to align database capabilities with business needs
Shape the team's roadmap, incorporating input from customers, engineers, and researchers
Play a key role in evolving Ditto's engineering culture to prioritize reliability and resilience in our mission-critical software
Support software operations by ensuring the reliability, performance, and availability of systems in production environments in partnership with our SRE team
Strengthen the bond between the database product team and our SRE and Platform teams
Build with cost efficiency in mind
Qualification
Required
3+ years managing software engineering teams, including responsibilities like hiring, performance management, and career development
5+ years of technical leadership experience with a strong background in platform and database technologies, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures
Experience designing, maintaining, and optimizing high-performance storage engines (such as RocksDB or similar), indexing strategies, and replication mechanisms
Strong experience with AWS (required). Experience with GCP and Azure is highly desired
2+ years of experience with Kubernetes in production environments
Demonstrated experience delivering platform or infrastructure products and benchmarking, debugging, and optimizing distributed systems effectively
Proven ability to manage remote, globally distributed teams with strong asynchronous communication skills
Exceptional written and verbal communication to effectively convey complex ideas and align team efforts
A high level of self-direction, autonomy, and responsibility in leading teams and driving projects forward
Preferred
Experience with database internals or in database product teams
Knowledge of technologies like Kafka and experience managing cloud database applications
Understanding of CRDTs and their practical applications
Previous experience leading teams working with Rust as the primary programming language
Experience with multi-region and multi-cloud architectures
Background in edge computing, peer-to-peer systems, or distributed database technologies
Previous experience working with enterprise customers with high reliability requirements
Benefits
Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
401(k)
Flexible spending accounts
Private healthcare through Vitality
Pension plan
Flexible time off
Company
Ditto
Ditto allows teams to collaborate on consistent and effective copy.
2-10 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$1.65MKey Investors
Y Combinator
2021-06-01Seed· $1.5M
2020-03-16Pre Seed· $0.15M
Leadership Team
Jessica Ouyang
Co-Founder
Jolena Ma
Co-Founder
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