Manager II, Engineering - Observability Pipelines

Responsibilities

• Directly manage the Observability Pipelines organization, including Engineering Managers across New York City and Paris.
• Set technical direction and connect distributed teams.
• Build management and technical leadership layers as the organization grows.
• Partner with Product to co-own the roadmap and strategy.
• Establish planning cadence, on-call and incident standards, and cross-team alignment.
• Own cross-organizational relationships with SaaS Logs Pipelines, BYOC, and the Vector open-source community.
• Coach managers and senior engineers and build succession and growth plans.

Requirements

• Experience managing managers across distributed teams.
• Track record of improving team operations and delivery.
• Background in distributed systems and high-throughput data infrastructure.
• Familiarity with on-premises or customer-installed software and its operational tradeoffs.
• Ability to partner strategically with Product and shape the roadmap.
• Commercial awareness and ability to connect engineering decisions to business outcomes.

Nice to Have

• Experience with high-performance or Rust-based data pipeline systems.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual salary range of $252,000–$315,000.
• New-hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program.
• Inclusive company culture and employee resource groups.
• Access to internal inclusion discussions.
• Global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.
• Competitive global benefits.