Manager II, Engineering - Observability Pipelines
Leads and scales the Observability Pipelines engineering organization, managing managers and shaping technical direction, operations, and roadmap strategy. Requires experience with distributed teams, distributed systems, high-throughput data infrastructure, and customer-installed software.
About the job
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.
Skills
Distributed Systems, Data Infrastructure, Observability Pipelines, Telemetry Pipelines, High-Throughput Systems, Rust, Vector, On-Premises Software, Incident Management, Roadmap Strategy
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