# Engineering Manager, HADR

**Company:** [Stripe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stripe)
**Location:** Seattle, WA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Apache Pinot, Apache Trino, Elasticsearch, Apache Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, Distributed Systems, Team Management, Recruiting, Cross-Functional Collaboration
**Posted:** 2026-06-11

> Lead and manage a team building and operating critical distributed data infrastructure at Stripe, focusing on Apache Pinot and related technologies. Requires 3+ years of engineering management experience with distributed systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Work on a high-visibility team and be part of shaping the long-term Data Serving strategy at Stripe
- Work with engineers and other leaders at Stripe to understand opportunities to better leverage Apache Pinot at scale
- Support the engineering team in achieving a high level of technical quality, reliability, and ease of use
- Lead and manage processes to help the team do its best work and engage effectively with the rest of Stripe
- Recruit great engineers, in collaboration with Stripe's recruiting team
- Develop engineers on the team, helping them advance in their careers
- Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of Stripe's engineering management team

## Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience managing teams that shipped and operated critical distributed system infrastructure
- Successfully recruited and built great teams
- Works effectively cross-functionally and is able to think rigorously, communicate effectively, and make or coordinate hard decisions and trade-offs
- Thrives with a high degree of autonomy and responsibility in an ambiguous environment
- Technical acumen to drive clarity with staff engineers about architecture and technical strategic decisions
- Encourages a healthy and inclusive work environment that's both challenging and supportive

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with Data Serving technology like Apache Pinot, Apache Trino, Elasticsearch, and streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka or Amazon Kinesis
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for different audiences (leadership, users, company-wide)
- Strong quantitative and analytical background
- Productively lead fully remote teams

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