# Tech Lead Manager - Lakebase

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** London, United Kingdom
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, System Architecture, System Design, Rust, Postgres, Http, WebSockets, Data Apis, Load Balancing, Authentication, Observability, Sli/Slo, Monitoring, Testing, Sla Management
**Posted:** 2026-08-11

> Leads a small Lakebase engineering team while remaining hands-on with architecture, coding, and distributed-service reliability. The role requires at least five years of engineering experience, technical leadership, people-management readiness, and a bachelor's degree or higher.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead a small team of 5–6 engineers, owning execution and on-time, high-quality delivery.
- Stay hands-on by driving architecture and design and writing code for the hardest parts of projects.
- Set and uphold high technical standards through architecture reviews, testing, and a culture of engineering excellence.
- Grow engineers through clear feedback and career development.
- Align with partner teams on dependencies and unblock cross-cutting projects across the Lakebase stack.
- Partner with engineering and product leadership to shape and deliver a long-term roadmap.

## Potential Team Areas
- **Lakebase Platform Reliability:** Build cross-functional infrastructure, observability, SLI/SLO measurement, operational-efficiency systems, and AI-powered automation for internal and customer-facing systems.
- **Lakebase Proxy:** Build the network edge handling customer connections and query traffic across Postgres, HTTP, WebSockets, and the Data API, including load balancing, authentication, data access, performance, observability, and reliability.
- **Lakebase Storage:** Develop and roll out storage services hosting millions of customer databases across regions, using storage technology, distributed systems, and Rust while leading operational excellence for 24/7 systems.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of engineering experience, including time as a tech lead or senior engineer driving projects end-to-end.
- Strong hands-on technical depth, including system design, coding, and architecture for large-scale distributed services.
- Experience with large-scale distributed services and testing, monitoring, and SLA processes.
- People-management or tech-lead experience, with readiness to take on direct reports.
- Ability to align multiple stakeholders with competing priorities.
- Ability to balance short-term delivery with long-term stability.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.

## Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and perks are offered, with details varying by region.

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