Engineering Manager, Streaming

Were a global team of over 400 people working together to push the boundaries of open-source technology and multi-cloud solutions. Our vision is to help developers builders and creators bring their ideas to life with speed and simplicity by providing a cloud data platform that makes open-source databases search streaming and application infrastructure easily accessible to everyone.

The Role:

We are hiring an engineering manager in our Data Streaming domain. The domain works on Apache Kafka and our own fork Inkless containing an implementation of KIP-1150.

The main tasks of the teams include:

• Improving Apache Kafka
• Innovating Apache Kafka with KIP-1150 (among others)
• Operating our Apache Kafka fleet
• Creating and maintaining ecosystem tools like Connectors and Schema Registry

In the team you will be working with the engineers reporting to you with a product owner and the leadership team to build the future of Aiven.

What Youll Do:

• Be accountable for the delivery of the team (quality risk management operational impact architecture security reliability).
• Maintain a healthy prioritization balance within the team backlog (like features vs tech debt)
• Drive the continuous improvement of the teams way of working and their delivery flow
• Attract exceptional and diverse talent influence the people planning and recruiting approach
• Support each team member to get to their full potential: from onboarding to personal development plans.
• Manage expectations individual and team performance by providing clear goals and feedback.
• Ensure appropriate communication and collaboration within and outside the team.

What Were Looking For:

• 2 years experience in a leadership position
• 5 years of experience as a software developer
• Deep understanding of data streaming (Kafka and/or Flink)
• Understanding of what it takes to build high performing teams and to retain talents
• A proven background in successfully-delivered software solutions best testing practices and deployment techniques
• A genuine interest in open source technologies and technical challenges
• Experience working in agile and fast-growing tech start-up / scale-up
• Ability to coach and to support the career development of your team members

Amazing! Whats next:

If you think Aiven is the place for you and that our Values align with yours send us your resume and well get in touch!

Global Benefits:

Our global benefits are designed to help you thrive and grow personally and professionally:

• Participate in Aivens equity plan.
• Balance work and life with our hybrid work policy.
• Choose the equipment you need to set yourself up for success.
• Use your Professional Development Plan budget for learning opportunities.
• Receive holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program.
• Inquire about our Global Time Off Commitment (Parental and Sick Leave as well as Personal Time)
• Enjoy country-specific benefits for our global cast.

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Equal Opportunities:

Aiven provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to age gender identity national or ethnic origin religion sexual orientation physical and mental ability marital and family status or without regard to any other similar personal attributes. Aiven complies with applicable local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff transfer leaves of absence compensation training and any other terms and conditions related to employment.

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Required Experience:

Manager

Key Skills
Hospitality Experience,Go,Management Experience,React,Redux,Node.js,AWS,Mechanical Engineering,Team Management,Leadership Experience,Mentoring,Distributed Systems
Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1