Engineering Manager • Lead

Who you are

You have a proven track record of managing large engineering teams, ideally with experience in database technologies and distributed systems. Your leadership style emphasizes collaboration and empowerment, allowing your team to thrive while achieving ambitious goals. You are adept at identifying problems and creating innovative solutions that align with the organization's mission and values.

You possess strong communication skills, enabling you to advocate effectively for your team's vision and influence stakeholders across the organization. Your experience managing globally distributed teams has equipped you with the ability to navigate different time zones and foster high-bandwidth collaboration.

What you'll do

As the Engineering Manager of Managers, you will lead a team of 50-60 engineers and managers, overseeing the development of Stripe's flagship online transactional storage layer. Your role will involve architecting the organizational structure to support high-leverage engineering practices and operational rigor. You will be responsible for evolving the current infrastructure into a fully autonomous, self-service Database-as-a-Service, ensuring it meets the demands of millions of requests per second with exceptional availability.

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