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Lead Engineering Manager
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United States
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103 days ago
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Lead
Job Description
Lead Engineering Manager
Weekday (YC W21)
This role is for one of the Weekday's clients Min Experience: 10 years Location: USA JobType: full-time As a Lead Engineering Manager, you will play a pivotal role in architecting and delivering complex stream-processing solutions, mentoring engineering teams, and collaborating closely with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical systems.
Job Requirements
- Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of real-time data processing pipelines using Apache Flink.
- Develop and maintain high-performance backend services and distributed systems using Java.
- Design scalable event-driven architectures capable of handling high-throughput and low-latency workloads.
- Optimize streaming jobs for performance, fault tolerance, and resource efficiency.
- Ensure best practices in code quality, testing, observability, and CI/CD processes.
- Collaborate with data engineering, DevOps, and product teams to define technical roadmaps and system requirements.
- Conduct design reviews, troubleshoot production issues, and implement long-term reliability improvements.
- Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
- Contribute to infrastructure decisions related to distributed processing, cloud deployment, and containerized environments.
- Required Skills & Qualifications
- 10–12 years of overall experience in software engineering, with significant exposure to distributed systems.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Apache Flink, including stream processing concepts such as windowing, state management, checkpoints, and event-time processing.
- Advanced proficiency in Java, including concurrency, multithreading, memory management, and performance tuning.
- Deep understanding of data streaming architectures and real-time processing frameworks.
- Experience working with messaging systems (e.g., Kafka or similar platforms).
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and system design principles.
- Experience deploying and managing applications in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and monitoring tools.
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases in high-scale environments.
- Leadership & Soft Skills
- Proven experience leading engineering teams or owning major technical initiatives.
- Strong architectural decision-making abilities with a focus on scalability and maintainability.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong ownership mindset and commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with big data ecosystems and real-time analytics platforms.
- Exposure to performance benchmarking and capacity planning.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
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