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The creators and maintainers of dbt
Senior Engineering Manager
Location
Asia
Posted
86 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Engineering Manager
dbt Labs
• Build, lead, and coach a team of 5-8 engineers to manage the infrastructure for the dbt platform • Empower your team to achieve big goals by providing product and business context • Dive deep into our product to frame tradeoffs and make decisions about what, how, and when we build • Partner with Product Marketing, Solutions Architecture, and Customer Support to improve migration experiences • Coach engineers in product thinking, quality, and software engineering • Work with peer managers to evolve organizational processes
Job Requirements
- 3+ years in people management with a software or infrastructure engineering team
- Experience supporting a cloud based infrastructure with complex resource requirements and global deployment strategy
- Deep understanding of Terraform and cloud infrastructure state management
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package
- RSUs or comparable benefits depending on legal or country limitations
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