Senior Engineering Manager

About the role

Join Cloudera, a leading data platform company, as a Senior Engineering Manager. In this role, you will lead a team focused on building Apache Ozone and Apache HDFS, core components of the Cloudera Data Platform. You will develop and execute a technical roadmap, mentor engineers, and drive best practices for the software development lifecycle. You will also work closely with customers and partner teams to ensure successful adoption of Ozone and provide technical guidance for enterprise customers. Key missions: Develop and execute on a technical roadmap and strategy for the team, aligning with the department's vision and the company's business goals.. Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation.. Drive and enforce best practices for the software development lifecycle, including coding standards, testing, deployment, system scalability, reliability, and security. Profile: - Experience managing remote or hybrid engineers - Prior experience contributing to or leading large-scale open-source projects - Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. If you can point to publicly available papers, technical articles or blog posts that is a huge plus - Technical Depth: Strong understanding of fundamental storage concepts (e.g., consistency, replication, erasure coding, caching) - Experience: 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with 2+ years in an engineering management role - Domain Expertise: Demonstrable experience with the design, implementation, and operation of large-scale distributed systems, particularly in storage, file systems, databases, or cloud infrastructure - Familiarity with the Apache Hadoop big data ecosystem (HDFS, YARN, Hive, Impala, Spark) or related distributed data frameworks - Experience with specific commercial or open-source distributed storage technologies (e.g., Ceph, Gluster, ZFS, S3-compatible systems) - Management Skills: Proven track record of leading and managing high-performing engineering teams, demonstrating excellent communication and organizational skills - Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field