Engineering Manager - System Design

About the Role:We're looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the development of highly scalable, reliable, and secure platform services and database connectors that power mission-critical data pipelines for thousands of enterprise customers. These pipelines connect to modern data warehouses such as Snowflake, BigQuery, and Databricks, as well as Data Lakes like Apache Iceberg.This is a rare opportunity to own and build foundational systems, solve complex engineering challenges, and lead a high-impact team delivering best-in-class performance at scale.You will play a central role in shaping our platform vision, driving high accountability, and fostering a culture of technical excellence and high performance - while working closely with cross-functional stakeholders across product, program, support, and business teams.What You'll Do :- Lead, mentor and inspire a team of software engineers who take pride in ownership and delivering impact.- Ensure operational excellence through proactive monitoring, automated processes, and a culture of continuous improvement with strong accountability.- Drive a strong quality-first mindset, embedding it into the development lifecycle - from design to deployment.- Drive technical leadership through architecture reviews, code guidance, and solving critical platform challenges.- Build and operate multi-tenant, distributed backend systems at scale.- Act as a technical leader - you've operated at least at Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or Principal Engineer level in your career.- Champion a culture of high accountability, clear ownership, and high visibility across engineering and cross-functional stakeholders.- Collaborate deeply with Product, Program, Support, and Business functions to drive alignment and execution.- Embed principles of observability, reliability, security, and auditability into all aspects of the platform.- Inspire the team to pursue engineering excellence, driving best-in-class implementations and visible results.- Define and track data-driven KPIs to ensure operational efficiency, performance, and team effectiveness.- Take end-to-end ownership of product lines, ensuring on-time delivery and customer success.- Contribute to team growth, hiring, and building an inclusive, learning-focused engineering environment.What We're Looking For :- 10+ years of experience in backend or systems software development.- 2+ years in a formal or informal Engineering Manager, Sr. Engineering Manager, or Tech Lead role in a fast-paced engineering environment.- Progression through senior IC roles like Tech Lead, Staff, or Principal Engineer.- Strong experience with distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and multi-tenant platforms.- Proven ability to drive cross-team collaboration with product, support, business, and program teams.- Demonstrated ability to drive accountability, set clear goals, and raise the performance bar for the team.- Expertise in system design, scalability, performance optimization, and cost control.- Proven track record of mentoring engineers, guiding architecture, and leading impactful initiatives.- Clear communicator, adept at both strategy and execution.Bonus Points :- Experience with data engineering platforms, ETL systems, or database internals.- Exposure to product-driven companies, especially in infrastructure, SaaS, or backup/data systems.- Demonstrated history of fast-tracked growth or high-visibility impact.- Led or contributed to re-architecture or greenfield systems at scale. (ref:hirist.tech)