Databases are the beating heart of every business in the world.

Cockroach Labs is the creator of CockroachDB, the most highly evolved cloud-native, distributed SQL database on the planet that scales fast, survives anything, & thrives anywhere. We created CockroachDB to unshackle teams from the constraints of their database. Join us on our mission to enable every developer to build world-changing applications!

About the Role

CockroachDB Cloud provides CockroachDB to anyone who needs to scale fast, survive anything, & thrive everywhere. We're looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead multiple teams in our India Site (Bangalore) , the teams are responsible for multiple areas across CockroachDB Cloud offering. Some of the areas of ownership include observability, billing, marketplace integrations, reliability & more. As an early Engineering Manager in the site, you will impact how the organization is structured & built to ensure cross geo collaboration is successful. You will partner with the Site Lead, HR, Recruiting & other stakeholders to create a culture of excellence & accountability in the site. Tightly collaborate with functional leaders & managers cross-geo & align on the priorities while maintaining autonomy for local execution. 

You Will

• Help engineers successfully navigate their day-to-day by providing them the resources they need, as well as access to individuals who can help them accomplish their goals at Cockroach Labs.
• Partner closely with our engineering & product leadership to set the engineering roadmap for CockroachDB & our future products.
• Collaborate with managers across teams to tackle people management challenges, but to also ensure the coordination of documentation, marketing, & product initiatives as we scale.
• Coach & provide direct feedback to your team to guide personal development & growth beyond just technical skills. Managing performance & making sure that our engineers are achieving their goals is essential to retaining a high performing team of engineers.
• Exemplify values such as aim high & build to last, establish balance, be transparent about highs & lows, & respect. This is especially important as you begin to grow the team.
• Be excited to bring your technical understanding & product architecture knowledge to Cockroach Labs & learn more about databases
• Enjoy being involved in tech talks, community meetups, conferences, & hackathons & encourage your team to participate in events that interest them. Your engagement helps to strengthen our open-source community & increase our presence in the tech community.

The Expectations

In your first 30 days, you will become an integrated member of our engineering team. Youll spend time learning about the different teams domain, processes & people, as well as learning about CockroachDB & CockroachDB Cloud. We believe that it's essential for you to take this first month to become familiar with our technology & our company.

After 3 months, you will be fully integrated into the team & comfortable leading the teams execution in partnership with Product & Design. Youll have built an understanding of the teams tech stack & feel comfortable with the architecture & components. Youll understand the teams priorities & roadmap.

After 6 months, youll be ready for our next bi-yearly planning process, with your comprehensive understanding of our roadmap & priorities. You will be making sure that each member of your team is working on projects that align with both our needs & their interests, & able to partner with them to shape their career development.

You Have

• Experience managing teams in a remote office environment. 
• Comfort collaborating with stakeholders across different time zones & geo locations. 
• 12+ years of experience & 5+ years in people management roles. 
• A passion for building relationships & are responsible for the welfare of the engineering team you manage, including their professional development & growth. We're looking for managers that want to empower the team to achieve their professional & personal goals.
• Experience working on technical user-facing products with frontends & APIs. Have exposure to SQL, databases & infrastructure software platforms.
• Comfort managing full-stack teams in collaboration with tightly-nit product-engineering-design teams. 
• Familiarity with a programming language like Go for the backend & Typescript/React on the frontend.
• A solid product architecture knowledge & grasp how a variety of teams interactions may impact it.
• Been exposed to performance management, understanding the importance of building an effective team that can function independently, while collaborating & supporting each other.
• Partnered across departments, ensuring coordination with internal teams (e.g., with Documentation; Marketing; Product).

The Team

Reporting to BabuSrithar - India Site Lead, Senior Director of Engineering 

BabuSrithar heads engineering & Site Leader for the India office. He is responsible for our growth strategy & is a cultural champion in the region. He is passionate about building high-quality software products & lean teams by leveraging everyone's potential. He enjoys working with people & learning along the way. Before joining Cockroach Labs, BabuSrithar held senior leadership positions at companies like Nutanix, Clumio & recently he was VP of engineering at Apty where he led the engineering globally. When not at work, he enjoys his time with his 4-year-old & family.

Functional alignment with Jordan Lewis - Senior Director of Engineering

Jordan is the Head of Engineering for CockroachDB Cloud. Hes responsible for the teams that build, maintain & keep CockroachDB Cloud reliably serving the needs of Cockroach Labs most demanding customer base. He joined Cockroach Labs as a database engineer in 2016 when it was just 25 people before moving into engineering leadership & most recently moving to lead the Cloud organization. Jordan lives in his hometown of Brooklyn NY with his wife. Outside of work he enjoys folk music & riding his electric scooter around town.