Ripple is looking for an engineering leader to help manage & guide the Data Infrastructure team to drive the company building scalable & self-serve Data infrastructure. As the Senior Software Engineering Manager, you will lead the effort to enable Ripple to democratize data by developing a self-serving data infrastructure.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Manage & mentor a team of engineers responsible for designing, building, & operating our ever-growing data infrastructure
• Establish team objectives in alignment with business goals
• Work closely with engineering leaders to identify bottlenecks in our existing data infrastructure & guide the team in improving & scaling it; ensure that technical decisions support our quality, performance, scalability, reliability, availability, & security goals
• Support our analytics, data science, & ML teams
• Build systems & services that abstract the engines & will allow the users to focus on business & application logic via higher-level programming models
• Improve & maintain data pipelines & tools to keep pace with the growth of our data & its consumers
• Identify & analyze requirements & use cases from multiple internal teams (including finance, compliance, analytics, data science, & engineering, ML); work with other technical leads to design solutions for the requirements.
• Mentor & guide the professional & technical development of your team; develop their careers by assigning them to projects tailored to their skills, personalities, work styles, & goals
• Instill a spirit of continuous improvement in the teams code, architecture, & processes
• Work with your team & customers to sketch out the companys vision for a data services architecture

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• 10+ years of software infrastructure experience
• 3+ years as a people leader & a technical leader
• Deep experience with distributed systems, distributed data stores, data pipelines, & other tools in cloud services environments (e.g. AWS, GCP)
• Experience with building & managing API & Inbound data infrastructure for data Ingestion into the data lake
• A strong advocate of data governance & data quality
• Experience with big data tech stack Hadoop, Spark, Hudi, etc.
• Ability to make build versus buy decisions 
• Experience with distributed event streaming platforms like Kafka, Flink, etc.
• Experience with database internals, database language theories, database design, SQL & database programming
• You have a passion for building & motivating teams to reach their potential
• You are a strong partner to other engineering & non-engineering teams & can drive cross-functional projects forward
• You have experience building internal infrastructure that is shared across teams
• Solid leadership & communication skills

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience with AWS or Google cloud ecosystems
• Experience in building self-service data services
• Crypto domain experience or interest
• Familiarity with Kubernetes

WHAT WE OFFER:

• The chance to work in a fast-paced startup environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies & make an impact
• Competitive salary & equity
• 100% paid medical & dental & 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day
• 401k (with match), commuter benefits
• Industry-leading parental leave policies
• Generous wellness reimbursement & weekly onsite programs
• Flexible vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Employee giving match
• Modern office in San Franciscos Financial District
• Fully-stocked kitchen with organic snacks, beverages, & coffee drinks
• Weekly company meeting - ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• Team outings to sports games, happy hours, game nights & more!