Engineering Manager, Warehouse Scale

<h4><strong>About the Job:</strong></h4> <p>We're looking for an engineering manager for our Warehouse Scale team. In this role, you'll lead the team that builds and operates the foundational data infrastructure powering LaunchDarkly's warehouse-native products — data export pipelines, warehouse health checks, and warehouse connection setup.<br><br>You'll bring a balance of people management and technical leadership as you drive the development of critical platform infrastructure and foster a high-performing, collaborative engineering culture. You'll partner closely with Product Management and cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, scalable systems that enterprise customers depend on.</p> <h4>Responsibilities:</h4> <ul class="ak-ul" data-local-id="2e266c7f0570" data-indent-level="1"> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="5046" data-local-id="a20e4c5a493f">Lead and develop a team of backend engineers, providing coaching, feedback, and career growth opportunities</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="5157" data-local-id="1e44d3580373">Partner with PM and Design to scope, estimate, and sequence roadmap items, making scope tradeoffs in real time</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="5271" data-local-id="cc4c3545d5a1">Own the team's delivery of critical infrastructure — data export pipelines, DAG orchestration, warehouse health checks, and connection setup</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="5415" data-local-id="b33aa0b2bbc5">Collaborate with adjacent teams (Warehouse Integrations, Experimentation, Data Platform) on shared infrastructure decisions and cross-team dependencies</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="5570" data-local-id="45367bbf27ce">Communicate roadmaps, risks, and progress clearly to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="5683" data-local-id="728f16d929e3">Build team working norms that promote collaboration, reduce silos, and keep engineers engaged</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="5780" data-local-id="4fa71d9abda0">Drive operational excellence — improve reliability, observability, and incident response for production data infrastructure</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="5907" data-local-id="bb44faa3ebb6">Participate in hiring to grow the team and raise the engineering bar</p> </li> </ul> <h4>Qualifications:</h4> <ul class="ak-ul" data-local-id="69722f3287e1" data-indent-level="1"> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="6004" data-local-id="71797f2020c3">3+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years managing a team of backend or infrastructure engineers</p> </li> </ul> <ul class="ak-ul" data-local-id="2bb3fad73854" data-indent-level="1"> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="6134" data-local-id="0c5bc6d1d1fb">Experience building or operating data infrastructure at scale — pipelines, orchestration frameworks, or data platform systems</p> </li> </ul> <ul class="ak-ul" data-local-id="aa648f92d64b" data-indent-level="1"> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="6265" data-local-id="40cc623a83a4">Proven ability to partner with Product Management to translate business goals into engineering plans with reliable estimations</p> </li> </ul> <ul class="ak-ul" data-local-id="54913831cae9" data-indent-level="1"> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="6397" data-local-id="3cafc3a7c797">Strong communication skills, especially in distributed team environments with cross-timezone collaboration</p> </li> </ul> <ul class="ak-ul" data-local-id="1d19d1588d3b" data-indent-level="1"> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="6509" data-local-id="6e2691f262af">Track record of coaching and developing engineers, including performance management, career growth planning, and technical mentorship</p> </li> </ul> <ul class="ak-ul" data-local-id="7d8dc1344cc0" data-indent-level="1"> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="6648" data-local-id="38eb0ccbdcc2">Familiarity with observability practices (metrics, tracing, alerting, structured logging) and comfort with production inc