Remote Engineering Manager - Database Reliability

Wave Mobile Money; Remote; GBP 134,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology company is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the database reliability team. You will ensure that database infrastructure is reliable and scalable, mentoring a diverse team of engineers. The role demands experience in managing critical databases and strong leadership skills. This position is fully remote, competitive compensation up to $178,200 USD, plus benefits like health insurance and flexible vacation policies.

Benefits

Subsidized health insurance

Flexible vacation

Annual travel stipend

$10,000 charitable donation matching

Paid parental leave

Remote work flexibility

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing database or storage teams.
• Demonstrable people management experience.
• Experience developing incident response and capacity planning processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the database reliability team to ensure continuous uptime.
• Mentor and coach a diverse team of database engineers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on database initiatives.

Skills

Database management

Team leadership

Cloud infrastructure

Incident response

Performance tuning

Project management

Tools

Postgres

CockroachDB

Kubernetes

Terraform

Python

Job description

A financial technology company is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the database reliability team. You will ensure that database infrastructure is reliable and scalable, mentoring a diverse team of engineers. The role demands experience in managing critical databases and strong leadership skills. This position is fully remote, competitive compensation up to $178,200 USD, plus benefits like health insurance and flexible vacation policies.