Senior Manager, Engineering - Heroku Data Services

Salesforce; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leader in AI & CRM technology is seeking a Senior Manager for Software Engineering in the UK. This role involves leading multiple engineering teams to deliver scalable and resilient data solutions. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in software engineering, Agile practices, and a strong background in database technologies. You will cultivate a high-performing culture while engaging in technical discussions and driving innovations in system availability and security. Join us in redefining success through innovation.

Benefits

Inclusive recruitment process

Support for work-life balance

Career development resources

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with hands-on technical contributions.
• 3+ years managing software engineering teams with a track record of building high-performing cultures.
• 2+ years managing distributed/remote teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide line management for multiple engineering teams, including hiring and performance management.
• Participate in architecture reviews and design decisions for database technologies.
• Drive innovations to improve system scalability and security.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Agile/Scrum expertise

Database technologies

Object-oriented programming (Ruby, Go, or Python)

Excellent communication skills

Tools

AWS infrastructure

Automated testing frameworks

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Software Engineering

Job Details

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Overview of the Role

The Senior Manager, Software Engineering role is part of our Heroku Data Services organization, reporting to the Director of Software Engineering. Heroku Data Services develops and operates cutting‑edge managed datastore‑as‑a‑service products built on Postgres, Redis, and Apache Kafka, managing one of the largest collections of databases in the world.

We are looking for a highly technical Senior Manager to lead multiple engineering teams. In this role, you will be both a strategic leader and technical participant, engaging in architecture discussions while building high‑performing engineering cultures. You'll guide distributed teams toward operational excellence, leveraging your engineering background and Agile/Scrum expertise to deliver scalable, resilient data platforms that empower developers worldwide.

Your Impact

Success will be measured by team performance, system reliability, operational excellence, and the career growth of your team members.

• Provide line management for multiple engineering teams, including hiring, performance management, career development, and retention
• Participate in technical discussions, architecture reviews, and design decisions for database technologies, distributed systems, and operational automation
• Serve as an experienced Agile/Scrum practitioner, facilitating sprint planning, refinement, retrospectives, and continuous improvement
• Drive innovations that improve system scalability, robustness, availability, and security using telemetry and metrics
• Collaborate with Product Management and cross‑functional leaders to deliver on shared roadmaps and business goals
• Foster an environment with autonomy and accountability where engineers can do their best work
• Oversee on‑call rotations, operational readiness, deployment automation, and incident response best practices
• Champion code quality, maintainability, testing practices, and technical documentation across teams
• Build and sustain high‑performing, collaborative cultures in an async‑first, globally distributed environment

Required Skills

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with hands‑on technical contributions
• 3+ years managing software engineering teams with track record of building high‑performing cultures
• 2+ years managing distributed/remote teams
• Proven Agile/Scrum Master experience or project management experience
• Strong engineering background with database technologies (Postgres, Redis, Apache Kafka, or similar)
• Proficiency in object‑oriented programming languages (Ruby, Go, or Python)
• Experience with AWS infrastructure and automated testing frameworks
• Demonstrated experience operating high‑scale distributed systems in production
• Ability to debug, optimize code, and design automation solutions
• Excellent communication skills in async‑first, globally distributed environments
• Strong customer‑centric mindset and ability to eliminate ambiguity

Preferred Requirements

• Background in site reliability engineering (SRE) or DevOps practices
• Experience with Platform‑as‑a‑Service (PaaS) or Database‑as‑a‑Service (DBaaS) environments
• Experience designing and managing services for stateful applications at scale

Unleash Your Potential

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