Lead, Engineering

United States Digital Space LLC; Cork; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

the company in Cork is seeking an Engineering Manager to join the Atlas organization and help build Atlas Data Federation & Archiving in the Dublin area. Hybrid or in-office work is available for candidates based in Cork.

You will lead a team, contribute to code and design, work with stakeholders on the roadmap, and collaborate with customers on issues while participating in on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of professional software development experience.
• At least 3 years of people management experience.
• Led engineering teams that built and maintained large scale systems.
• Experience with Go, Java, C# or similar for backend services.
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP and cloud storage primitives (S3, GCS, Azure Blob).
• Hands-on with petabyte-scale data infrastructure or storage.
• Excellent communication and collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of motivated individual contributors and grow their capabilities.
• Contribute to code, design, and architecture of systems your team builds.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to shape roadmap and product offerings.
• Work with customers and support engineers during on-call rotations.
• Promote best practices, design principles, and inclusive culture.
• Foster an environment aligned with the company's Core Values.

Skills

Software development

People management

Large-scale systems

Distributed backend

Cloud providers

Data infrastructure

Communication skills

Collaboration

Job description

the company is seeking an Engineering Manager to join the Atlas Organization. The organization is responsible for building the company Atlas, our database-as-a-service offering and fastest growing product.

Atlas allows users to deploy fault-tolerant, secure, globally distributed the company clusters in just minutes. This includes developing software to interface with the three major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, and GCP) in order to bring security, durability, availability, and performance to all deployments of the company.

The Atlas Data Federation & Archiving team is an engineering team responsible for the Atlas capabilities that allow customers to move data from hot to cold storage and run federated queries over that data. The team builds Atlas Data Federation, a distributed query engine that lets users query data across Atlas Clusters and cloud object storage through a unified service. The team also builds Atlas Online Archive which allows customers to move data from Atlas Clusters into fully managed cloud object storage while preserving a seamless query experience across hot and cold datasets.

We are forming a new Atlas Data Federation & Archiving team in the Dublin area. The Engineering Manager who fills this position will be pivotal in growing that team. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Cork and would like a hybrid or in-office working model.

What you’ll do

• Lead a team of motivated individual contributors who are eager to learn and grow
• Contribute to the code, design, and architecture of the systems your team develops
• Work with stakeholders throughout the company to build our roadmap and product offerings
• Work with customers and support engineers to fix issues and become part of our on‑call rotation
• Collaborate with team members to develop our codebase, best practices, and design principles
• Foster an inclusive and respectful work environment according to the company's Core Values

We’re looking for someone who

• Has at least 6 years of professional software development experience
• Has at least 3 years of people management experience
• Has led engineering teams that have built and maintained large scale systems
• Is skilled at writing large‑scale, distributed backend systems in a compiled language (Go, Java, C#, etc.)
• Has experience with at least one major cloud provider technology (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud storage primitives (S3, GCS, Azure Blob)
• Hands‑on experience with petabyte‑scale data infrastructure or storage systems
• Is eager to solve tough problems
• Has excellent communication skills
• Is curious, collaborative, and motivated

Success Measures

• In 1 month, you’ll be familiar with the foundational parts of the system, the existing features, and projects within the Atlas Clusters team
• In 3 months, you will be contributing to design and development of your team’s projects and working on your team’s growth
• In 6 months, you and your team will have ramped enough to take on medium sized projects and you will be leading your team towards its product and engineering goals. You will be supporting our customers during escalations and have joined our on‑call rotation

About the company

the company is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. the company’s unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud‑native platform, the company Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi‑cloud data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and over 67,000 customers, including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI‑native startups, relying on the company for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software.

Our compass at the company is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us the company.

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at the company, and help us make an impact on the world!

the company is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.

the company is an equal opportunities employer.