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WEKA

Engineering Manager, Protocols

LocationTel Aviv, Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
DepartmentR&D
Company size1,001–5,000 people
First seen1mo ago
Last seen1d ago
About the company
WEKA is a fast-growing startup developing the world’s fastest and most scalable data platform. WEKA lives anywhere the data does, whether on-premises, in the public cloud, or in a hybrid environment, and was built from the ground up to meet the diverse needs of modern data workloads.
At WEKA, we are constantly putting our technology and ourselves to the test to solve today’s biggest data storage challenges while enabling heightened productivity.
We currently enable Fortune 500 companies to push the boundaries of what’s possible, achieve breakthrough innovations, and solve previously unsolvable problems. Want to join the ride?
What makes a Wekkie?
If you have a positive “can-do” attitude, a relentless curiosity about all things tech, and you thrive on pushing limits and breaking barriers, you’ll fit right in at WEKA!
We’re a super friendly bunch who support each other, promote best practices, and we always encourage collaboration and sharing ideas. Even on rainy days, our sunny spirits shine through. And as we grow, we’re inviting those who are like us to join in the fun!
What you’ll be doing:
As Senior Manager in the development organization, you’ll need to combine leadership, team building, technological problem solving, direct and matrix management, risk management, and career development of direct response to empower our most valuable asset – our engineers.
As a Senior Manager, you’ll:
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Leading 2 squads in the protocols domains (S3, NFS, SMB) located in Israel and the US, whose mandate is mainly on the datapath aspects of the stacks, but not just.
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Leading experienced developers, accountable for both development and quality aspects.
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Grow the team and team leaders, and manage the career development of team members.
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Be a direct address for everything related to teams’ activities and members.
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Work closely with program management, product management, and other technical managers to lead the team’s deliverables from planning to release.
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Engage with PM and field teams to understand the requirements, pains, and what is required to move the needle.
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Build and maintain the technical debt backlog and promote it into ongoing releases.
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Assume nothing - constantly revisit how we work and whether our productivity is perfectly tuned.
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Provide transparent progress and risk analysis.
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Promote and participate in beautiful designs, efficient code, and collaborative code reviews.
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Own and promote quality in every part of the deliveries and activities.
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Be a manager - recruit, nurture, and manage retention.
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Be a mentor - provide ongoing feedback, both good and constructive.
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Be a leader - demonstrate a can-do attitude, and promote company goals.
Requirements:
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5+ years of experience in managing software development teams.
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5+ years of experience in C/C++/ Python/ Go/ Rust development.
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Customer-facing experience.
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Experience with development over Linux, including low-level User-Mode OS knowledge.
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Experience with the development of highly distributed systems.
Nice to have:
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Team leading experience of several teams or group leadership
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Experience in the storage industry, databases, or other infrastructure.
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Experience working on complex and large-scale distributed systems, databases, or others.
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Familiarity with storage concepts (SMB, NFS, S3, SSD, NVMe, Linux filesystems).
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Familiarity with clustered environment products and design and containers.
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Familiarity with network concepts and protocols (UDP, TCP, InfiniBand, Ethernet, RDMA).
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