As the leader of the SingleStore database engine team, you will drive the technical vision and execution for our core engine, leading a high-performing, collaborative team in a rapid production environment. You will oversee the direction, design, and development of key features, working closely with cross-functional teamsincluding cloud managed services, infrastructure, product, and go-to-marketto deliver a robust, enterprise-ready product. You will foster a culture of innovation, learning, and operational excellence, mentoring engineers and managers, and ensuring the team iterates and innovates quickly while maintaining high quality and reliability.

Key Responsibilities :

- Lead, mentor, and grow a geographically distributed team of engineers and managers, fostering a culture of collaboration, diversity, and continuous learning.

- Define and execute the technical roadmap for the database engine, balancing short-term deliverables with long-term vision and scalability.

- Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of major software components, systems, and features, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security.

- Collaborate with product management and other stakeholders to prioritize features and align engineering efforts with business goals.

- Drive operational excellence, including observability, testing, and incident response for production systems.

- Attract, hire, and retain top engineering talent, and lead the team through periods of growth and change.

- Engage with customers and partners to gather feedback and drive adoption of new features.

- Champion best practices in software engineering, including code reviews, technical standards, and process improvements.

Minimum Qualifications :

- Proven ability to hire, mentor, and retain top engineering talent in distributed teams.

- 5+ years of experience in a senior role leading software engineering teams, including prior experience building teams in distributed locations.

- Experience leading and developing major software components, systems, and features in distributed systems or database engines.

- Deep knowledge of file systems, concurrency, multithreading, and server architectures.

- Expertise in query optimization, execution, and processing.

- Prior experience developing and debugging in system-level C/C++, particularly on Linux.

- Strong ability to design and develop new systems to enhance database performance.

- Experience working closely with customers and partners to collect feedback and drive adoption.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a passion for building highly reliable systems software.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience with distributed consensus protocols, data replication, and distributed transactions.

- Familiarity with database internals or building core components for data processing systems.

- Experience with cloud-native architectures and hybrid cloud/on-prem environments.

- Track record of launching new features and maintaining them in production with high observability and operational excellence.

- Commitment to building and fostering a diverse and supportive culture.