Job Description

Job SummarySenior Engineer Manager - CallistoABOUT THE TEAMData protection needs for large enterprises are evolving into a varied usage of private/public cloud. While Rubrik has built incredibly successful solutions for both, our technical architecture needs to constantly evolve to fit our customer's needs, working seamlessly across public/private cloud. To provide the same magical experience to our customers while maintaining the agility of a startup, we need to converge our solutions to a foundation that can be extended & re-used. This requires a rethink across many areas of product and stack.The Callisto team is chartered to drive this initiative. A part of the Rubrik Product Infrastructure organization, the team spans the Palo Alto, CA (US) and Bengaluru (IN) locations but operates as a single entity. It's core product is a distributed noSQL database with a surround ecosystem of ancillary components (db drivers, proxy, et al) providing services to the Rubrik stack.This distributed database is at the heart of the Rubrik architecture, hosting all metadata needed by individual Rubrik services. Being at the bottom of the stack, this layer (and the team) not only needs to provide guidance for all software layers above it (e.g. file system, reporting, UI, etc.) but also to continually evolve to enable new platforms and use cases and stretch the limits of availability, scale and performance.Some recent projects that the team is working on

• Metadata support for Rolling Upgrades - Provide a framework to enable seamless metadata upgrades in a rolling fashion. Patent filed.
• Fast Metadata Sync - A next-gen sync of metadata from on-prem Rubrik clusters to the cloud with latencies in the single-digit seconds range.
• Reserve Mode - Ensure optimal performance and stability of the database in the face of infrastructure challenges.

The team has a strong roadmap and additionally, has a bias towards open sourcing appropriate database-centric projects that can benefit the industry. An example of this contribution is - a scalable, low-latency distributed time synchronization service.These projects require a deep understanding of distributed systems and databases, core OS, and storage fundamentals. As a company, we follow the tenet of measuring what you build and performance and cost at scale plays a key role.This role offers a dynamic blend of visionary thinking and hands-on execution, tackling complex technical challenges with the potential to have a significant impact on Rubrik's trajectory, and the industry. If all this sounds interesting, please reach out.ABOUT THE JOBWe are looking for a leader who can manage a very talented and deeply technical team that lives and breathes distributed databases. As the manager of the India-based team you will need to work closely with the US team and leadership, manage stakeholders across the company, and create and evolve the interfaces between teams.Your responsibilities will include

• building a high-performing team, creating a culture of transparency in a fast-paced environment
• developing a team identity, empowering direct reports and building career growth options for your team. You will be expected to put in a structure that allows the team to pursue multiple goals simultaneously, yet be nimble to business imperatives and shift resources appropriately
• helping employees grow through career development, coaching, and mentoring while guiding senior contributors to maximize their potential. You\'ll provide a clear path for progression through personal development plans, defining goals, perform evaluations, and collaborate with employees on their objectives; retain top talent.
• In collaboration with Tech Leads, defining and driving the architecture and infrastructure to enable rapid innovation.
• championing an atmosphere of continuous improvement with a metrics driven culture
• distilling complex and ambiguous situations into actionable plans for your team.
• driving technical initiatives to improve the way Rubrik builds and ships product experiences across the entire engineering organization
• representing your customers\' perspectives. You plan for how they will be impacted by the solutions you build, and work to enable their success.

ABOUT YOU

• A passionate leader obsessed with building technically strong teams
• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 12+ years of experience, at least 3 years of managing software engineering teams
• Experience in distributed systems and mission-critical enterprise software development with a record for shipping features in a timely manner with high quality and at scale.

Preferred Qualifications

• Managing teams in a dynamic (start-up like) environment
• Experience with database development
• Experience with using open source software in critical areas

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