Engineering Manager (Event Streaming)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (Event Streaming): Leading a globally distributed team responsible for hirify.global's event streaming platform, with an accent on technical vision, system reliability, and cross-functional partnership. Focus on driving platform evolution, building scalable APIs, and fostering a high-performing team culture.

Location: Hybrid (USA), with in-office anchor days (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays) in San Francisco, California.

Salary: $220,000–$280,000 USD

Company

hirify.global helps developers write better software faster by building performance and error monitoring tools used by over 100,000 organizations.

What you will do

• Lead a globally distributed team focused on hirify.global's foundational event streaming systems.
• Nurture and grow engineers through coaching, mentorship, and career development.
• Foster an inclusive, high-performing team culture with a focus on ownership and delivery.
• Drive the evolution of the event streaming platform, contributing to architecture and key technical decisions.
• Collaborate with product engineering teams to build scalable APIs and developer-friendly primitives.
• Own the reliability, performance, and delivery of the team's roadmap.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, ideally with a focus on backend, distributed systems, or infrastructure.
• 4+ years of engineering management experience, including growing and managing teams of 10 or more engineers.
• Experience leading architecture, development, and long-term evolution of large-scale, real-time event processing systems.
• Familiarity with streaming systems like Kafka, Flink, Beam, or Spark Streaming.
• Strong technical communication skills and a track record of effective cross-team and leadership collaboration.
• Proven experience delivering and owning multi-year engineering efforts in a leadership or tech lead capacity.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model with in-office anchor days on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
• Globally distributed team across multiple regions and time zones.
• Focus on ownership, learning, and delivery within a high-performing team culture.
• Opportunity for strong growth and to take on additional charters and teams over time.
• Commitment to building a diverse team with an inclusive culture.