Senior Engineering Manager (Data Platform)

TL;DR

Senior Engineering Manager (Data Platform): Building and optimizing critical data platform infrastructure and services for high transaction throughput, ensuring scalability and reliability. Focus on architectural decisions, leading iterative design and implementation, and fostering high-quality engineering processes for distributed systems.

Location: Hybrid (USA). In-person participation is required throughout the year for team and company-wide offsites.

Salary: $253,895—$298,700 USD

Company

hirify.global is a product company dedicated to increasing economic freedom through an emerging onchain platform and the future global financial system.

What you will do

• Build and manage engineering teams, guiding feature, service, and infrastructure development.
• Coach direct reports for positive impact and career growth.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate vision into a quarterly roadmap.
• Serve as a thoughtful technical voice, aiding architectural decisions and fostering high-quality code.
• Identify and recruit exceptional engineers aligning with hirify.global's culture.
• Contribute to and own processes for engineering quality and SLA adherence.

Requirements

• 9+ years of experience managing critical datastore infrastructure with high transaction throughput.
• Track record of architecting and scaling databases with partitioning, sharding, and distributed DBs.
• Hands-on experience with Relational & NoSQL databases, including Postgres, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, and ElasticSearch.
• Real-world experience designing scale-out infrastructure and triaging performance/reliability issues in a distributed environment.
• Leadership in advancing developer experience and enforcing standards via self-service tools.
• Proven experience managing infra budget, contracts, and vendors for efficiency.
• Effective communication of technical aspects, guidelines, and tradeoffs to various stakeholders.
• Ability to build and nurture multiple sub-teams with a big vision and roadmap.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven culture focused on increasing economic freedom and building the future.
• Competitive compensation including equity, bonus eligibility, and US-specific benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, HSA).
• Wellness stipend, mobile/internet reimbursement, volunteer time off, fertility benefits.
• Generous time off/leave policy.
• Option of getting paid in digital currency.
• Commitment to Equal Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations.