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Lots of tech companies disrupt. But, many fail when they try to scale. We're different. CockroachDB makes it easier for companies to build and scale apps. This is how and why we're helping some of the most innovative companies on the planet. We tackle problems head-on and focus on solutions that create lasting impact. 

Because when our customers win, we all win. 

 

The Role

We are looking for an Engineering Manager excited about growing an open-source, cloud-native distributed SQL database to lead our SQL Foundations team. This team works within the SQL layer of CockroachDB, focussing on sessions and schema management. Join the team to be a part of cutting edge work that provides foundational database functionality enabling a seamless experience for CockroachDB users.

You Will

• Help engineers successfully navigate their day-to-day by providing them the resources they need, as well as access to individuals who can help them accomplish their goals at Cockroach Labs.
• Partner closely with our engineering and product leadership to set the engineering roadmap for CockroachDB and our future products.
• Collaborate with managers across teams to tackle people management challenges, but to also ensure the coordination of documentation, marketing, and product initiatives as we scale.
• Coach and provide direct feedback to your team to guide personal development and growth beyond just technical skills. Managing performance and making sure that our engineers are achieving their goals is essential to retaining a high performing team of engineers.
• Exemplify our core values of aim high and build to last, establish balance, be transparent about highs and lows, and respect. This is especially important as you begin to grow the team.
• Be excited to bring your technical understanding and product architecture knowledge to Cockroach Labs and learn more about databases
• Enjoy being involved in tech talks, community meetups, conferences, and hackathons and encourage your team to participate in events that interest them. Your engagement helps to strengthen our open-source community and increase our presence in the tech community.

The Expectations

In your first 30 days, you will become an integrated member of our engineering team. You’ll spend time learning about the SQL Foundations team’s domain, processes and people, as well as learning about CockroachDB and CockroachDB Cloud. We believe that it's essential for you to take this first month to become familiar with our technology and our company.

After 3 months, you will be fully integrated into the team and comfortable leading the SQL Foundations team’s execution in partnership with Product and Design. You’ll have built an understanding of the SQL Foundations team’s tech stack and feel comfortable with the architecture and components the team develops and maintains. You’ll understand the team’s priorities and roadmap.

After 6 months, you’ll be up to managing a team of 4-6 engineers and starting to grow the team yourself. You will be making sure that each member of your team is working on projects that align with both our needs and their interests.

You Have 

• A passion for building relationships and are responsible for the welfare of the engineering team you manage, including their professional development and growth. We're looking for managers that want to empower the team to achieve their professional and personal goals.
• Experience working on complex technical products and have exposure to distributed systems, concurrency control, data replication, file systems, or SQL processing.
• Comfort using programming languages like Go, C/C++, Java, and Python. We use Go, but if you don't know it, you'll learn while you're here.
• A solid product architecture knowledge and grasp how a variety of teams interactions’ may impact it.
• Been exposed to performance management, understanding the importance of building an effective team that can function independently, while collaborating and supporting each other.
• Partnered across departments, ensuring coordination with internal teams (e.g., with Documentation; Marketing; Product).

The Team

Rebecca Taft - Senior Manager, Engineering 

Becca is responsible for the SQL Queries, CDC, and Migrations teams. She partners closely with the product managers, engineering managers, and engineers to build and maintain an impactful roadmap. Becca has been at Cockroach Labs for over 7 years and helped build the CockroachDB query optimizer from the ground up. Prior to joining Cockr