Database Engineering Team Manager

<p>Squarespace provides innovative solutions to empower our customers to focus on building their brand and growing their businesses on our platform. The Databases team manages all of the backend infrastructure that Squarespace runs on – MongoDB, CockroachDB, and Kafka clusters, to name a few examples. We are an accomplished, diverse group of people who develop the services that guarantee reliable and scalable infrastructure for both our cross-functional partners in product engineering, as well as our end users on the Squarespace platform. We believe that infrastructure excellence doesn't stop at just building for today; it needs to have a solid foundation of scalability, reliability, and a robust developer experience for the future.</p> <p>This is a <strong>hybrid role</strong> working from our <strong>Dublin office</strong> 3 days per week. You will report to the <strong>Databases Senior Engineering Manager.</strong></p> <h2><strong>You’ll Get To…</strong></h2> <ul> <li><strong>Nurture</strong> high-performing software engineers by guiding navigation when there is ambiguity.</li> <li><strong>Distill</strong> the scope of the team and help hire a balanced group of engineers that will excel as a unit.</li> <li><strong>Grow</strong> the career development of direct reports through regular 1:1s with direct, actionable feedback.</li> <li><strong>Celebrate</strong> wins that motivate the team’s positive culture and robust dynamic.</li> <li><strong>Evaluate</strong> consistently to improve team efficiency and effectiveness when required.</li> <li><strong>Evolve</strong> a deep understanding of local systems to identify appropriate architectural decisions.</li> <li><strong>Thread</strong> with Product, Design & Engineering to champion, define and execute an optimal roadmap.</li> <li><strong>Bond</strong> across Engineering, Product, Design, Marketing, Data Science and Business Operations.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Who We’re Looking For </strong></h2> <ul> <li><strong>3+ years</strong> of recent experience managing a Product Engineering team of four or more engineers.</li> <li><strong>7+ years</strong> of industry experience deploying apps across large codebases with many contributors.</li> <li>Ability to fluently translate, document and present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. </li> <li>Strong technical foundations to navigate the inherent tradeoffs with product engineering decisions.</li> <li>A manager who prioritizes an inclusive culture of psychological safety with technical rigor.</li> </ul> <h2><