Principal TLM

Summary

Join Mixpanel's query team as an Engineering Manager to lead, mentor, and scale a team focused on building and maintaining the next generation of query infrastructure. You will hire and retain top engineering talent, translate business goals into actionable roadmaps, and foster a culture of engineering excellence. The role requires a deep understanding of distributed systems and a proven track record of mentoring engineers. You will ensure the query service meets performance and uptime SLAs and collaborate with customers to optimize their query performance. Mixpanel offers a competitive compensation package, including comprehensive benefits and a collaborative work environment.

Requirements

• Has prior experience building, maintaining & scaling reliable, high-volume distributed systems
• Can reason about ambiguous problems from first principles and propose creative solutions
• Has strong CS fundamentals (e.g., data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems)
• Contributes to attracting and retaining engineers through technical leadership, collaboration, and/or enablement
• Has a track record of mentoring and growing engineers who work with you. You make engineers around you more productive

Responsibilities

• Hiring and retaining diverse and talented engineers
• Mentoring engineers & growing future technical leaders
• Working cross-functionally to translate business goals into the team’s roadmap
• Nurturing engineering excellence via culture and process
• Providing meaningful input to technical designs based on an in depth understanding of our systems & services
• Ensuring the query service uptime and performance SLO/SLAs are met
• Working with customers to improve their query performance

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior engineering management experience, especially on teams that build and operate high volume, stateful distributed systems in SaaS environments
• Prior Experience with database technologies, including their internal design and implementation
• Prior Experience with multi-tenant systems, with focus on reliability, performance, isolation and security

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care
• Mental Wellness Benefit
• Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Volunteer Time Off
• Additional US Benefits: Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K), Wellness Benefit, Holiday Break