Sr. Engineering Manager - Storage Engineering
$203,000–$254,000 year
On-site · San Jose, California, United States
Job Summary
Cloudera seeks a strong engineering leader for the Storage Engineering group, responsible for overseeing the development of Apache Ozone and HDFS, managing a talented team focused on building scalable storage solutions. The Sr. Engineering Manager will be tasked with aligning the technical roadmap with business goals, mentoring engineers, and enforcing best practices in software development, while also collaborating with various teams for successful product integration. Candidates should have extensive experience in large-scale distributed systems and a solid management background.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with 2+ years in an engineering management role.
- Demonstrable experience with the design, implementation, and operation of large-scale distributed systems, particularly in storage, file systems, databases, or cloud infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of fundamental storage concepts (e.g., consistency, replication, erasure coding, caching).
- Proven track record of leading and managing high-performing engineering teams, demonstrating excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Desired Qualifications
- Prior experience contributing to or leading large-scale open-source projects.
- Familiarity with the Apache Hadoop big data ecosystem (HDFS, YARN, Hive, Impala, Spark) or related distributed data frameworks.
- Experience with specific commercial or open-source distributed storage technologies (e.g., Ceph, Gluster, ZFS, S3-compatible systems).
- Experience managing remote or hybrid engineers.
Additional Requirements
- This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
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