Sr Manager, Engineering - Platform Engineering - Ingest & Network Data

Kentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams, providing critical insights for managing networks. The Sr Manager, Engineering - Platform Engineering will lead the Ingest and Network Data Team, focusing on designing and scaling high-performance data ingestion and enrichment systems for major clients.

Responsibilities:

• Mentor and lead a growing organization responsible for both the high-volume ingestion pipelines and the complex network data enrichment services
• Provide thought leadership in designing and scaling distributed systems that ingest trillions of records while performing real-time enrichments on network metadata
• Take broad concepts and define requirements, approach, and success metrics
• Contribute hands-on on both greenfield and maintenance projects, including bootstrapping large and/or new products
• Drive engineering best practices through code reviews, automated testing, and comprehensive documentation to maintain platform reliability
• Collaborate with other engineering, support, and sales teams to drive platform-wide storage standards and alignment with customer demands
• Participate in our recruiting and hiring process

Requirements:

• Prior experience as an engineering manager or technical lead
• Deep, hands-on leadership experience in a SaaS and/or startup environment
• The ability to balance 'the right way' (engineering excellence) with speed to market, ensuring buy-in from both engineers and stakeholders
• Subject matter expertise in highly scalable data ingestion, network data enrichment, the management of massive time-series datasets, cloud, and/or observability
• Strong organizational skills
• A strong desire to learn and master new technologies, architectures, and market requirements as the platform expands