Engineering Manager – Foundational Data Systems for AI

Granica is a company focused on building foundational data systems that support AI and analytics. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a globally distributed team of engineers, overseeing the design and operation of core infrastructure systems that ensure efficiency and reliability for data workloads.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a senior engineering team across multiple geographies
• Own hiring, onboarding, and career development in a high-bar engineering culture
• Create clarity and accountability across a large, senior organization operating in ambiguity
• Set technical direction through design reviews, RFCs, and principled architectural trade-offs
• Remain deeply involved in architecture and system design decisions
• Own The Evolution Of Foundational Systems Including
• Table maintenance and data layout optimization
• Metadata services and transaction management
• Schema evolution and versioning
• Distributed compute orchestration
• Reliability, observability, and operational tooling
• Translate strategy into execution through clear roadmaps and milestones
• Establish engineering standards for correctness, reliability, and cost efficiency
• Lead incident response, postmortems, and system improvements
• Operate infrastructure where correctness and durability are critical
• Work closely with Research, Applied Systems, Product, and Infrastructure teams
• Help move ideas from theory to production while preserving system integrity
• Act as a technical and organizational bridge between research and engineering