About Hevo:
At Hevo, we are changing the way companies leverage data to drive user experience, growth, and business processes. There has been a fundamental change in the amount of data companies are generating on a day-to-day basis. More and more users in an organization are now looking to use data to drive business decisions. Data is no longer a second-class citizen and companies are seeing data as a competitive advantage. We see this change and we are on a mission to change the way companies leverage their data.With a technology platform processing more than 100 billion records a month and doubling itself every 6 months, Hevo is poised for exponential growth in the coming future. This position provides a unique opportunity to create a massive impact on all existing and future customers of Hevo through technology innovation.If you are the one who is looking to take a leap of faith and work on the technology of the future, if you obsess over customer satisfaction and experience then we are looking for you.
About the Role:
We’re looking for an experienced
Engineering Manager
to lead the development of
highly scalable, reliable, and secure platform services and database connectors
that power mission-critical data pipelines for thousands of enterprise customers. These pipelines connect to modern data warehouses such as
Snowflake, BigQuery, and Databricks
, as well as Data Lakes like
Apache Iceberg
.This is a rare opportunity to own and build foundational systems, solve complex engineering challenges, and lead a high-impact team delivering best-in-class performance at scale.You will play a central role in shaping our platform vision, driving high accountability, and fostering a culture of technical excellence and high performance—while working closely with cross-functional stakeholders across product, program, support, and business teams.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead, mentor and inspire a team of software engineers who take pride in ownership and delivering impact
- Ensure operational excellence through proactive monitoring, automated processes, and a culture of continuous improvement with strong accountability
- Drive a strong quality-first mindset, embedding it into the development lifecycle—from design to deployment
- Drive technical leadership through architecture reviews, code guidance, and solving critical platform challenges
- Build and operate multi-tenant, distributed backend systems at scale
- Act as a technical leader—you’ve operated at least at Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or Principal Engineer level in your career
- Champion a culture of high accountability, clear ownership, and high visibility across engineering and cross-functional stakeholders
- Collaborate deeply with Product, Program, Support, and Business functions to drive alignment and execution
- Embed principles of observability, reliability, security, and auditability into all aspects of the platform
- Inspire the team to pursue engineering excellence, driving best-in-class implementations and visible results
- Define and track data-driven KPIs to ensure operational efficiency, performance, and team effectiveness
- Take end-to-end ownership of product lines, ensuring on-time delivery and customer success
- Contribute to team growth, hiring, and building an inclusive, learning-focused engineering environment
What We’re Looking For:
- 10+ years of experience in backend or systems software development
- 2+ years in a formal or informal Engineering Manager, Sr. Engineering Manager, or Tech Lead role in a fast-paced engineering environment
- Progression through senior IC roles like Tech Lead, Staff, or Principal Engineer
- Strong experience with distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and multi-tenant platforms
- Proven ability to drive cross-team collaboration with product, support, business, and program teams
- Demonstrated ability to drive accountability, set clear goals, and raise the performance bar for the team
- Expertise in system design, scalability, performance optimization, and cost control
- Proven track record of mentoring engineers, guiding architecture, and leading impactful initiatives
- Clear communicator, adept at both strategy and execution
Bonus Points:
- Experience with data engineering platforms, ETL systems, or database internals
- Exposure to product-driven companies, especially in infrastructure, SaaS, or backup/data systems
- Demonstrated history of fast-tracked growth or high-visibility impact
- Led or contributed to re-architecture or greenfield systems at scale
Lead. Build. Inspire.
Join us to shape the future of data infrastructure—where your leadership, expertise, and vision will directly power business-critical decisions for the world’s leading companies.