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Engineering Manager Tenant Scale Git

Open 23d

You will manage senior and staff engineers working on Git and related infrastructure. You will drive long-horizon work on performance, scalability, maintainability, and Git architecture; balance upstream development with product priorities; support engineers’ growth; and align with distributed stakeholders through clear written communication.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a team of senior and staff engineers working on the Git version control system and Git-related infrastructure
  • Build a culture of technical rigor, clear accountability, and ownership
  • Drive execution on long-horizon work across performance, scalability, maintainability, and core Git architecture
  • Balance upstream open-source development with product and infrastructure priorities
  • Support engineers’ growth through feedback, mentoring, career development, and stretch opportunities
  • Foster written communication and asynchronous alignment across a distributed team
  • Partner with downstream teams and stakeholders on performance, feature design, and roadmap clarity
  • Represent the team in stakeholder conversations about Git direction, performance, and scalability

Requirements

  • Experience managing engineering teams with direct reports, including hiring, performance management, and career development
  • Management philosophy focused on engineer agency, ownership, consistency, follow-through, and technical judgment
  • Ability to guide specialized engineers through ambiguity, technical tradeoffs, and upstream open-source development
  • Written communication and remote asynchronous collaboration skills
  • Track record of delivering ambiguous, long-horizon technical projects
  • Knowledge of maintainability, technical debt, and long-term platform viability
  • Hands-on background in version control systems, distributed systems, storage engines, or low-level infrastructure
  • Ability to engage with systems code and architecture
  • Experience with C, Go, or similar performance-sensitive environments

Benefits

  • Health, financial, and well-being benefits
  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Team Member Resource Groups
  • Equity compensation
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Growth and Development Fund
  • Parental Leave

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