Engineering Manager Distributed Systems

Engineering Manager - Distributed Systems

New York, NY (Remote)

Engineering / Remote

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Box Labs we are on a mission to usher in a new era for the web, where data is secure, interactions are trustworthy, and relationships are the basis of connection. We are building Ceramic, the building block for composable data on the web and powering thousands of the world's most ambitious applications. We are backed by a strong community and leading investors, and we operate with a lean, curious, remote-friendly team emphasizing inclusivity and collaboration.

We consider remote-first work and often organize team retreats.

As an Engineering Manager (Distributed Systems), this person will manage a team of engineers, support their needs, and contribute as an individual contributor with experience in distributed systems. This position reports to the Head of Engineering.

• You have built relationships and trust within the engineering team, such that you can comfortably slot in as a manager for ~3-5 team members after their first month. As a manager, your primary responsibilities are to deliver performance feedback to your reports, help them improve, act as a conduit of feedback to and from others, and collaborate with the Head of Engineering to develop new skills.
• You participate in architecting mission-critical systems within Ceramic and Compose
  
  DB. Over the next 12 months, we will decentralize our anchoring service, scale Ceramic and Compose
  
  DB for large data sets, and design mechanisms for building sustainable communities around composable data. Your technical contributions should balance pragmatism and shipability with forward-compatibility for future projects.
• You collaborate with product and adoption teams to keep work streams focused on high-impact projects aligned with company goals. By leading work streams and supporting others, you will help the engineering organization deliver high-quality projects on schedule.
• You set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders.
• You are a conduit of growth for your team, creating and tending to a growth plan for all reports within the first three months of joining.

• Extensive professional experience architecting, implementing, and delivering distributed systems.
• Experience designing and implementing frameworks, libraries, or tools for developers.
• Experience managing and mentoring engineers.
• Experience collaborating with product teams and facilitating agile or agile-like development processes.
• Experience working in a compiled language on systems programming or network programming problems.
• Salary range: $180-$220K depending on seniority and location. We understand everyone's risk preferences and life situation is different, so we offer flexibility here to preserve fairness across the team.

Care
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We work with passionate teammates committed to a shared purpose and support each other to work better and live well.

Act with intention
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We are thoughtful doers who put as much into why and how we do something as what we do.

Go further, together
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Our mission is too big for us alone. We cultivate trust, ask for help, and build momentum together.

Drive incredible impact
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We aim for massive impact and we deliver.

Benefits and Perks
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Our benefits align with our values and operating model—benefits to help everyone own and drive our purpose in their own way, with compensation and benefits to match.

* Generous equity for everyone

* Competitive salary that is fair across the globe

* Unlimited vacation and flexible working hours

* Budgets for learning, thought leadership, and community events

* In-person team retreats twice a year

* Healthcare benefits

Discover more about our company and interview process here.

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