Engineering Manager Site Reliability at dbt Labs

About the team:

Our current Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is a high-impact unit of 5 engineers focused on the critical areas of observability and incident management. As we continue to scale and evolve our platform, the team is poised for growth and will progressively adopt a broader array of modern SRE practices. The team's mission extends beyond today's focus; it is about laying the foundation for a scalable, resilient infrastructure that can incorporate emerging technologies and methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and expand a team of SRE engineers currently focused on observability and incident management while preparing to adopt additional SRE practices.
• Cultivate the team's skills and expertise, preparing them for the integration of new SRE methods and tools.
• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to define the roadmap for the team's growth and the evolution of its responsibilities.
• Maintain and foster a learning environment that is open to innovation and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the development and implementation of observability and incident management tools, ensuring they serve as a foundation for future advancements.
• Balance short-term objectives with long-term goals, aligning the team's work with the company's strategic direction.

You are a good fit if you:

• Have 3+ years of hands-on technical management experience as an engineering manager
• Have collaborated tightly with a product manager before
• Have a demonstrated track record of growing engineers of all levels to the next level
• Have successfully partnered with other internal teams to coordinate large spanning initiatives
• Are technical, and capable of having in-depth discussions with engineers about decisions they are making, especially around scaling, observability, and resiliency.
• Have run multiple work streams within a team to balance work in progress and shipping customer value.
• Are values-oriented, and you share our company values

You'll have an edge if you:

• Have used dbt in the past or have a background in analytics engineering
• You have been part of a growing SRE function and have firsthand experience with the evolution from growth to full-fledged SRE practices.
• You're enthusiastic about emerging technologies and SRE innovations and have ideas on how to integrate them into a growing team.
• Have experience managing a distributed team of engineers, or working remotely
• Have strong written communication skills
• Have startup experience

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $182,000 - $246,000
• Equity Stake
• Benefits - dbt Labs offers:
  • Unlimited vacation (and yes we use it!)
  • 401k w/3% guaranteed contribution
  • Excellent healthcare
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Wellness stipend
  • Home office stipend, and more!

What to expect in the hiring process (all video interviews via Zoom unless accommodations are needed):

• Interview with a Talent Acquisition Partner
• Interview with the Director of Engineering, Infrastructure
• Team Interviews (1:1s) with Infrastructure team members and other stakeholders
• A values interview with the VP of Engineering

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