WEKA is architecting a new approach to the enterprise data stack built for the AI era. The WEKA® Data Platform sets the standard for AI infrastructure with a cloud and AI-native software solution that can be deployed anywhere. It transforms legacy data silos into data pipelines that make GPUs, AI, and other performance-intensive workloads run faster, work more efficiently, and consume less energy.WEKA is a pre-IPO, growth-stage company on a hyper-growth trajectory. We’ve raised $375M in capital with dozens of world-class venture capital and strategic investors. We help the world’s most innovative enterprises and research organizations, including 12 of the Fortune 50, reach discoveries, insights, and outcomes faster and more sustainably.We’re passionate about helping our customers overcome complex data challenges to accelerate their innovation and help grow their businesses. If you share our passion, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.

What makes a Wekkie?

If you have a positive “can-do” attitude, a relentless curiosity about all things tech, and you thrive on pushing limits and breaking barriers, you’ll fit right in at Weka!

We’re a super friendly bunch who support each other, promote best practices, and we always encourage collaboration and sharing ideas. Even on rainy days, our sunny spirits shine through. And as we grow, we’re inviting those who are like us to join in the fun!

What You'll Be Doing

As Team Lead in the development organization, you’ll need to combine team leadership, team building, technological problem solving, direct and matrix management, risk management, and career development of direct response to empower our most valuable asset – our engineers.

As a Team Lead, You’ll

• Leading the S3 protocol domain.
• Leading a team of experienced developers.
• Grow the team and manage the career development of team members.
• Be a direct address for everything related to team activities and members.
• Work closely with program management, product management, and other technical managers to lead the team’s deliverables from planning to release.
• Build and maintain the team's technical debt backlog and promote it into ongoing releases.
• Assume nothing - constantly revisit how we work and whether our productivity is perfectly tuned.
• Provide transparent progress and risk analysis.
• Promote and participate in beautiful designs, efficient code, and collaborative code reviews.
• Own and promote quality in every part of the team’s deliveries and activities.
• Be a manager - recruit, nurture and manage the retention of team members.
• Be a mentor - provide ongoing feedback, both good and constructive.
• Be a leader - demonstrate a can-do attitude, and promote company goals.
  
  

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with managing software development teams.
• 5+ years of experience in C/C++/ Python/ Go/ Rust development.
• Customer-facing experience.
• Experience with development over Linux, including low-level User-Mode OS knowledge.
• Experience with development of highly distributed systems.
  
  

Nice To Have

• Team leading experience in several teams.
• Experience in the storage industry, databases, or other infrastructure.
• Experience working with AWS or other public clouds.
• Experience working on complex and large-scale and/or distributed systems, databases, or others.
• Familiarity with storage concepts (SMB, NFS, S3, SSD, NVMe, Linux filesystems).
• Familiarity with clustered environment products and design and containers.
• Familiarity with network concepts and protocols (UDP, TCP, InfiniBand, Ethernet, RDMA).