Core Services Media API Engineering Manager

What you'll do

• Lead and manage a geographically distributed team of software engineers developing core content systems and infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain high-scale API gateways, NoSQL data stores, and caching systems for global services.
• Design data modeling strategies to ensure horizontal scalability for large-scale metadata systems.
• Partner with Product Management and senior leadership to shape product roadmaps and long-term engineering investments.
• Translate complex product requirements into actionable technical decisions and architectural plans.
• Negotiate cross-functional priorities to balance new feature development with critical infrastructure maintenance.
• Manage the full lifecycle of complex engineering projects from inception through production.
• Hire, mentor, and manage the performance of senior engineering talent across multiple locations.

What we're looking for

• BS or MS in Computer Science.
• 10+ years of experience in a related field.
• 5+ years of experience building and managing engineering teams central to product and platform development.
• Experience engaging and influencing senior technical leadership, including Directors and VPs.
• Expertise in scalable web services, globally distributed systems, and multi-functional feature delivery.
• Expertise with NoSQL data stores such as Solr, Redis, Memcached, Cassandra, Voldemort, or similar.
• Hands-on experience with Java and functional languages such as Scala and Clojure.
• Experience with hiring, performance management, and growing senior engineering talent.