Engineering Manager - Database

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary: (Salary not provided in the text)

Timescale empowers businesses with real-time insights from their data, allowing them to make faster decisions and optimize operations. We are creating a movement to unblock developers who are building the future. Timescale is a product-led growth organization driven by transparent leaders and a globally diverse, remote-first team that is proudly building a modern PostgreSQL cloud platform. This role is ideal for someone with hands-on management experience, technical expertise in PostgreSQL and related technologies and a passion for fostering a collaborative and innovative team environment.

Requirements

• 2-4 years of experience in an engineering management or senior technical leadership role.
• Working knowledge of database internals
• Experience with C/C++
• Demonstrable experience leading software development teams delivering database systems or similar products.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
• Proven ability to translate technical details into strategic business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration. Provide technical feedback and support our engineers in their career growth.
• Delivery: Oversee the ongoing projects and the status of upcoming releases of TimescaleDB. Collaborate with product management to define product roadmaps and priorities.
• Collaboration: Liaise with stakeholders across the organization to connect business goals with the teams’ goals.
• Growth: Participate in interviewing engineers and grow the teams you are leading.
• Communication: Represent the team within the company and in customer calls.

Nice to Have

• Experience with TimescaleDB.
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL and the extensions ecosystem.
• Contributed to open-source

Company Information

Timescale is the creator of TimescaleDB and PGVectorscale, trusted by tens of thousands of organizations for their mission-critical time-series applications. We're committed to empowering developers and businesses worldwide, helping them build data-driven products that measure everything that matters—from software applications and industrial equipment to financial markets, blockchain activity, consumer behavior, machine learning models, and climate change. By analyzing data across time (“time-series data”), developers gain insights into what’s happening.

Application Instructions

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Our Commitment

We will respond to all applicants. We strive to review all applications fairly, without bias, and shortlist based on relevant skills and experience. All active candidates will be informed of what is happening next in the process.