Requirements

Engineering Management: Demonstrated experience guiding, developing, and managing high-performing software engineering teams while building a collaborative, inclusive, and accountable engineering culture.
Technical Acumen: Demonstrated software engineering background building high-throughput distributed systems and customer-facing software, with the technical credibility to guide system architecture reviews, resolve technical trade-offs, and facilitate sound engineering decisions.
Stakeholder & Global Collaboration: Proven success partnering effectively within cross-functional collaboration models across geographically distributed engineering, product, architecture, and security teams, with the ability to align dependencies and translate technical complexity into clear business outcomes.
Product & Feature Delivery: Track record of shipping complex, customer-facing products through the full development lifecycle using pragmatic Agile practices to improve team focus, transparency, and delivery predictability.
Execution & Agile Mindset: Strong analytical and organizational judgment to manage project dependencies, resolve ambiguity, and deliver complex platform initiatives through the complete software development lifecycle.

What You'll Be Doing

Drive Strategic Upgrade Delivery: Lead end-to-end engineering across backend services, REST APIs, cloud infrastructure, on-box workflows, and release tools to deliver safe, non-disruptive software upgrades for FlashArray and FlashBlade platforms.
Lead Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with Product Management, Release Engineering, Technical Services, and Forensics to evaluate technical trade-offs, align roadmaps, and streamline deployment workflows across shared platform stakeholders.
Build High-Performing Teams: Hire, onboard, and mentor a high-performing engineering team, cultivating an inclusive culture of technical ownership, clear accountability, and continuous professional development.
Champion Platform Reliability & Security: Define and enforce high standards for system observability, automated testing, incident response, and security compliance to ensure predictable operation across connected and darksite customer environments.
Manage Dependencies & Mitigate Risk: Identify technical bottlenecks and operational risks early, establishing clear priorities and decisive trade-offs to ensure consistent execution toward key platform milestones.

Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically, like a challenge, and aspire to be trailblazers.
Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been named Fortune's Best Workplaces in Technology™, Fortune's Best Workplaces in the Bay Area™, and certified as a Great Place to Work®!
Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good.