Engineering Manager, Data Streaming
Core
Lead the Data Streaming team to build and operate Braze's managed data streaming platform, enabling internal product teams to ship streaming features without managing underlying infrastructure.
Role type
Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering
Builds
Managed data streaming platform (Kafka, Kafka Streams, Apache Flink) for internal product teams
Domain
Customer Engagement / Marketing Technology / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Engineering management, mentoring, distributed event-driven systems (Kafka, Apache Flink), cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, system design, reliability engineering, automation, observability, data governance
Preferred skills
Product ownership mindset, reducing cognitive load for developers, fostering inclusive culture
Technologies
Kafka, Kafka Streams, Apache Flink, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Azure
Responsibilities
Build and mentor a high-performing team of streaming platform engineers; Define platform capabilities and drive adoption via self-service interfaces; Gather requirements and align roadmaps with business impact; Provide technical guidance on architecture and scalability; Champion automation, observability, and secure design; Partner with SRE to establish SLIs/SLOs and ensure operational excellence; Lead incident response and post-mortems; Ensure high availability and fault tolerance as infrastructure scales globally
Seniority
Manager, hands-on technical leadership