Senior Manager, Software Engineering- Database Platform

New Relic - Cincinnati, OH

Full-time - Senior

Onsite - Cincinnati, OH

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Database Platform at Relic is responsible for leading a team of engineers to design, build, and manage a secure, scalable, and reliable cloud-based Database as a Service (DbaaS) platform. This role requires a strong technical background combined with excellent mentoring and collaboration skills to drive the vision and strategy for the DbaaS platform while ensuring alignment with product management and engineering teams. The position emphasizes fostering an inclusive environment and operational efficiency, while also focusing on the recruitment and development of talent within the team.

Responsibilities

• Own and work with a team of engineers to design, build, implement and manage a secure, scalable and reliable cloud-based Database as a Service (DbaaS) platform.
• Drive and contribute to the software architecture and design of existing large-scale distributed systems and the new DbaaS Platform.
• Own and drive the vision and strategy for the DbaaS platform, providing architectural guidance for security, reliability, scalability, and performance optimization.
• Manage technical roadmaps, balancing new features, service reliability, and technical debt reduction.
• Collaborate with leadership, product management, and engineering to align priorities and plans.
• Drive a culture of operational and business efficiency, including secure code practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Attend Livesite meetings and bring postmortem learning back to the team and organization.
• Promote good software engineering practices like SOLID design principles and object-oriented programming.
• Coach and mentor team members, driving recruitment, training, development, and retention of talent.
• Collaborate with PMs and technical leaders to clarify project requirements and execute cross-team initiatives.

Requirements

• 10 years of programming and administration experience with technical depth in databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redis on cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
• 6+ years of people management experience.
• Hands-on experience in software architecture and design for large-scale multi-tiered Database Platforms and distributed software applications.
• Proven expertise in building and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available cloud-agnostic DBaaS platforms.
• Strong DevOps experience in developing and maintaining database infrastructure on major public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with architectural patterns for resiliency, geo-availability, and disaster recovery.
• Proficient in Infrastructure-as-Code for multi-cloud and multi-region deployment.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of engaging both technical and executive audiences.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong experience in cloud DBaaS production environments.
• Experience with Crossplane or similar tools for controlling cloud-managed services.
• RDBMS skills in SQL or NoSQL including schema design and performance tuning.
• Experience with Vector Database.
• Experience working in large SaaS environments.

Benefits

• Parental leave
• Paid holidays
• Flex time
• 401(k) plan and match
• Healthcare benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Mental health benefits
• Volunteer time off