Team Lead, Protocols

Weka is a fast-growing startup developing the world’s fastest and most scalable data platform. WEKA lives anywhere the data does, whether on-premises, in the public cloud, or in a hybrid environment, and was built from the ground up to meet the diverse needs of modern data workloads.

At Weka, we are constantly putting our technology and ourselves to the test to solve today’s biggest data storage challenges while enabling heightened productivity.

We currently enable Fortune500 companies to push the boundaries of what’s possible, achieve breakthrough innovations, and solve previously unsolvable problems. Want to join the ride?

What makes a Wekkie?

If you have a positive “can-do” attitude, a relentless curiosity about all things tech, and you thrive on pushing limits and breaking barriers, you’ll fit right in at Weka!

We’re a super friendly bunch who support each other, promote best practices, and we always encourage collaboration and sharing ideas. Even on rainy days, our sunny spirits shine through. And as we grow, we’re inviting those who are like us to join in the fun!

What You'll Be Doing

As Team Lead in the development organization, you’ll need to combine team leadership, team building, technological problem solving, direct and matrix management, risk management, and career development of direct response to empower our most valuable asset – our engineers.

As a Team Lead, You’ll

• Leading the S3 protocol domain.
• Leading a team of experienced developers.
• Grow the team and manage the career development of team members.
• Be a direct address for everything related to team activities and members.
• Work closely with program management, product management, and other technical managers to lead the team’s deliverables from planning to release.
• Build and maintain the team's technical debt backlog and promote it into ongoing releases.
• Assume nothing - constantly revisit how we work and whether our productivity is perfectly tuned.
• Provide transparent progress and risk analysis.
• Promote and participate in beautiful designs, efficient code, and collaborative code reviews.
• Own and promote quality in every part of the team’s deliveries and activities.
• Be a manager - recruit, nurture and manage the retention of team members.
• Be a mentor - provide ongoing feedback, both good and constructive.
• Be a leader - demonstrate a can-do attitude, and promote company goals.
  
  

• 3+ years of experience with managing software development teams.
• 5+ years of experience in C/C++/ Python/ Go/ Rust development.
• Customer-facing experience.
• Experience with development over Linux, including low-level User-Mode OS knowledge.
• Experience with development of highly distributed systems.
  
  

• Team leading experience in several teams.
• Experience in the storage industry, databases, or other infrastructure.
• Experience working with AWS or other public clouds.
• Experience working on complex and large-scale and/or distributed systems, databases, or others.
• Familiarity with storage concepts (SMB, NFS, S3, SSD, NVMe, Linux filesystems).
• Familiarity with clustered environment products and design and containers.
• Familiarity with network concepts and protocols (UDP, TCP, InfiniBand, Ethernet, RDMA).