Manager, Engineering - Client Integrations

About Starburst

Starburst is the data platform for analytics, applications, and AI, unifying data across clouds and on‑premises to accelerate AI innovation.

It enables fast data access, seamless collaboration, and enterprise‑grade governance on an open hybrid data lakehouse, unlocking the full potential of data wherever it lives.

About the Client Integrations Engineering Team

The Client Integrations team bridges our customers to the Starburst Query Engine, enabling them to see the invisible and achieve the impossible with their data.

Key Responsibilities of the Team

• Creating and supporting client drivers that allow connectivity to Starburst’s Query Engine; for example, the ODBC driver, which adopted the Trino Spooling Protocol, provides a significant throughput increase.
• Integrating with business intelligence and analytics tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and dbt.

About the Role

We’re seeking an Engineering leader to scale our growing engineering team.

You will build and lead the team responsible for developing client integrations with our products, with a strong track record in building high‑performing teams and fostering a competitive culture.

• Engineering Manager Responsibilities
• Lead and grow a passionate engineering team, enabling self‑organization, high velocity, and predictability.
• Manage software engineers focused on Starburst Galaxy and Enterprise products.
• Proactively perform exploratory testing of integrations, giving constructive feedback for continuous improvement.
• Drive technical direction and provide transparency in an agile environment.
• Collaborate with other engineering leaders to find the best solutions, define best practices, and build cutting‑edge software.
• Work closely with Product, Marketing, and Analytics leaders to iterate on design and architecture.
• Coach and mentor engineers at all levels.
• Recruit, interview, hire, and onboard new engineers.

Qualifications & Experience

• At least 3 years of engineering management experience with a total of 8 years or more in the industry.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience managing remote teams across multiple time zones.
• Passion for building diverse and high‑performing teams.
• Strong interest in all phases of the agile software development lifecycle.
• Championing communication and collaboration across engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Good understanding of SQL databases.
• Hands‑on experience in the data engineering space (ODBC, Python ecosystem, BI tools, Spark).
• Demonstrated experience with engineering practices and software craftsmanship.
• Consistent history of shipping features and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to reason about code written in multiple programming languages to support diverse client drivers.
• Experience working on or managing open‑source software; familiarity with the Trino Open Source Project.

Benefits

Competitive pay, attractive stock grants, flexible paid time off, and a comprehensive benefits offering support a rewarding and supportive work environment.

EEO Statement

Starburst provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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