Backend Engineering Lead- Events Data

About the Group

The HubSpot Events Data Group is responsible for building a world-class customer data platform that allows customers to gain deep insight into their business data, and propel other HubSpot product teams forward. We have a highly visible impact on the continued growth for the entire HubSpot stack. The Events Data systems are considered part of HubSpot’s primary colors and core building blocks for our entire platform. 

The work we do in the Events Data Group is integral to HubSpots success. When we make our systems more reliable, HubSpot is more stable. When we make our systems more performant, we make HubSpot faster. On top of that, any features we build unlocks functionality across the entire platform. Our work creates a consistent data experience for customers through the entire HubSpot product.

HubSpot has thousands of microservices, primarily written in Java, and work with highly distributed systems that leverage and push on open source technologies such as HBase, Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, Memcached, MySQL, and ElasticSearch. These systems let our users store, automate, report on, and interact with their customers at scale. We deal with problems of scale on a daily basis with PB storage and millions of transactions per second.

About the Role

Were looking for an Engineering Lead to own compliance and data storage for HubSpots core customer streaming events system. This system handles processes billions of events per day, and the success of this system has led to an increase in scope and opportunities for ownership as the team works to deliver more features for internal and external users.

The Engineering Lead role is perfect for senior engineers who want a larger leadership role while staying close to the code.

Key Expectations for Engineering Leads:

• Engineering Leads are actively involved as a player-coach in building software and making products to solve customer problems. They are curious and involved in the technology as well as the people on their teams.
• Have led an engineering team in a management capacity
• Wish to stay hands-on in all technical aspects while leading a team of engineers and collaborating cross-functionally with internal stakeholders
• Have a history of developing solutions to problems that have had an outsized impact on the organization’s business goals
• They have a strong technical vision for how to implement the product vision. This can include working with teams they oversee and external teams to ensure that we are solving problems the best way for customers.
• Regularly mentor and teach engineers in their areas of expertise
• Have a thirst for technical challenges with big data and distributed systems, we process billions of events per day with multiple petabyte datastores
• Work autonomously, lead transparently, and prioritize products and people over strict processes.

We’re looking for:

• Leading by example through consistent delivery of individual contributions. We expect Engineering Leads to spend 60% of their time writing and delivering code.
• Holding the team accountable. Engineering Leads are expected to directly lead a team of 2-3 engineers, and to lead a technical lead, who in turn will be leading another 2-3 engineers.
• Focusing on customer outcomes. We get to work on interesting technical problems as we push the bounds of our hardware, but at the end of the day were trying to help our customers grow their businesses better.
• Thriving in ambiguity. HubSpot values small autonomous teams, and that autonomy can mean the team will encounter problems no one else has dealt with before

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But well let you in on a secret: theres no such thing as the perfect candidate. HubSpot is a place where everyone can grow. So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.

Cash compensation range: 197000-316000 USD Annually

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