Manager, Software Engineering

Overview

Hands-on Engineering Manager to lead development of Calix Operations Cloud and drive architecture for a Cloud Data Platform, including real-time data pipelines and data operations/orchestration solutions.

What you'll do

• Lead and manage a team of software engineers across Operations Cloud.
• Drive design, development, and delivery of high-scale, low-latency data pipeline solutions.
• Mentor engineers and enforce engineering best practices, code quality, and system reliability.
• Architect and build real-time streaming pipelines using Kafka and related ecosystem components.
• Develop Java-based microservices and distributed systems for high-throughput telemetry and alarm/event data.
• Ensure fault-tolerant, resilient, and observable systems for mission-critical applications.

What you'll need

• 12-15+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3–5 years of engineering management experience.
• Experience building data pipelines using Apache Kafka or similar streaming platforms.
• Proven track record managing Java-based backend systems.
• Experience building and scaling distributed systems in production environments.
• Hands-on expertise in microservices architecture and REST/gRPC APIs.
• Strong understanding of real-time, batch, and event-driven data processing patterns.