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Engineering Manager, Wikidata Platform

Engineering ManagerEngineering ManagerFull TimeRemoteTeam 501-1,000Since 2003H1B SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

51 days ago

Salary

$132.4K - $208.4K / year

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Lead timely, high-quality engineering delivery for WDQS and related query platform services • Ensure reliability, performance, and sustainability of existing and future query infrastructure • Oversee planning activities including estimation, resource allocation, and work break-down • Hire, onboard, mentor, and support the professional growth and performance of engineers on the Wikidata Platform team • Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and psychologically safe culture

Job Requirements

5+ years of engineering management experience leading teams building API-driven or platform-level data services
Experience collaborating closely with product and tech leads on software development teams that ship products with community input
Experience building and operating large-scale, high-throughput products, with strong foundations in observability, incident response, runbook quality, and overall operational excellence
Experience guiding software systems through their full lifecycle
Strong people management skills including hiring, coaching, and performance management
Experience working with data streams and data-intensive applications
Experience navigating challenges related to privacy-sensitive data
Ability to influence and drive results across multiple teams in a distributed organization