Engineering Manager, Streaming

Attentive

United States
Base: $210,000 - $265,000 annually; bonus/equity: ...
On-site
9+ years software engineering experience
2+ years engineering management leadership
Distributed systems and high-throughput data infrastructure
Attentive is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Streaming Platform team to lead the evolution and operation of its core infrastructure that powers real-time messaging and personalization. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software engineering and technical leadership, particularly in distributed systems and event streaming technologies

Job Summary

  • Attentive is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Streaming Platform team that powers billions of events and millions of messages per second.
  • The role involves defining the technical vision for real-time messaging infrastructure while balancing hands-on technical leadership with people management.
  • Candidates will receive competitive compensation including a base salary range of $210,000 - $265,000 plus equity and benefits.

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Attentive is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Streaming Platform team to lead the evolution and operation of its core infrastructure that powers real-time messaging and personalization. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software engineering and technical leadership, particularly in distributed systems and event streaming technologies.

Salary

Base: $210,000 - $265,000 annually; Bonus/Equity: Equity included; Benefits: Health & wellness, equity, perks

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 9+ years software engineering experience
  • 2+ years engineering management leadership
  • Distributed systems and high-throughput data infrastructure
  • Apache Kafka, Pulsar, or Flink expertise
  • Java/Spring Boot backend engineering skills
  • AWS cloud-native infrastructure and Kubernetes
  • Observability practices in distributed systems

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with AI/agent-driven workloads
  • Strong communication and stakeholder influence
  • Fostering inclusive high-performance culture
  • Building self-service platform capabilities
  • Mentoring and growing engineering talent

Key Requirements

  • 9+ years of software engineering experience
  • 2+ years in engineering management roles
  • US based applicants only

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