Engineering Manager
Company websiteddn.com (DDN, opens in new tab)
Base salary $225K to $250K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in California
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- LocationCalifornia
- WorkplaceHybrid
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
Role Summary:
Lead engineering execution and technical direction for DDN EXAScaler data services spanning S3 object access, NAS services, and managed Lustre offerings in public cloud environments. The role blends storage systems leadership, cloud service delivery, product quality, operational excellence, and customer escalation ownership for business-critical enterprise and AI/HPC deployments.
Key Responsibilities:
Engineering Leadership
• Lead geographically distributed engineering and quality teams across the US, India, and other locations as needed.
• Own delivery planning, execution discipline, engineering metrics, and predictable release outcomes.
• Coach senior engineers and technical leads; support hiring, onboarding, performance development, and succession planning.
• Establish a high-ownership culture focused on technical depth, accountability, quality, and customer impact.
Technical & Product Execution
• Drive architecture and execution for S3DS, NSDS, and managed Lustre service capabilities within the EXAScaler portfolio.
• Partner with Product Management to translate roadmap priorities into engineering plans, acceptance criteria, and measurable deliverables.
• Guide design decisions across distributed storage, metadata, protocol services, API layers, availability, scalability, and serviceability.
• Balance new feature development with maintainability, performance, reliability, and lifecycle management.
Cloud Operations, Reliability & Supportability
• Build production-ready engineering practices for managed storage services, including release readiness, observability, runbooks, and change controls.
• Lead incident response, L3 investigations, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous operational improvement.
• Drive automation for diagnostics, telemetry, deployment validation, and service health reporting.
• Partner with Support, Customer Success, Field Engineering, and Cloud Operations to improve customer experience and reduce escalation load.
Cross-functional & Customer Leadership
• Represent engineering in customer escalations, executive reviews, account recovery plans, roadmap discussions, and technical deep dives.
• Communicate risks, trade-offs, mitigation plans, and delivery status clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Build strong collaboration across Product, Support, Sales Engineering, Programme Management, Operations, and executive leadership.
Source: DDN on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)
This listingEngineering Manager$225K to $250K
Director, Deal Desk$210K to $260K
Director, Global People Business Partner - GTM$200K to $240K
Director, Engineering – Release Engineering, DevOps & SRE$250K to $300K
Director of Tax$185K to $260K
Director of Tax$185K to $260K
Salesforce Solutions Architect$155K to $195K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Engineering Manager (this listing) | $225K - $250K |
| Director, Deal Desk | $210K - $260K |
| Director, Global People Business Partner - GTM | $200K - $240K |
| Director, Engineering – Release Engineering, DevOps & SRE | $250K - $300K |
| Director of Tax | $185K - $260K |
| Director of Tax | $185K - $260K |
| Salesforce Solutions Architect | $155K - $195K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-10-08
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: Remote - California
USD 225,000 – 250,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary
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- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
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