Cloudera

Senior Engineering Manager, Enterprise AI

Cloudera$130K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of enterprise software development experience
  • 4+ years of management experience
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field or equivalent
  • Experience with enterprise AI infrastructure and deployment of production generative AI applications
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Good understanding of engineering best practices
  • Familiarity with containerization frameworks like Kubernetes and Docker
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalable architecture

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Product Managers to define product capabilities
  • Understand customer use cases to enhance product effectiveness
  • Oversee the professional growth of team members
  • Identify and fill gaps in team processes and practices
  • Lead by example and foster a positive team culture

Benefits

  • Generous PTO policy
  • Support for work-life balance
  • Flexible work from home policy
  • Mental and physical wellness programs
  • Phone and internet reimbursement program
  • Access to continued career development
  • Comprehensive benefits and competitive packages
  • Inclusive employee resource groups
Full Job Description

Business Area:

Engineering

Seniority Level:

Mid-Senior level

Job Description:

Cloudera is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager with a strong technical background to help manage the team(s) located in Santa Clara, California or in North America to help drive the development of Cloudera’s next-generation AI and machine learning platform. You will be responsible for managing a team that will design, build, and deliver a platform that not only accelerates machine learning & AI from exploration to production but also enables enterprises to create & deploy Generative AI applications using foundation models with enterprise data at scale. 

We look for "The Startup Spark", a desire to create new things, dive in wherever there's a need, eagerness to make an impact as an individual and the willingness to learn new things. You must be self-motivated, innovative, and proactive. The role offers significant opportunities for growth. 

Read about the Forrester Wave Report on Cloudera's Machine Learning offerings .

As a Senior Engineering Manager you will:

  • As a Senior Engineering Manager you would be responsible for working with Product Managers to define what capabilities should be built in the product  

  • You will have to work with Product Managers to understand customer use cases and help them use our products effectively 

  • You will be responsible for the growth of your reports

  • You should be able to fill in, to address gaps in process /  practices followed by the team / organization 

  • As a leader you should be able to lead by example

We are excited if you have (Required Experience):

  • 10+ years of experience in building enterprise software and 4+ years of management experience

  • Bsc/Msc in related field or equivalent experience

  • Experience building enterprise AI infrastructure and deploying production generative AI applications & agents leveraging open source foundation models, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and/or Generative AI frameworks (LangChain, Guidance, etc.)

  • Strong written and oral communication skills

  • Good understanding of Engineering best practices

  • Experience with containerization frameworks like Kubernetes, Docker

  • Strong Understanding of Distributed Systems and building systems at scale

  • Should be able to drive the architecture/design and provide technical direction & guidance to the team

  • Self-driven and motivated, with a strong sense of ownership and craftsmanship

You may also have:

  • Experience with data science and machine learning tools (R, Python, Tensorflow, Spark, mlflow etc.)

  • Experience with AI/ML orchestration software (Kubeflow, KServe, Knative)

  • Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, GCE, Azure)

  • Experience using Big Data technologies like Spark, Hive etc

Why this role matters:

This is your opportunity to build cloud-native solutions that are deployable anywhere whether in massive clusters on any cloud provider or in private data centers. You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies like Trino, Spark, Airflow, and advanced AI inferencing systems to shape the future of analytics. Your code will directly influence how data engineers, analysts, and developers worldwide find value in their data.

 

We believe in the power of open source. You’ll collaborate with project committers, contributing upstream to keep technologies like Apache Hive and Impala evolving. You’ll harden these engines for rock-solid security, optimize them for peak performance, and make them effortlessly run across all environments.  Join us and help build the trusted, cloud-native platform that powers insights for the most data-intensive companies on the planet.

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship

What you can expect from us:

  • Generous PTO Policy 

  • Support work life balance with

  • Flexible WFH Policy 

  • Mental & Physical Wellness programs 

  • Phone and Internet Reimbursement program 

  • Access to Continued Career Development 

  • Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages 

  • Employee Resource Groups

About Cloudera

Cloudera is a software company that provides a unified platform for data management and analytics. The company's platform enables organizations to store, process, and analyze large amounts of data in a variety of formats, including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. Cloudera's platform is used by some of the world's largest and most innovative organizations, including Airbus, Credit Suisse, and Expedia. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
Learn more about Cloudera
Size
2,728 employees
Market Cap
$4.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$162.7 million
Founded
2008
5 Year Trend
+39.2%
Revenue
$869.2 million
NASDAQ

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