Senior Engineering Manager - Cloud: Native Protection

TLDR

Lead a talented engineering team in developing innovative cloud data protection solutions, focusing on scalability, reliability, and security for enterprise clients.

About the Team

The Rubrik Cloud Native Protection team helps customers secure their data on the cloud. Cloud data is growing at an ever growing pace and so are the risks with cyber attacks targeted towards cloud data.  We make it easy for businesses to protect, search, analyze all of their cloud data simply and scalably. 

Cloud Native Protection is one of the fastest growing businesses and teams within Rubrik.  We consider ourselves a startup inside a startup!  Join us in this journey where there are ever widening avenues to explore, opportunities to innovate, deep engineering problems to tackle.  We believe in fostering a culture with strong engineering values and teamwork as the key to building a great company and product.

Some recent/ongoing projects include:

  • Azure Blob protection and Ransomware detection handling scale of hundreds of millions of objects
  • Delivering platform security for major enterprises applying security best practices to help our customers with Rubrik as a last line of defense
  • Developing a platform for protecting relational PaaS databases across clouds

What you’ll do

  • Build and drive the roadmap for the release workflows of our world class SaaS and on-premise products with execution focussed on high quality (scalability, reliability & security)
  • Build and drive roadmap for high velocity qualification of Rubrik products (builds, pipelines etc)
  • Lead our team of highly talented engineers to build & enhance  infrastructure platforms, critical applications & engineering pipelines
  • Provide leadership to projects from inception to implementation
  • Champion an atmosphere of continuous improvement with a metrics driven culture 
  • Provide support and guidance that enables the team to self-organize and to achieve sustained high velocity and predictability
  • Help employees grow through career development, coaching, and mentoring while guiding senior contributors to maximize their potential
  • Foster a strong collaborative mindset working closely with customers, Architects, and Program Management to bring diverse viewpoints and goals together
  • Install operational rigor and discipline by organizing sprint planning, and daily stand-up, you keep the bar high for performance, are never afraid of tough conversations and always hold the team accountable for deliveries

Experience you’ll need

  • A minimum of 13 years of progressive experience in the software industry, including significant hands-on experience in developing and successfully delivering enterprise-grade products as both an individual contributor and a manager.
  • A minimum of 4 years of proven experience leading and managing teams of software or systems engineers with a strong track record of successfully delivering high-quality enterprise product releases.
  • Experience hiring, building top talent teams
  • Experience in delivering enterprise-quality scalable distributed systems with high quality standards
  • Software development experience on Cloud/SaaS and on-premises platform environments
  • Experience building and cultivating strong engineering practices and processes
  • Experience working with cross-geo global engineering teams 
  • Have track record of effectively communicating with stakeholders at all levels

Join Us in Securing the World's Data

Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes. 

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Inclusion @ Rubrik

At Rubrik, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world’s data.

Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential.

Our inclusion strategy focuses on three core areas of our business and culture:

  • Our Company: We are committed to building a merit-based organization that offers equal access to growth and success for all employees globally. Your potential is limitless here.

  • Our Culture: We strive to create an inclusive atmosphere where individuals from all backgrounds feel a strong sense of belonging, can thrive, and do their best work. Your contributions help us innovate and break boundaries.

  • Our Communities: We are dedicated to expanding our engagement with the communities we operate in, creating opportunities for underrepresented talent and driving greater innovation for our clients. Your impact extends beyond Rubrik, contributing to safer and stronger communities.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Rubrik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Rubrik provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Rubrik complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. 

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact us at [email protected] if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

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Rubrik is a Security and AI Operations Company focused on data protection and cyber resilience. We empower organizations to enhance their security posture while accelerating their enterprise AI initiatives. Our unique approach ensures comprehensive protection of critical data and facilitates trusted AI deployments at scale.

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