Engineering Manager, Wikidata Platform

Overview

Accountabilities

• Lead timely and high-quality engineering delivery for the data platform, including large-scale migrations, system updates, and performance enhancements.
• Develop and execute the technical strategy for the platform, including architecture decisions, lifecycle management, and long-term planning.
• Ensure operational excellence, reliability, security, and privacy across all platform services.
• Hire, onboard, mentor, and support the professional growth of engineers while fostering an inclusive and collaborative team culture.
• Manage planning activities, resource allocation, work estimation, and balance roadmap development with ongoing maintenance needs.
• Collaborate closely with product, SRE, and data teams to define priorities, manage dependencies, and deliver impactful solutions.
• Communicate technical plans, risks, and progress clearly to internal teams and stakeholders.

Requirements

• 5+ years of engineering management experience leading teams building API-driven or platform-level data services.
• Proven experience in delivering large-scale, high-throughput platforms or data-intensive applications.
• Strong technical foundation in observability, incident response, runbook quality, and operational excellence.
• Experience guiding software systems through full lifecycle management, including planning, deployment, and optimization.
• Excellent people management skills, including hiring, coaching, and performance evaluation.
• Experience in remote, distributed team environments and collaborating across multiple time zones.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with data privacy and security considerations in platform services.
• Knowledge of knowledge graphs, RDF/SPARQL, or open data initiatives is a plus.

Benefits

• Fully remote role with flexibility to work from anywhere in India.
• Competitive salary with country-specific adjustments.
• Paid vacation, wellness days, and support for work-life balance.
• Professional development support, including training and conference sponsorship.
• Health benefits reimbursement and support for home or coworking workspace setup.
• Inclusive, collaborative, and globally distributed team environment.
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