Team Lead – Control

“WEKA is architecting a new approach to the enterprise data stack built for the age of reasoning. The WEKA® Data Platform sets the standard for agentic AI data infrastructure with a cloud and AI-native software solution that can be deployed anywhere. It transforms legacy data silos into data pipelines that dramatically increase GPU utilization and make AI model training and inference, machine learning, and other compute-intensive workloads run faster, work more efficiently, and consume less energy.

WEKA is a pre-IPO, growth-stage company on a hyper-growth trajectory. We’ve raised $375M in capital with dozens of world-class venture capital and strategic investors. We help the world’s largest and most innovative enterprises and research organizations, including 12 of the Fortune 50, achieve discoveries, insights, and business outcomes faster and more sustainably. We’re passionate about solving our customers’ most complex data challenges to accelerate intelligent innovation and business value. If you share our passion, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.”

What you'll be doing:

As Team Lead in the Control Group, you’ll need to combine team leadership, team building, technological problem solving, direct and matrix management, risk management, and career development of direct response to empower our most valuable asset – our engineers.

As a Team Lead, you’ll:

• Grow the teams and manage the career development of team members.
• Be a direct address for everything related to team activities and members.
• Own knowledge domains within the product's control plane
• Lead the design and architecture of critical features in the product
• Take initiatives within the group to improve our products, you will be very encouraged to invent new ideas
• Work closely with product management to prioritize work items and understand their business value
• Assume nothing - constantly revisit how we work and whether our productivity is perfectly tuned.
• Promote and participate in beautiful designs, efficient code, and collaborative code reviews.
• Own and promote quality in every part of the team’s deliveries and activities.
• Be a manager - recruit, nurture and manage the retention of team members.
• Be a mentor - provide ongoing feedback, both good and constructive
• Be a leader - demonstrate a can-do attitude, and promote company goals.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience with managing software development teams
• 5+ years of experience in C/C++ development
• Experience with development over Linux, including low-level User-Mode OS knowledge.
• Experience with Containers
• A record of Excellence in previous roles

It's nice if you have:

• Experience in the storage industry, databases, or other infrastructure.
• Experience with Control plane of other appliances
• Experience working with AWS or other public clouds.
• Experience working on complex and large-scale and/or distributed systems, databases, or others.
• Familiarity with storage concepts (SMB, NFS, S3, SSD, NVMe, Linux filesystems).
• Familiarity with clustered environment products and design and container
• Experience with leading a development Group (2nd level management), and remote employees oversees

The WEKA Way:

• We are Accountable: We take full ownership, always– even when things don’t go as planned. We lead with integrity, show up with responsibility & ownership, and hold ourselves and each other to the highest standards.
• We are Brave: We question the status quo, push boundaries, and take smart risks when needed. We welcome challenges and embrace debates as opportunities for growth, turning courage into fuel for innovation.
• We are Collaborative: True collaboration isn’t only about working together. It’s about lifting one another up to succeed collectively. We are team-oriented and communicate with empathy and respect. We challenge each other and conduct positive conflict resolution. We are being transparent about our goals and results. And together, we’re unstoppable.
• We are Customer Centric: Our customers are at the heart of everything we do. We actively listen and prioritize the success of our customers, and every decision we make is driven by how we can better serve, support, and empower them to succeed. When our customers win, we win.

Concerned that you don’t meet every qualification above?

Studies have shown that women and people of color may be less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every qualification specified. At WEKA, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this position but are concerned that your past work experience doesn’t match up perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway – you may be just the right candidate for this or other roles at WEKA.

 WEKA is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 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.