Software Development Manager – Distributed Systems (Cloud Database)
We’re building Astra Serverless, the next generation of distributed, scalable, fault‑tolerant, serverless No SQL data services — powered by Apache Cassandra and extended with native vector and AI capabilities across multi‑cloud environments. Our customers depend on our platform to serve real‑time, mission‑critical workloads on a global scale. Ensuring reliability, performance, and correctness under unpredictable workloads is a non‑trivial challenge — and that’s where you come in.
As a Software Development Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our distributed database platform and building the team. You’ll work on systems that power mission‑critical workloads for enterprises worldwide, helping ensure scalability, resilience, and reliability at a global scale.
Why This Role?
This is a rare opportunity to work on the internals of a globally distributed, cloud‑scale database service — while helping lead a team that deeply cares about craftsmanship, resilience, and elegant systems design. You’ll combine hands‑on technical depth with mentorship and architectural impact, ensuring Astra DB continues to push the boundaries of what distributed databases can do in a serverless world.
Your Role and Responsibilities
Lead design and development of advanced database features and distributed services across multi‑region, serverless deployments.
Architect and optimize components for scalability, observability, and maintainability in high‑throughput, low‑latency environments.
Drive performance, availability, and fault tolerance, improving replication, compaction, and storage‑layer behavior for large‑scale clusters.
Guide and mentor engineers across teams — elevating engineering practices, design quality, and distributed systems craftsmanship.
Collaborate cross‑functionally with cloud platform, infrastructure, and quality engineering teams to deliver reliable, automated, and testable systems.
Contribute strategically to technical roadmap discussions and help define the long‑term vision for our cloud database architecture.
Stay ahead of innovation in distributed databases, storage systems, and cloud‑native technologies — influencing how we evolve Astra DB.
Preferred Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Deep experience designing or operating distributed systems — understanding consistency, replication, partitioning, and fault tolerance.
Strong software engineering skills in Java and the JVM ecosystem or C++ (experience with concurrency, performance profiling, and memory management).
Practical experience with database internals.
Proficiency in Linux/Unix environments and debugging large‑scale production systems at the lower level.
Proven ability to lead through influence, mentor engineers, and set technical direction.
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience
Hands‑on experience with Cassandra, Scylla DB, or similar distributed database technologies.
Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
Contributions to open‑source database or distributed systems projects.
Exposure to vector databases, AI embeddings, or hybrid transactional/analytical workloads.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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