Tech Lead Manager - Lakebase
Databricks · London, United Kingdom · Engineering · listed July 27, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Manager
Experience asked
5+ years
Where
Not stated
Requirements listed
7
Length
874 words
In the posting’s own words
Lakebase enables teams to deliver applications faster with an optimised database developer experience, integration with the lakehouse, and simplified operations. It provides a managed Postgres transactional layer for application state and workloads that combine operational data, analytics, and AI. You'll join as one of the founding leaders building out both the Lakebase product and our London presence.
What it asks for · 7
- 5+ years of engineering experience, including time as a tech lead or senior engineer, driving projects end-to-end.
- Strong hands-on technical depth: you still design systems and write code, and can go deep on architecture for large-scale distributed services.
- Experience with large-scale distributed services and the processes around testing, monitoring, and SLAs.
- People management, or at least tech lead experience, is a must — you're ready to take on direct reports and lead them.
- Ability to align multiple stakeholders on competing priorities.
- Able to balance short-term delivery against long-term stability.
- BS (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field.
What the job covers
- Lead a small team of 5-6 engineers, owning execution and on-time, high-quality delivery.
- Stay hands-on: drive architecture and design, and write code on the hardest parts of your team's projects.
- Set and uphold high technical standards through architecture reviews, testing, and a culture of engineering excellence.
- Grow the engineers on your team with clear feedback and career development.
- Align with partner teams on dependencies and unblock cross-cutting projects across the Lakebase stack.
- Partner with engineering and product leadership to shape and deliver a long-term roadmap.
Degree language
- BS (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field.
Tools and skills named
Data
- Databricks2×
- PostgreSQL2×
- Data warehouse
Cloud & infra
- Observability2×
- CI/CD
- Distributed systems
Product & design
- Design systems
- Roadmap
- User experience
Ways of working
- Testing2×
- Cross-functional
Frameworks
- REST
Languages
- Rust
Words the posting leans on
- data9×
- lakebase9×
- engineers7×
- lead7×
- services6×
- engineering5×
- technical5×
- architecture4×
- every4×
- experience4×
- hands-on4×
- infrastructure4×
- projects4×
- systems4×
- around3×
- building3×
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