Director of Engineering, Backend Cloud Services - Cisco Meraki - remote

Comp: $200K-$275K Base Salary (Dependent on work location) + $45K-$70K Annual Cisco RSU's + 35% annual performance bonus + 401k (4.5% match) + Attractive sign on bonus

At Cisco Meraki, we know that technology can connect, empower, and drive us. Our mission is to simplify technology so our customers can focus on what's most meaningful to them: their students, patients, customers, and businesses. We’re making networking easier, faster, and smarter with technology that simply works.

As Director of Engineering for Backend Cloud Services, you will lead engineering teams responsible for the core components of Meraki’s cloud that support customer network access, data collection, and distributed systems. Leading teams based in San Francisco and London, you will help frame and execute against a platform vision that will ensure the scalability and reliability of these systems to stay ahead of our rapid growth. Our devices are some of the most popular in the world, and this popularity brings interesting large scalability challenges: our globally-distributed backend systems handle tens of billions of requests daily, 24/7/365.

We are passionate about building real products that our customers love. We believe in fostering a positive culture by hiring, coaching, and empowering smart, helpful, humble people and providing opportunities for all employees to thrive. With the support of management, we constantly look within for ways to improve organizationally. We maintain a positive relationship with Cisco that gives us the stability and resources of a large company without sacrificing the atmosphere of a smaller company.

You are an ideal candidate if you have:

• 12+ years of experience in software development, particularly in distributed systems, networking, databases, and/or data processing frameworks, with 7+ of those years in management or technical leadership roles
• Managed organizations of 15+ engineers including managing managers
• Experience working with systems at scale (i.e. billions of transactions per day)
• Awareness of the latest trends in large scale distributed systems and data processing frameworks combined with a healthy dose of skepticism about jumping on the next shiny thing
• Experience leading and building trust with remote &distributed teams
• The ability to influence, facilitate discussion, and work in partnership with other teams
• Product/project management skills and an understanding of how to balance product requests against internal priorities
• A high-level of emotional intelligence and empathy for others
• A strong belief in leading by example
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience in an agile environment
• Demonstrated ability to grow and mentor teams as well as lead them through change
• Experience working in hybrid cloud environments