Alation
Overview
Customers trust the Alation Data Intelligence Platform for self-service analytics, cloud transformation, data governance, and AI-ready data, fostering data-driven innovation at scale. With more than $340M in funding – valued at over $1.7 billion and nearly 600 customers, including 40% of the Fortune 100 — Alation helps organizations realize value from data and AI initiatives.
Alation has been recognized in 2024 as one of Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces for the fifth time, a testament to our commitment to creating an inclusive, innovative, and collaborative environment. Collaboration is at the forefront of everything we do. We strive to bring diverse perspectives together and empower each team member to contribute their strengths to live out our values each day: Move the Ball, Build for the Long Term, Listen Like You’re Wrong, and Measure Through Customer Impact.
Joining Alation means being part of a fast-paced, high-growth company where every voice matters, and where we’re shaping the future of data intelligence with AI-ready data. Join us on our journey to build a world where data culture thrives and curiosity is celebrated each day!
Note:
This is a hybrid role requiring that you work onsite 2x per week in our Redwood City, CA office. Local candidates only. No relocation.
What You’ll Do
Lead the Zero Data initiative: enable customers to use our product without data leaving their network. Collaborate with engineering architects to define guarantees and stage milestones for deliverables.
Clarify and validate customer requirements: uncover the why behind statements like “no data may leave our servers” or “we’ll migrate if XYZ,” validate blockers, and secure commitments before engineering investment.
Productize internal platforms: transform foundational systems (e.g., query execution service, cloud connectivity service) into documented, spec-first services with clear APIs, release notes, and ownership. Treat the internal Alation platform as a product with customers, needs, and usage in mind.
Communicate complexity simply: create diagrams, service definitions, and security materials that help sellers, executives, and customers understand and move forward.
Support enterprise adoption: partner with Sales and Product Marketing to navigate security reviews, pricing/packaging of enterprise features, and escalations with high-stakes customers.
What You’ve Done
Built or PM’d technical products (platforms, APIs, infra, developer tools, or security-sensitive features).
Worked with cloud infrastructure concepts (containers, networking, observability, Kubernetes, etc.).
Worked closely with engineers and architects to author specs, APIs, or architecture diagrams that shipped.
Navigated enterprise conversations around security, compliance, or data residency.
Made complex systems understandable to executives, sellers, and customers.
We’d Love To Hear About
An architecture diagram or spec you authored, and how it guided decisions.
A time you defined an interface or API and managed versioning/release notes.
A customer or internal situation where you pushed back, uncovered the real need, and changed the plan.
Experience accelerating enterprise security reviews or migrations through clarity and documentation.
Compensation Pay Range $190,631.00 - $257,352.00
Salary Information The base salary range is specific to the United States. The salary of the final candidate selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to internal equity, experience, education, work location, specialty and training. If the final candidate has a different level of experience, the base salary target range may be lower or higher than what is published.
Alation, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested.
This company participates in E-Verify. Click on any of the links below to view or print the full poster: E-Verify and Right to Work.
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Alation has been recognized in 2024 as one of Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces for the fifth time, a testament to our commitment to creating an inclusive, innovative, and collaborative environment. Collaboration is at the forefront of everything we do. We strive to bring diverse perspectives together and empower each team member to contribute their strengths to live out our values each day: Move the Ball, Build for the Long Term, Listen Like You’re Wrong, and Measure Through Customer Impact.
Joining Alation means being part of a fast-paced, high-growth company where every voice matters, and where we’re shaping the future of data intelligence with AI-ready data. Join us on our journey to build a world where data culture thrives and curiosity is celebrated each day!
Note:
This is a hybrid role requiring that you work onsite 2x per week in our Redwood City, CA office. Local candidates only. No relocation.
What You’ll Do
Lead the Zero Data initiative: enable customers to use our product without data leaving their network. Collaborate with engineering architects to define guarantees and stage milestones for deliverables.
Clarify and validate customer requirements: uncover the why behind statements like “no data may leave our servers” or “we’ll migrate if XYZ,” validate blockers, and secure commitments before engineering investment.
Productize internal platforms: transform foundational systems (e.g., query execution service, cloud connectivity service) into documented, spec-first services with clear APIs, release notes, and ownership. Treat the internal Alation platform as a product with customers, needs, and usage in mind.
Communicate complexity simply: create diagrams, service definitions, and security materials that help sellers, executives, and customers understand and move forward.
Support enterprise adoption: partner with Sales and Product Marketing to navigate security reviews, pricing/packaging of enterprise features, and escalations with high-stakes customers.
What You’ve Done
Built or PM’d technical products (platforms, APIs, infra, developer tools, or security-sensitive features).
Worked with cloud infrastructure concepts (containers, networking, observability, Kubernetes, etc.).
Worked closely with engineers and architects to author specs, APIs, or architecture diagrams that shipped.
Navigated enterprise conversations around security, compliance, or data residency.
Made complex systems understandable to executives, sellers, and customers.
We’d Love To Hear About
An architecture diagram or spec you authored, and how it guided decisions.
A time you defined an interface or API and managed versioning/release notes.
A customer or internal situation where you pushed back, uncovered the real need, and changed the plan.
Experience accelerating enterprise security reviews or migrations through clarity and documentation.
Compensation Pay Range $190,631.00 - $257,352.00
Salary Information The base salary range is specific to the United States. The salary of the final candidate selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to internal equity, experience, education, work location, specialty and training. If the final candidate has a different level of experience, the base salary target range may be lower or higher than what is published.
Alation, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested.
This company participates in E-Verify. Click on any of the links below to view or print the full poster: E-Verify and Right to Work.
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