Rubrik, Inc.
Sr Engineering Manager- M365 Data Protection
Rubrik, Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States, 94306
The SaaS Engineering team is responsible for building innovative data-focused features and frameworks for large scale data management products. We are looking for a senior manager to lead M365 engineering teams (Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams) composed of talented software engineers in delivering data protection features as well as fostering a culture of excellence in the wider engineering organization.
About the Role To be successful in this role, you’ll mentor your team, collaborate effectively with cross-functional leaders, and work closely with Product manager and TLs to define the team’s roadmap. The problem space is wide (covering the entire M365 portfolio) and deep (from performant core backend architecture to easy-to-use product experiences) and has an exciting roadmap for the coming years with tangible business impact.
Our mission to secure the platform, building industry standard enterprise solution that helps the customer with Zero hour protection.
M365 Data Protection Platform
Ownership of Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams backup and recovery products.
Deep understanding of orchestration frameworks, asynchronous job execution, and large-scale data management.
Integration with MSFT systems via APIs to build data protection service.
On‑call operations excellence and incident response leadership
Reliability, cost optimization, and performance improvement initiatives
What You’ll Do
Lead the M365 Data Protection engineering team to deliver reliable, scalable, and high‑performing features.
Champion operational excellence, build a proactive, resilient on‑call culture that emphasizes prevention, efficiency, and learning.
Actively participate in technical discussions and architecture reviews, demonstrate fluency in the system design.
Build and drive the product roadmap to deliver a reliable, robust, and secure product that is industry leading.
Lead and grow high‑performing engineering teams (8‑10 engineers total), creating a culture of transparency, innovation in a fast‑paced environment.
Mentor engineers, providing career development guidance and technical coaching.
Foster a mindset of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Recruit, hire, and onboard top software engineering talent.
Conduct performance reviews and provide regular feedback to drive individual and team growth.
Ensure delivery of highly secure, scalable solutions that meet enterprise customer requirements.
Drive execution of complex and ambiguous technical problems aligned to business priorities.
Provide strong technical leadership to the team. Oversee and own the architecture decisions for the team.
Ensure deep understanding of product internals to provide effective first‑line support for on‑call and customer escalations.
Work closely with Product Management to prioritize the engineering backlog into product requirements.
Possess exceptional decision‑making abilities, with experience influencing senior leadership and cross‑functional teams.
Collaborate with Customer Success and Sales Engineering to address customer concerns and operate with a customer‑first mindset.
Coordinate with other engineering teams and drive alignment with company‑wide initiatives.
Experience You’ll Need
10+ years of experience in engineering
3+ years of managing software engineering teams
Demonstrates growth mindset with an intrinsic technical curiosity.
Strong track record of delivering large scale, resilient distributed systems and services.
Strong collaboration and communication skills.
Extensive and strong development experience in cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Experience in distributed systems and databases.
Managing teams in dynamic, fast‑paced startup‑like environments.
Experience cultivating strong, high quality engineering practices and processes.
Experience working with product manager and customers.
US Pay Range $204,400 — $306,600 USD
Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI company, operates at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience and enterprise AI acceleration. The Rubrik Security Cloud platform is designed to deliver robust cyber resilience and recovery including identity resilience to ensure continuous business operations, all on top of secure metadata and data lake. Rubrik’s offerings also include Predibase to help further secure and deploy GenAI while delivering exceptional accuracy and efficiency for agentic applications.
Rubrik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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About the Role To be successful in this role, you’ll mentor your team, collaborate effectively with cross-functional leaders, and work closely with Product manager and TLs to define the team’s roadmap. The problem space is wide (covering the entire M365 portfolio) and deep (from performant core backend architecture to easy-to-use product experiences) and has an exciting roadmap for the coming years with tangible business impact.
Our mission to secure the platform, building industry standard enterprise solution that helps the customer with Zero hour protection.
M365 Data Protection Platform
Ownership of Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams backup and recovery products.
Deep understanding of orchestration frameworks, asynchronous job execution, and large-scale data management.
Integration with MSFT systems via APIs to build data protection service.
On‑call operations excellence and incident response leadership
Reliability, cost optimization, and performance improvement initiatives
What You’ll Do
Lead the M365 Data Protection engineering team to deliver reliable, scalable, and high‑performing features.
Champion operational excellence, build a proactive, resilient on‑call culture that emphasizes prevention, efficiency, and learning.
Actively participate in technical discussions and architecture reviews, demonstrate fluency in the system design.
Build and drive the product roadmap to deliver a reliable, robust, and secure product that is industry leading.
Lead and grow high‑performing engineering teams (8‑10 engineers total), creating a culture of transparency, innovation in a fast‑paced environment.
Mentor engineers, providing career development guidance and technical coaching.
Foster a mindset of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Recruit, hire, and onboard top software engineering talent.
Conduct performance reviews and provide regular feedback to drive individual and team growth.
Ensure delivery of highly secure, scalable solutions that meet enterprise customer requirements.
Drive execution of complex and ambiguous technical problems aligned to business priorities.
Provide strong technical leadership to the team. Oversee and own the architecture decisions for the team.
Ensure deep understanding of product internals to provide effective first‑line support for on‑call and customer escalations.
Work closely with Product Management to prioritize the engineering backlog into product requirements.
Possess exceptional decision‑making abilities, with experience influencing senior leadership and cross‑functional teams.
Collaborate with Customer Success and Sales Engineering to address customer concerns and operate with a customer‑first mindset.
Coordinate with other engineering teams and drive alignment with company‑wide initiatives.
Experience You’ll Need
10+ years of experience in engineering
3+ years of managing software engineering teams
Demonstrates growth mindset with an intrinsic technical curiosity.
Strong track record of delivering large scale, resilient distributed systems and services.
Strong collaboration and communication skills.
Extensive and strong development experience in cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Experience in distributed systems and databases.
Managing teams in dynamic, fast‑paced startup‑like environments.
Experience cultivating strong, high quality engineering practices and processes.
Experience working with product manager and customers.
US Pay Range $204,400 — $306,600 USD
Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI company, operates at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience and enterprise AI acceleration. The Rubrik Security Cloud platform is designed to deliver robust cyber resilience and recovery including identity resilience to ensure continuous business operations, all on top of secure metadata and data lake. Rubrik’s offerings also include Predibase to help further secure and deploy GenAI while delivering exceptional accuracy and efficiency for agentic applications.
Rubrik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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