Engineering Director Praha

Engineering Director

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Pure Storage, with its 15-year legacy of simplifying data storage, is seeking a collaborative and results-oriented engineering director to champion the growth of a brand-new cloud storage product. This role will empower you to lead and inspire multiple engineering teams in Prague, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

Our cloud offerings are renowned for seamlessly blending a mature, feature-rich storage engine with cutting-edge cloud components. This requires a leader with a keen eye for the bigger picture – customer economics, vendor ecosystems, and overall company strategy – combined with a deep understanding of enterprise workload demands and solution needs.

In essence, youll be a champion for collaboration, readily partnering with Product Management to refine business cases and seamlessly collaborating with the engineering team to navigate complex technical challenges.

Pure Storage thrives on diversity of thought and experience. We believe this cross-pollination fuels groundbreaking ideas and has been instrumental in building one of the industrys most reliable and user-friendly storage systems.

SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE...

• Champion Pures enterprise storage expertise for hyperscalers, transforming and adapting existing systems as needed.
• Collaborate on and guide company-wide initiatives to adapt to the cloud business model across Product Management, Finance, Sales, and Operations.
• Lead and mentor multiple engineering managers and teams to deliver and expand new cloud products.
• Cultivate an engineering culture that values high-quality products, open communication, and teamwork.
• Partner effectively with Engineering and Product leadership to create impactful solutions with deep ownership across the organization.
• Develop, define, and lead strategy and roadmap, balancing short-term and long-term priorities with business goals.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to create, drive, and deliver end-to-end system-level products.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING TO THE TEAM...

• 10+ years of technical leadership experience, with at least 5 years of experience leading and mentoring teams.
• 3+ years of experience as a Director in a multi-geographic setting, with a proven track record of leading teams of 30+ people and growing senior managers.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, particularly with senior leadership.
• Proven track record in achieving high service uptime and implementing SRE functions.
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams from the ground up.
• Demonstrated experience delivering reliable, enterprise-grade cloud services.
• Experience in building, deploying, and operating cloud services.
• Strong ability to lead and develop engineering management teams.
• Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to build trust, credibility, and influence.
• Skilled prioritization and project management expertise.
• Ability to lead strategic initiatives while also providing detailed technical guidance to the team.
• Enthusiastic, proactive, with a results-oriented and resourceful approach.
• Prior experience in storage is a plus, but not required.

Given the strategic importance of this role, were committed to finding the right fit. The candidate can expect meaningful, insightful discussions with numerous executive leaders and key stakeholders across various locations/functions.

As this is an office-centric role, you are expected to be present in the office for 4 days a week. As outlined in Pures Hybrid Work Policy, there will be variations over periods of time, depending on business need.

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