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Engineering Manager

Rubrik
Palo Alto, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/3/2026
About Team & About Role

Rubrik Cloud Cluster is a comprehensive, cloud-native data management platform offered by Rubrik. It is designed to simplify data protection, disaster recovery, and data mobility for enterprise and cloud environments. The Cloud Cluster architecture allows organizations to deploy a scalable, highly available, and flexible system that integrates seamlessly with both on-premises and cloud infrastructure.

Key Features Of Rubrik Cloud Cluster Include

Scale-out architecture: Enables horizontal scaling to accommodate growing data and workload requirements.

Unified data management: Provides backup, recovery, archival, and replication across multiple clouds and on-premises environments.

Cloud-native integration: Seamlessly connects with public cloud providers like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructe for data mobility and disaster recovery.

Automation and policy-driven management: Supports policies for data lifecycle management, automation, and compliance.

Data security: Includes features such as encryption, access controls, and immutable snapshots to protect against ransomware and data loss.

Overall, Rubrik Cloud Cluster is designed to provide organizations with flexible, reliable, and easy-to-manage data protection and management across hybrid and multi-cloud setups.

We are looking for a dynamic leader, who can drive innovation, mentor the team, and foster an environment that propels this exceptional group to even greater achievements!

In this leadership role, you will work closely with senior technical leads and other leaders to establish the vision, roadmap, and key strategies that will guide our technological and product advancements.

This opportunity offers a dynamic mix of a fast-paced culture, serious technical challenges, and the chance to make a significant impact across multiple teams. If this sounds intriguing or if you would like to learn more, please reach out.

What You’ll Do

  • Build and drive the product roadmap to deliver a reliable, robust and scalable product
  • Lead and grow a team of passionate and talented engineers, and work with engineers across multiple geographies to ensure we deliver results efficiently
  • Provide support and guidance that enables the team to self-organize and to achieve sustained high velocity and predictability
  • You will champion an atmosphere of continuous improvement with a metrics driven culture
  • Diagnose and resolve systemic obstacles, distilling complex and ambiguous situations into actionable plans to ensure your team can deliver high-quality software
  • Help employees grow through career development, coaching, and mentoring while guiding senior contributors to maximize their potential.
  • You'll provide a clear path for progression through personal development plans, defining goals, perform evaluations, and collaborate with employees on their objectives; retain top talent
  • Build a high-performing team, creating a culture of transparency in a fast-paced environment
  • Foster a strong collaborative mindset working closely with your peers in Product Management, Architects, Program Management, etc - to bring diverse viewpoints and goals together
  • Bring a zeal for solving customer problems, work closely with Support and cascade the same passion within your team

Experience You’ll Need

  • Degree in Computer Science or equivalent field
  • 10 years of industry experience with 2 years in Engineering Management
  • Experience building and cultivating strong engineering practices and processes
  • Experience hiring and developing teams within an existing organization
  • Experience working with customers and supporting a large customer base
  • Experience with public cloud features and costs (such as compute, storage, networking, and data services) on platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI
  • Experience with file systems, storage solutions or data protection is a huge plus

The minimum and maximum base salaries for this role are posted below; additionally, the role is eligible for bonus potential, equity and benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the role based on U.S. location. Within the range, the salary offered will be determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US Pay Range

$188,500—$282,700 USD

Join Us in Securing the World's Data

Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes.

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Inclusion @ Rubrik

At Rubrik, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world’s data.

Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential.

Our inclusion strategy focuses on three core areas of our business and culture:

  • Our Company: We are committed to building a merit-based organization that offers equal access to growth and success for all employees globally. Your potential is limitless here.
  • Our Culture: We strive to create an inclusive atmosphere where individuals from all backgrounds feel a strong sense of belonging, can thrive, and do their best work. Your contributions help us innovate and break boundaries.
  • Our Communities: We are dedicated to expanding our engagement with the communities we operate in, creating opportunities for underrepresented talent and driving greater innovation for our clients. Your impact extends beyond Rubrik, contributing to safer and stronger communities.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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.

Rubrik provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Rubrik complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact us at hr@rubrik.com if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

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Salary : $188,500 - $282,700

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