Senior Engineering Manager, Query Infrastructure

Senior Engineering Manager, Query Infrastructure

Join Mixpanel as a Senior Engineering Manager for Query Infrastructure. Mixpanel is a leading event analytics platform that enables teams to answer data questions without SQL. Our customers include Netflix, Pinterest, Sweetgreen, and Samsara.

About the Team

The query team builds and maintains Mixpanel’s next-generation query infrastructure, which includes designing fundamental query primitives, optimizing query planning and scheduling, handling multi-tenant resource allocation, identifying bottlenecks, and meeting performance and uptime SLAs. The team is structured around 6‑8 week sprints, cross‑functional collaboration, and structured prioritization through written proposals.

Role Overview

As an engineering manager, you will scale the team’s impact through hiring, culture, and execution. You’ll streamline priority decisions against clear technical and business goals.

Responsibilities

• Hiring and retaining diverse and talented engineers
• Mentoring engineers and cultivating future technical leaders
• Working cross‑functionally to translate business goals into the team’s roadmap
• Promoting engineering excellence through culture and process
• Providing input to technical designs with deep understanding of our systems and services
• Ensuring the query service uptime and performance SLO / SLAs are met
• Working with customers to improve their query performance

Qualifications

Bonus Points For

Compensation

The total target cash compensation (TTCC) ranges from $236,522 – $320,000 USD and includes base salary and variable compensation. Equity consideration and additional benefits are also provided.

Benefits And Perks

Culture Values

Why choose Mixpanel?

We’re a leader in analytics with over 9,000 customers and a strong investor track record. Our platform helps companies understand user behaviors and track success metrics. Working at Mixpanel means partnering with innovative customers and tackling challenges in scaling, reliability, design, and service.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Mixpanel is an equal‑opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. We encourage women, people with disabilities, veterans, underrepresented minorities, and LGBTQ+ people to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance or other applicable laws, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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