Description
We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead teams within our Platform Engineering organization in India. Platform Engineering at Cockroach Labs is the backbone of CockroachDB and CockroachDB Cloud - encompassing observability, supportability, monetization and billing, engineering productivity, and test engineering teams.
As an Engineering Manager in the India site, you will have a direct impact on how the organization is structured and built to ensure cross-geo collaboration is successful. You will partner with the Senior EM of Platform Engineering, HR, Recruiting and other stakeholders to create a culture of excellence and accountability in the site.
You will lead and grow one or more platform engineering teams in India, with the scope to expand to additional teams over time. You will help engineers successfully navigate their day-to-day by providing them the resources they need, as well as access to individuals who can help them accomplish their goals at Cockroach Labs.
You will partner closely with engineering and product leadership to define and drive the engineering roadmap for platform capabilities that underpin CockroachDB and CockroachDB Cloud. You will collaborate with managers across teams to tackle people management challenges, and to ensure coordination of platform, product, and infrastructure initiatives as we scale.
You will coach and provide direct feedback to your team to guide personal development and growth beyond just technical skills. Managing performance and making sure that our engineers are achieving their goals is essential to retaining a high-performing team.
You will foster a high-performance, inclusive, and growth-oriented culture aligned with Cockroach Labs values - win with customers, build the future, achieve together, and own the outcome. You will champion effective cross-geo collaboration, ensuring strong engineering partnerships across time zones and geographies.
You will be excited to bring your technical understanding and platform architecture knowledge to Cockroach Labs and continually deepen your knowledge of distributed systems and platform infrastructure. You will engage with the broader tech community through tech talks, community meetups, conferences, and hackathons - and encourage your team to participate in events that interest them.
In your first 30 days, you will become an integrated member of our engineering team. You'll spend time learning about the different team's domains, processes and people, as well as learning about CockroachDB and CockroachDB Cloud. We believe it's essential for you to take this first month to become familiar with our technology, our platform engineering landscape, and our company.
After 3 months, you will be fully integrated into the team and comfortable leading the team's execution in partnership with engineering leadership. You'll have built an understanding of the team's tech stack and feel comfortable with the architecture and components across the platform. You'll understand the team's priorities and roadmap.
After 6 months, you'll be ready for our next quarterly planning process, with a comprehensive understanding of our roadmap and priorities. You will be making sure that each member of your team is working on projects that align with both our needs and their interests, and will be able to partner with them to shape their career development.
You will have 10+ years of overall engineering experience, with at least 2-4 years in engineering management or technical leadership roles. You will have experience managing platform, infrastructure, developer tools, or cloud services engineering teams. You will be comfortable collaborating with stakeholders across different time zones and geo locations in a remote office environment.
You will have familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), distributed systems, and infrastructure software. You will have exposure to programming languages such as Go, Python, or similar; comfort with backend and infrastructure codebases. You will have strong product and architecture intuition with a systems-thinking mindset - able to see how different teams' work interconnects across a platform.
You will have a passion for building relationships and a genuine sense of responsibility for the welfare of the engineering team you manage, including their professional development and growth. You will have experience with performance management, including understanding the importance of building an effective team that can function independently while collaborating and supporting each other.
You will have experience partnering across departments and ensuring coordination with internal teams (e.g., Product, Documentation, Marketing, Support).
Reporting to Abhishek Munnolimath - Sr. Manager, Platform Engineering
Abhishek joined Cockroach Labs in April 2025 as a Senior Engineering Manager leading all platform teams in India which include the Monetization Platform, Supportability, AI Supportability, Code Systems, and Test Engineering Org teams. With 15+ years of experience across Oracle, Microsoft, and SaaS companies like Freshworks, he brings deep expertise in cloud services, security, and distributed systems. Passionate about people leadership, mentoring, and business impact, he is excited by Cockroach Labs’ potential to disrupt industries like gaming, e-commerce, and financial services. Outside work, he enjoys yoga, travel, social give back and time with his two daughters.
BabuSrithar Muthukrishnan - India Site Lead & Senior Director of Platform Engineering
BabuSrithar (Srithar) heads Platform Engineering and is the Site Leader for the India office. He is responsible for our growth strategy and is a cultural champion in the region. He is passionate about building high-quality software products and lean teams by leveraging everyone's potential. He enjoys working with people and learning along the way. Before joining Cockroach Labs, BabuSrithar held senior leadership positions at companies like Nutanix, Clumio and most recently was VP of Engineering at Apty where he led the engineering function globally. When not at work, he enjoys his time with his family.