Engineering Manager, Query Service

Mixpanel is seeking an Engineering Manager to join its Infrastructure organization, specifically supporting the Query Service area.

About Mixpanel

Mixpanel is a product intelligence and analytics platform that helps companies understand how people use the products they build. By combining analytics with AI, Mixpanel helps teams see what’s working, diagnose what’s not, and decide what to build next.

About the Team

Mixpanel Engineering is a small, fast-moving team focused on delivering value to customers. Engineers own problems end to end and can move across the stack to ship impact without being blocked by silos or heavy process. Product engineering teams own innovation and execution.

The Infrastructure group focuses on high-scale customer data and operates as a force multiplier for the broader company as it moves toward an AI-first product. It includes four teams:

• Data Foundation governs how data enters and is characterized.
• Query Engine makes queries fast and accurate.
• Data Storage handles processing and storage at scale and low cost.
• Data Activation routes behavioral data to the systems that act on it.

These teams are driving initiatives such as elastic query compute, distributed file caching, real-time data streaming, and AI-ready APIs. They combine expertise in high-scale distributed systems and backend engineering to ensure Mixpanel's infrastructure is reliable, performant, and ready for the demands of an AI-driven future.

About the Role

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join this organization.

• Teams operate as autonomous pods, with engineering, product, and design working side by side on clear strategic goals.
• Teams have direct access to customer feedback, product usage data, business metrics, and design context.
• The team starts with customer problems, reasons from first principles, challenges assumptions, and aims for simple solutions to complex problems.
• Engineering owns execution, quality, and operations.
• Written thinking, dashboards, and demos are valued over slide decks.
• Our team is distributed across North America, with strong clusters in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Austin.

Responsibilities

• Lead and build AI-first product experiences from inception to global scale.
• Lead an engineering team and grow its scope over time.
• Develop people and unlock their potential.
• Build an exceptional team by hiring well, coaching deeply, and creating a culture where engineers feel ownership and pride in what they ship.
• Shape direction alongside Product, turning big ideas into focused execution and helping teams move fast without losing quality.
• Set the technical bar and protect the system. Depending on level, this may mean hands-on technical leadership or empowering tech leads with clarity and trust.

Requirements

• 10+ years engineering experience; 4+ years leading engineering teams
• Experience building and running infrastructure supporting real-world, customer-facing web applications.
• Experience building and using AI-powered products in production environments.
• Proven collaboration with product managers and designers on meaningful infrastructure.
• Strong judgment in technical tradeoffs, backed by lessons learned.
• Evidence of leadership through influence, alignment, and growing others.
• Director candidates must have experience managing managers.
• Skilled at navigating ambiguity, making tradeoffs, and bringing clarity to complex org structures.
• High level of ownership, accountability, and product intuition.

Benefits and Perks

• Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care
• Mental Wellness Benefit
• Generous Vacation Policy and Additional Company Holidays
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Volunteer Time Off
• Additional US Benefits: Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K), Wellness Benefit, Holiday Break

*please note that benefits and perks for contract positions will vary*

Culture Values

• Make Bold Bets: We choose courageous action over comfortable progress.
• Innovate with Insight: We tackle decisions with rigor and judgment - combining data, experience and collective wisdom to drive powerful outcomes.
• One Team: We collaborate across boundaries to achieve far greater impact than any of us could accomplish alone.
• Candor with Connection: We build meaningful relationships that enable honest feedback and direct conversations.
• Champion the Customer: We seek to deeply understand our customers’ needs, ensuring their success is our north star.
• Powerful Simplicity: We find elegant solutions to complex problems, making sophisticated things accessible.