ThoughtSpot
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If you're looking to solve hard problems in a large market, this is the role for you!
ThoughtSpot is on a mission to create a more fact-driven world. Our platform is disrupting the $200B+ analytics market industry by making it 1000x faster and easier for non-technical business people to answer their own data questions, based on innovations in search engines, in-memory large-scale computing & AI technology. With ThoughtSpot, anyone from C-suite executives to front-line employees can use a simple search to instantly analyze billions of rows of data, and leverage artificial intelligence to get relevant insights on questions they might not have thought to ask. If you're looking to solve hard problems in a large market, this is the role for you!
ThoughtSpot is a pioneering company at the forefront of AI in the data analytics and business intelligence industry. Our platform empowers organizations to transform their data into actionable insights, enabling them to make smarter, data-driven decisions.
We, at ThoughtSpot, are looking for an Engineering Leader - AgentSpot to lead and grow the team based out of Bangalore. Come join a team of world-class engineers building AgentSpot, ThoughtSpot's agentic AI platform. This team is responsible for building a multi-tenant platform where business users create, run, and share AI agents and multi-step workflows that reason over enterprise data and take action on their behalf. This includes the agent-authoring and conversational experience, an LLM-powered agent runtime built on managed agent-execution and code-execution sandboxes, a secure tool and connector plane that lets agents act on enterprise systems, agent memory and knowledge bases, workflow orchestration, and the observability, evaluation and guardrail infrastructure that keeps agentic systems safe, reliable and strictly tenant-isolated at scale.
In this role, you will be a hands-on technical leader responsible to manage a team that designs, builds and scales to help millions of business-people make smarter decisions.
Manage and mentor engineers to be more effective at their work and grow their careers.
Drive the quality and stability of the product by getting hands-on as required with code, design and test plan reviews, and debugging distributed and agentic systems issues.
Build a culture of operational excellence with a focus on observability, evaluations, performance, scalability, cloud cost and security.
Architect, design, develop and operationalize high performance, scalable, resilient and secure systems.
Collaborate with multiple stakeholders across product and engineering teams, to establish KPI for different services and own end-to-end delivery and lifecycle management.
Identify and help implement the most appropriate technologies, protocols and frameworks leading to efficient solutions.
Defining strategy and technical roadmap for continuously improving release and deployment velocity, scale, performance and reliability of ThoughtSpot services
Provide technical leadership, and lead initiatives across global teams.
Recruit, inspire, and build world-class teams. Develop and grow leaders to continue pushing the boundaries of engineering excellence and execution for on-time delivery of projects with top quality
Help evolve a culture of selfless-excellence in which each person does the best work of their lives and amplifies everyone around.
BS/MS in Computer Science or related fields, with 10+ years of experience in software development, 3+ years of experience in leading teams.
Hands-on experience with, or strong curiosity for, LLM-powered and agentic AI systems, agent frameworks, and the realities of running non-deterministic AI safely and cost-effectively in production.
Prior expertise in building SaaS platforms and applications.
Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development.
Experience in architecting secure, highly available, and performant systems
Experience in one or more programming languages such as Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, or Java.
Brings in a high level of self-motivation to solve complex problems and challenges.
You have experience in hiring, managing, and growing teams.
You love building and leading exceptional teams in a fast-paced, and entrepreneurial environment. You have a strong bias for action and being resourceful.
You are obsessed with customer-experience and uncompromising engineering standards.
In-Office at ThoughtSpot
Spotters are expected in-office 3+ days per week to be part of the energy of their local team. Momentum compounds when we're in the room together with faster decisions, sharper problem-solving, and the kind of peer learning that doesn't happen over a screen. Being in-office is our default way of working, with flexibility available where it's genuinely needed.
The world’s most innovative companies turn to ThoughtSpot’s AI-Powered Analytics to put data in the hands of everyone, from the C-suite to the frontline. With simple, natural language search and AI, anyone can ask questions, discover insights, and act with confidence. Unlike legacy tools that sacrifice performance for complexity, ThoughtSpot is intuitively designed for every business user while being built to handle the most complex, large-scale data, wherever it resides. This unique combination of speed and simplicity is why enterprise leaders trust ThoughtSpot to transform decision-making into a truly data-driven culture.
At ThoughtSpot, we’re a curious, data-driven bunch. We believe the world works better when everyone has access to facts. That’s why we build products that make asking and answering data questions as natural as having a conversation.
Mandatory and Required Skills for All ThoughtSpot Roles
Spotters are expected to demonstrate AI literacy and workflow integration to include to ability to:
Comfortably and confidently integrate AI into their daily workflows to increase productivity and quality.
Hands-on experience to leverage AI tools (industry-leading LLMs) to increase productivity, automate routine tasks, and improve work quality.
Speak to the experience of using AI for research, content creation, and document summarization while maintaining ownership of judgment and final decisions.
Write effective prompts to get the most accurate and creative results from AI tools.
Spotters are expected to exemplify these key traits and possess an AI Mindset:
Curiosity in exploring new AI tools
Adaptability to quickly learn and implement new, emerging AI technologies
Critical thinking to know when to identify when AI should be used versus when human judgement is necessary
This combination of curiosity, adaptability, and discernment defines the AI mindset, and it’s required for every role at ThoughtSpot.
AI Mindset for All Spotters
At ThoughtSpot, we believe AI is a necessary and essential part of how we work. Every role, across every team, is expected to be fluent and comfortable with using AI to do their best work.
All Spotters are expected to experiment with ThoughtSpot’s AI tools (like AgentSpot, Spotter, and SpotterViz) and leading industry LLMs to streamline workflows, enhance output, and uncover new insights. Whether drafting content, analyzing data, or summarizing documents, AI is a daily partner.
We value curiosity, openness to learning, and thoughtful application of AI to create real value. Training and resources are provided so every Spotter can confidently create with AI.
ThoughtSpot for All
At ThoughtSpot, diverse teams build better products. Complex data problems need many perspectives, not just one. We welcome different backgrounds, identities, and experiences, and we work to create a place where everyone can be themselves and do their best work. If this role excites you and you believe you’re a strong match, we encourage you to apply.
What Makes ThoughtSpot a Great Place to Work?
ThoughtSpot is the Agentic Analytics Platform that empowers every enterprise to transform insights into action, on a mission to make the world more fact driven. We hire people with unique identities, backgrounds, and perspectives - this balance-for-the-better philosophy is key to our success. When paired with our culture of Trust, Customer Obsession, Innovation and Intensity, ThoughtSpot cultivates a respectful culture that pushes norms to create world-class products. If you’re excited by the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the business and make your mark on a truly innovative company, we invite you to read more about our mission, and apply to the role that’s right for you.
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