Engineering Manager, Data Platform

What You'll Be Working On

Team Leadership & Mentorship

• Manage, coach, and grow a team of data engineers.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, provide career development guidance, and foster a culture of high performance and psychological safety.

Strategic Roadmap

• Partner with Product, Data Science, and Cloud Leadership to define the long-term vision and quarterly OKRs for the data platform.

Technical Oversight

• Participate in design reviews and ensure the team is building scalable, maintainable architectures (Data Lakes, Warehouses, and ETL frameworks).

Operational Excellence

• Drive engineering best practices, including CI/CD, data quality monitoring (observability), and incident management processes.

Recruitment

• Lead the hiring process to scale the team, focusing on attracting diverse, world-class engineering talent.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Act as the primary point of contact for data stakeholders across the company, ensuring the data team is unblocked and focused on the highest-priority initiatives.

What You'll Bring to the Team

Leadership Experience

• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams, with a total of 7+ years in data engineering or software engineering.

Technical Depth

• Strong background in the modern data stack (Python, SQL, Airflow/Dagster, BigQuery/Snowflake, Kafka, Flink) and cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS).
• Able to lead deep-dive technical discussions.

Execution Focus

• Proven track record of delivering complex, multi-quarter technical projects on time and at high quality.

Communication

• Exceptional ability to translate complex technical challenges into business impact for stakeholders and executives.

People-First Mindset

• Passion for mentorship and demonstrated ability to help engineers level up in their careers.

Analytical Thinking

• Experience building data-driven cultures where decisions are backed by metrics and rigorous testing.

Bonus Points

• Experience with bare metal, hyperscaler clouds, or GPU infrastructure.
• Deep familiarity with AI/ML data requirements or high-performance computing (HPC) environments.
• Experience at a high-growth startup where you had to "build the plane while flying it."

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
• Volunteer time off
• Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
• Daily meals allowance
• Additional perks & programs specific to location

Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $215,000 - $260,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.