# Engineering Manager, Data Platform

**Company:** [Crusoe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/crusoe)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $215k – $260k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Python, SQL, Airflow, Dagster, BigQuery, Snowflake, Kafka, Flink, GCP, AWS, data lakes, data warehouses, ETL, CI/CD, Observability
**Posted:** 2026-07-31

> Lead and grow a team of data engineers building Crusoe's scalable data platform for AI and cloud intelligence. Define roadmap with cross-functional partners, ensure operational excellence, and drive technical architecture for data lakes, warehouses, and ETL.

## Job Description

## 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.

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