Manager, Data Engineering

Engineering & Delivery

• Lead the design and delivery of scalable data pipelines that power analytics and business operations across Justworks
• Take an active, hands-on role in coding, code review, and technical problem-solving alongside the team
• Drive operational excellence within your team - observability, data quality, cost optimization, and delivery predictability
• Maintain and evolve data infrastructure as code, ensuring the platform is auditable, repeatable, and resilient
• Define and enforce engineering best practices — testing, documentation, CI/CD, and code review standards

People & Team Health

• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of data engineers — setting goals, providing regular feedback, and building technical craft
• Create an environment where engineers ship consistently, grow their skills, and take ownership of outcomes
• Recruit and hire high-caliber data engineers as the team grows

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with analytics engineering, data science, BI, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into platform delivery
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to align on data contracts, security, and compliance standards
• Communicate delivery status, tradeoffs, and dependencies clearly to your Sr. Manager and cross-functional partners

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional hands-on experience in data engineering, with a focus on building data pipelines and platform infrastructure
• 1+ years of people management experience, with a track record of developing engineers and building high-performing teams
• Deep proficiency in SQL and Python; recognized by peers for technical rigor and sound engineering judgment
• Strong experience with Snowflake - schema design, query optimization, cost governance, and data sharing
• Strong foundational knowledge in data warehousing, ETL/ELT pipelines, and cloud data platforms
• Experience with workflow orchestration, monitoring, and testing using tools such as Airflow, dbt, or equivalent
• Expertise with AWS services (S3, Lambda, Fargate, Redshift, Kinesis, etc.) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Strong experience with data security, compliance, and governance in a production environment
• Comfortable with ambiguity — able to identify what needs to be done, set clear milestones, and drive work forward
• Strong communicator with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders effectively

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with data lakehouse patterns and cost optimization strategies at scale
• Background in a regulated or compliance-sensitive environment (fintech, HR tech, healthcare)

Technologies Used

• Languages: Python, SQL, Terraform
• Data & Analytics: Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran
• Streaming & CDC: Estuary
• Workflow Orchestration: Airflow, MWAA
• Cloud: AWS (S3, Lambda, Fargate, Redshift, Kinesis, Step Functions, EventBridge)
• Observability & Monitoring: Datadog
• CI/CD: CircleCI, GitHub Actions

Compensation

• The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $205,000.00 - $261,500.00 per year.