Engineering Manager, Data

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Lead the Finance Automation initiative within the Data Engineering sector.

• Manage a comprehensive team of over 5 data engineers or analytics engineers.

• Continue to build the team and take part in the recruitment processes.

• Oversee high-impact transformational projects from inception to completion in a dynamic, data-driven startup atmosphere.

• Define the technical roadmap for the team.

• Participate in product roadmap and OKR discussions.

• Champion engineering agile methodologies.

• Promote continuous improvement and professional development through guidance and mentorship.

• Ensure that team members engage in projects that align with their interests, experiences, and business impact.

• Provide tangible opportunities for team development.

• Enhance release quality and frequency through code reviews, comprehensive testing, and sustainable development practices.

• Draft essential design documents and address complex components, features, or services as an individual contributor when necessary.

• Manage financial data systems that support the general ledger, sales tax filing, and month-end closing, including dbt models, pipelines, and NetSuite integrations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience as a data or analytics engineer, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.

• More than 5 years of experience in constructing production data pipelines and warehouse models.

• Proficient in SQL and working knowledge of dbt.

• Capable of reviewing models to identify grain, fan-out, and testing deficiencies.

• Experience managing financial data relied upon by Accounting, including GL feeds, month-end closing, reconciliation, audit support, and payment processing.

• Proven experience in designing and implementing logical, well-architected solutions for intricate, large-scale data engineering problems.

• Extensive experience in database design and warehouse data modeling.

• Familiarity with scheduling and orchestration.

• Demonstrated ability to convert ambiguous stakeholder requests into well-defined, estimated plans, and to push back when capacity is limited.

• Strong communication skills to liaise effectively with accountants and engineers.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first flexibility: work from any location around the globe and select hours that best fit your schedule.

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).

• Company-wide recharge days.

• Annual team retreats.

• Weekly UberEats credits.

• Travel discounts through SuperTravel.

• Generous parental leave policy.

• Flexible return-to-work options.

• Equity options available.

• Annual bonus structure.

• Retirement matching program.

• Comprehensive benefits starting from day one.

• Wellness budgets.

• Personal development funds.

• Team-level learning resources.