Senior Manager, Data Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +3 more states.

📋 Description

• Lead and cultivate a team of data engineers tasked with managing batch and streaming data systems.

• Spearhead technical execution throughout the ingestion, transformation, modeling, and serving layers.

• Set engineering standards, maintain code quality practices, and implement architectural review processes.

• Provide mentorship to engineers in areas such as distributed systems design, performance optimization, and production reliability.

• Ensure the implementation of scalable data modeling standards and optimized query performance for analytical workloads.

• Direct architectural decisions concerning orchestration, schema evolution, partitioning strategies, and storage optimization.

• Collaborate with streaming engineers to synchronize batch and real-time data patterns.

• Align roadmap priorities, SLAs, and platform KPIs with Data Product Management.

• Work closely with software engineers to integrate streaming systems, APIs, and microservices.

• Articulate architectural trade-offs, delivery risks, and operational constraints to relevant stakeholders.

• Lead architectural reviews and shape the long-term platform strategy.

• Promote ownership, documentation, and ongoing improvement within the team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive expertise in data lakes, warehouses, and lakehouse architectures.

• In-depth knowledge of ETL/ELT frameworks, orchestration platforms, and distributed data processing systems.

• Strong understanding of Kafka-based architectures and event-driven data patterns.

• Demonstrated experience in hiring, onboarding, and retaining top-performing engineers across diverse seniority levels.

• Proficient in sprint planning, capacity modeling, and roadmap sequencing.

• Capable of managing competing priorities related to reliability, feature delivery, and technical debt reduction.

• Experience in establishing engineering KPIs such as reliability, latency, throughput, and deployment frequency.

• Proven track record of leading engineering teams that deliver large-scale production data platforms.

• Strong foundation in distributed systems engineering and cloud-native architecture.

• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities.

• Self-driven, quality-oriented, and dedicated to engineering excellence and operational discipline.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Disability benefits.

• Tuition assistance program.

• PTO.

• Bonus eligibility.

• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages.

• Generous paid time off.

• Complimentary subscriptions to HBO Max, Paramount+, and other Skydance streaming services and digital news products.

• Employee engagement opportunities, including exclusive screenings and events, speaker series, and volunteer activities.

• Reasonable accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process.