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Engineering Manager, Data Platform
At a Glance
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Compensation
- or this full-time position is $248,000 to $279,000 + equity + benefits. Our sala
- Department
- Data Platform
- Posted
- 2026-03-06T16:40:50-05:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Cloud
- Education
- Engineering
Requirements
2+ years of engineering leadership and 7+ years of software engineering experience with expertise in large-scale distributed systems or data infrastructure
Strong people management skills including hiring, performance management, coaching, and conflict resolution
Demonstrated ability to set the pace for a team, remove blockers, and drive projects to completion
Excellent communication skills with ability to foster clear, effective dialogue across all levels and audiences
Proven track record independently making sound technical decisions through ambiguity in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders
Experience with the data ecosystem: pipelines, ETL, modeling, and/or warehousing (Kafka, Spark, Flink, Airflow, Dagster, SQL, etc.)
Responsibilities
Lead and grow one or more teams of engineers building data infrastructure that processes petabytes of data across millions of users
Partner with People and Technical leaders to set technical direction and define the roadmap for your team(s)
Drive a culture of 80/20 thinking, quality-centered execution, and timely decision-making to ensure your team consistently ships high-impact results
Build strong relationships with cross-functional partners to align technical solutions with business goals
Help your team navigate ambiguity while maintaining momentum toward business outcomes