Manager, Data Engineering
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- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Directly manages software development projects (including program management) and execution through individual contributors. May also lead project teams across platforms or groups
- Implements processes to drive strong operational hygiene for all components and systems within their group
- Responsible for the delivery of projects, including quality and timeliness, that impact their domain and potentially one other
- Demonstrates strong tactical ability by managing the roadmap for a scrum team responsible for technical issues of diverse scope where analysis requires an understanding of current business or tends
- Competent at communicating technical issues with non-technical audiences
- Analyzes multiple sources of information and identifies & resolves complex technical, operational, and organizational problems relating to software development.
- Collaborates with direct team, managers in org, stakeholders such as Product Owners & PMO
- 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 7-8 data engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Demonstrated experience conducting 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations with direct reports
- Prior involvement in engineering hiring, including interviews, calibration, and onboarding
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to connect team-level execution to broader organizational goals and priorities
- Proven ability to manage project delivery under real-world constraints including time pressure and limited developer capacity, with a track record of making pragmatic tradeoffs without sacrificing quality
- Proficient in Python and SQL with hands-on experience building and operating production-grade data pipelines; comfortable writing clean, testable, maintainable code and reviewing the work of others
- Experience leading data engineering teams in a code-first, cloud-native environment with strong software engineering practices including version control, automated testing, and CI/CD
- Experience designing and evolving data architectures that support analytics, reporting, and decision-making at scale
- Embraces AI tools responsibly as a force multiplier for engineering productivity, accelerating delivery without compromising code quality or security standards
- Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow
- Experience with BigQuery and the broader GCP ecosystem
- Background in financial services or other regulated industries
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
- 8-12 years of overall experience in data engineering or a related discipline
- 2+ years of experience managing or leading a team of engineers