Data Engineering Manager

Dyson Institute; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Dyson is seeking an experienced Data Engineering Manager to lead a small team within the Data and Analytics group. You will provide hands-on technical leadership, design scalable data pipelines, and drive governance and data quality across a global environment.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with stakeholders to prioritise initiatives, and ensure robust delivery aligned with business objectives. Dyson emphasizes continuous learning and excellence in documentation and workflow efficiency.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or related fields.
• Experience leading and mentoring data engineering teams.
• Proven ability to manage and deliver complex data engineering projects end-to-end.
• Proficiency in design, development and optimisation of data pipelines.
• Strong programming skills in Python, SQL, and DBT.
• Experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Knowledge of CI/CD, DataOps, and modern data engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and optimise scalable data solutions for analytics.
• Establish and maintain efficient workflows and governance across a global data engineering environment.
• Mentor and develop the team; drive delivery of robust data solutions.
• Contribute to technical design reviews and ensure high standards throughout delivery lifecycle.

Skills

8+ years data eng

Team leadership

Project delivery

Data pipelines

Python

SQL

DBT

AWS/GCP/Azure

DataOps

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s or higher in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

As a Data Engineering Manager at Dyson, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing and guiding a small team of data engineers within the Data and Analytics group. You will provide hands‑on technical leadership in the Data domain, ensuring the team leverages a diverse set of Data technologies and remains adaptable to evolving requirements and industry trends. Your leadership will be instrumental in fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence. In this role, you will collaborate closely with business stakeholders to help prioritise projects and align data engineering initiatives with broader business objectives. You will be responsible for mentoring and developing your team, driving the delivery of robust, reliable data solutions that adhere to industry best practices. Additionally, you will actively contribute to technical design reviews, offering constructive feedback and ensuring high standards throughout the delivery lifecycle. Your responsibilities will include designing, building, and optimising scalable data solutions for analytics, as well as establishing and maintaining efficient workflows and good practices across a global data engineering environment. You will champion clear documentation standards and lead efforts to enhance data quality, reliability, data lineage, and governance. Your expertise and guidance will support the professional growth of your team and the ongoing improvement of data engineering processes at Dyson.

Key Competencies

• 8+ years of relevant experience in data engineering or related fields
• Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring data engineering teams
• Proven ability to manage and deliver complex data engineering projects through all stages
• Expertise in designing, developing and optimising data pipelines and solutions
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, SQL, DBT)
• Extensive experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, DataOps, and modern data engineering best practices

Strategic Leadership and Influence

You will take a central role in defining and executing data engineering strategy, actively shaping the vision and roadmap for data-driven initiatives across the organisation. You will lead a small, high-performing team, providing mentorship and direction to ensure successful project outcomes and alignment with business priorities. By instilling a culture of excellence in documentation, best practices, and workflow efficiency, you will drive continuous improvement and ensure the team remains at the forefront of emerging technologies. Your leadership will be instrumental in upholding and advancing the highest standards for data quality, reliability, and governance on a global scale.

Technical Proficiencies

With over eight years of experience in data engineering or related disciplines, you possess a deep understanding of the end-to-end project lifecycle and a proven record of delivering complex data solutions. Your technical expertise encompasses the design, development, and optimisation of scalable data pipelines and analytics platforms. You are highly proficient in leading programming languages such as Python, SQL, and DBT, and bring substantial experience with major cloud environments, including AWS, GCP, or Azure. Your knowledge of CI/CD, DataOps, and modern data engineering best practices allows you to set technical direction, conduct thorough design reviews, and provide constructive feedback that ensures robust, reliable outcomes. As the technical authority for your team, you guide architectural decisions and champion innovation in data engineering solutions.

Academic Credentials

You hold an advanced degree—Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD—in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, forming a strong academic basis for your senior expertise and leadership within the data domain.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity. At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic. This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds. Dyson employs 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners. At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education. Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter. We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world. The future doesn’t just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas.