Data and AI Engineering Manager

504 CGCG-US CG Companies Global-US; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 202,000 - 323,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Competitive compensation

Performance bonus

Profitability bonus

Company retirement contribution (15%)

Professional development

Generous time off

Job summary

Capital Group is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Enterprise Data Office to lead the team building governed data products used across CGMC, the Capital Operating Group, and executive offices. You will guide the technical direction, hire and mentor engineers, and shape AI, data catalog, and lineage capabilities.

The role is based in Southern California with time across Los Angeles and Irvine offices, offering a hybrid schedule, generous benefits, and growth opportunities within a trusted

Qualifications

• 10+ years building full‑stack data products end‑to‑end with a modern lakehouse stack.
• Direct experience embedding LLMs, retrieval‑augmented generation, and agents into data engineering workflows.
• Track record as a hands‑on technical leader or engineering manager for a high‑performing team.
• Experience operating production data platforms end‑to‑end with SLAs, data quality, observability, and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering team behind Capital Group's data and AI initiatives.
• Set technical direction and hunting for opportunities to apply AI responsibly.
• Hire, coach, and grow a diverse engineering team from the ground up.

Skills

Full-stack data products

Engineering leadership

LLMs integration

Databricks

React

Python

SQL

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

dbt

Python

SQL

React

Databricks Genie

Job description

“I can be myself at work.” You are more than a job title. We want you to feel comfortable doing great work and bringing your best, authentic self to everything you do. We value your talents, traditions, and uniqueness—and we’re committed to fostering a strong sense of belonging in a respectful workplace. We intentionally seek diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds, investing in a culture designed to celebrate differences. We believe that belonging leads to better outcomes and a stronger community of associates united by our mission. At Capital, we live our core values every day: Integrity, Client Focus, Diverse Perspectives, Long-Term Thinking, and Community.

“I can influence my income.” You want to feel recognized at work. Your performance will be reviewed annually, and your compensation will be designed to motivate and reward the value that you provide. You’ll receive a competitive salary, bonuses and benefits. Your company-funded retirement contribution will factor in salary and variable pay, including bonuses.

“I can lead a full life.” You bring unique goals and interests to your job and your life. Whether you’re raising a family, you’re passionate about where you volunteer, or you want to explore different career paths, we’ll give you the resources that can set you up for success. Enjoy generous time‑away and health benefits from day one, with the opportunity for flexible work options. Receive 2-for-1 matching gifts for your charitable contributions and the opportunity to secure annual grants for the organizations you love. Access on‑demand professional development resources that allow you to hone existing skills and learn new ones.

As an Engineering Manager in the Enterprise Data Office, you’ll lead the engineering team behind some of the most consequential data and AI work at Capital Group. Your team builds the governed data products that CGMC, the Capital Operating Group, the Executive Office, and Business Councils rely on to run the business. We’re looking for a hands‑on leader who sets the technical direction and builds alongside the team, with the curiosity to explore what AI can do for data and the judgment to know where it shouldn’t. You’ll build the founding engineering team for CBI: hiring, coaching, and setting the operating model for how AI agents ship alongside them. This role is based in Southern California, with time across our Los Angeles and Irvine offices.

Key Responsibilities

• Hands‑On AI‑Native Data Product Delivery (40%). Your team ships the data and intelligence Capital Group runs on: everywhere it’s consumed, by humans and AI. Consumer demand is outpacing anyone still writing pipelines by hand, so you’ll extend EDO AI Catalyst (CG's AI sidekick for data product creators) with the skills, agents, and automation to ship at the pace the business needs. Your engineers review, steer, and own the hardest technical calls.
• Engineering Vision, Solution Design, and AI for Data (30%). Set the solution design for CBI’s data products (jointly with Product Leads) and how AI powers them: a modern data catalog for humans and agents, source‑to‑target lineage with impact analysis, and shared metrics and dimensions for the next generation of consumption (BI, agents, executive narratives). Own the hard calls on where AI belongs in the stack and where it doesn’t.
• Team Leadership and Growth (20%). Build the team, culture, and hiring bar from the ground up. Recruit, coach, and grow a diverse team of engineers, and set the operating model for how the team builds, ships, and maintains AI skills and agents alongside the humans.
• Partnership and Enterprise Engagement (10%). Represent CBI’s engineering voice in Enterprise Data Office forums (architecture, platform, AI governance, catalog federation), engage with business stakeholders as data consumers, and coordinate with Data Platform and Global Data Architecture as peer teams on the shared lakehouse foundation.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years building full‑stack data products end‑to‑end, hands‑on across a modern lakehouse stack (Databricks, Unity Catalog, dbt, Python, SQL) with recent work in a modern UI framework such as React (or equivalent); Databricks Apps experience a plus
• Direct experience embedding LLMs, retrieval‑augmented generation, and agents into data engineering workflows, for example AI‑assisted data quality, anomaly detection, or lineage tracing
• Track record as a hands‑on technical leader or engineering manager for a high‑performing team. You develop, mentor, and coach a talented, diverse team, and you create an inclusive, engaging environment where every engineer can thrive
• Track record operating production data platforms end‑to‑end – SLAs, data quality and contract enforcement, observability, cost, incident response, and CI/CD for data products serving demanding consumers
• Strong grasp of data modeling and data product design from source ingest to consumer‑fit products, with shared metrics and dimensions that BI tools and agents can consume; familiarity with Databricks Genie, Unity Catalog metric views, or Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) a plus
• Experience in Financial Services (ideally Investment Management), or a demonstrated ability to ramp quickly on complex regulated domains, with comfort partnering across product, business, risk, and platform stakeholders
• You bring high agency, curiosity, and resilience to ambiguous problems, exercise disciplined judgment on trade‑offs between scope, speed, and quality, and communicate clearly across technical and business audiences
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

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I can learn more about Capital Group. At Capital Group, the success of the people who invest with us depends on the people in whom we invest. That’s why we offer a culture, compensation and opportunities that empower our associates to build successful and prosperous careers. Through nine decades, our goal was to improve people’s lives through successful investing. We know that our history is a testament to the strength of the people we hire. More than 9,000 associates in 30+ offices around the world help our clients and each other grow and thrive every day.

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Southern California Base Salary Range: $201,683-$322,693

In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital’s annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.

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* Temporary positions in the United States are excluded from the above mentioned compensation and benefit plans.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment.

As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Capital Group is one of the largest and most trusted financial companies in the world, with the goal of improving people’s lives through successful investing. Our shared values of integrity, client focus, long‑term view, diverse perspectives and community inspire our associates every day. A career at Capital Group means having countless opportunities to explore, grow and succeed.

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