Data Engineering Manager — Lead Platform & Teams

Redwood Materials Inc.; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Materials is seeking a Senior Data Engineering Manager to lead a team of data engineers and analysts, shaping the data platform roadmap and coordinating efforts across business units.

The ideal candidate has deep Python/SQL expertise, extensive cloud experience with AWS, and a track record of scaling data pipelines and teams. This role demands strong communication and a passion for sustainability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years building data solutions in a modern cloud environment.
• 2+ years managing technical teams.
• Strong Python and SQL skills.
• Experience operating data platforms in AWS using infrastructure-as-code (CDK a plus).

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of data engineers and analysts, including hiring, mentoring, career development, and performance management.
• Own the long-term roadmap and prioritization for the data platform, balancing infrastructure investment, new pipeline development, and analytics requests from across the business.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with teams across Redwood to discover needs, scope problems, and translate requirements into technical deliverables.
• Oversee the design and operation of data pipelines spanning streaming datasets, APIs, and various data stores, ensuring they meet reliability and quality standards.
• Operationalize the team — set on-call expectations, triage incoming work, and ensure production data workloads have appropriate monitoring and incident response.
• Stay technically hands-on — review code, prototype solutions, and step into pipeline or infrastructure work alongside the team.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence and execution, and champion the data team's work across the broader organization.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data engineering

AWS

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Trino

CDK

Kubernetes

Job description

Redwood Materials is seeking a Senior Data Engineering Manager to lead a team of data engineers and analysts, shaping the data platform roadmap and coordinating efforts across business units.

The ideal candidate has deep Python/SQL expertise, extensive cloud experience with AWS, and a track record of scaling data pipelines and teams. This role demands strong communication and a passion for sustainability.