Data Platform Engineering Manager: Lead at Scale

Discord; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 248,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming platform in San Francisco is seeking an Engineering Manager excited to build data infrastructure at scale. You will lead teams that process petabytes of data for millions of users and make impactful technical decisions. The ideal candidate has significant engineering leadership experience and strong people management skills. Compensation includes a salary ranging from $248,000 to $279,000 plus equity and benefits, with potential relocation assistance for those willing to move to the Bay Area.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of engineering leadership and 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong people management skills including hiring and conflict resolution.
• Demonstrated ability to set team's pace and drive projects to completion.
• Excellent communication skills across various levels.
• Experience with the data ecosystem: pipelines, ETL, modeling, and warehousing.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure or containerization.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow teams building data infrastructure for millions of users.
• Partner to set the technical direction and roadmap.
• Drive a culture of quality-centered execution.
• Build relationships with cross-functional partners.
• Help the team navigate ambiguity while achieving business outcomes.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Large-scale distributed systems

Data infrastructure

People management

Technical decision-making

Communication skills

Cloud infrastructure

Containerization

Tools

Kafka

Spark

Flink

Airflow

Dagster

SQL

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

A leading gaming platform in San Francisco is seeking an Engineering Manager excited to build data infrastructure at scale. You will lead teams that process petabytes of data for millions of users and make impactful technical decisions. The ideal candidate has significant engineering leadership experience and strong people management skills. Compensation includes a salary ranging from $248,000 to $279,000 plus equity and benefits, with potential relocation assistance for those willing to move to the Bay Area.