Director of Streaming Data Engineering

SOLTECH; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

Company-paid life and AD&D insurance

Flexible PTO

Employee purchase program

Job summary

A leading national technology company is seeking a Manager of Data Engineering in Atlanta. This role involves leading a team of data engineers to design and optimize data architectures for streaming technologies. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data engineering, particularly with Apache Kafka and the Confluent Platform, along with a strong ability to drive team performance and operational excellence. Competitive salary and hybrid work flexibility offered.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of people management experience in technical teams.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering with distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of data engineers.
• Design and implement scalable data architectures.
• Optimize performance, capacity, and costs in Kafka clusters.

Skills

Leadership

Data engineering

Real-time data processing

Event-driven architectures

Apache Kafka

Confluent Platform

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics

Tools

Confluent Platform

Apache Kafka

Airflow

PySpark

Job description

A leading national technology company is seeking a Manager of Data Engineering in Atlanta. This role involves leading a team of data engineers to design and optimize data architectures for streaming technologies. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data engineering, particularly with Apache Kafka and the Confluent Platform, along with a strong ability to drive team performance and operational excellence. Competitive salary and hybrid work flexibility offered.