Lead Data Engineering Manager — Data Governance & Impact

Thumbtack; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 235,000 - 304,000; Full time

Job summary

Thumbtack is seeking a data engineering leader to own and scale foundational data models across the marketplace. You will work closely with Finance, Supply Acquisition and Business Platforms teams, guiding two subteams and setting the roadmap for data platforms.

You’ll hire and grow engineers, enforce testing contracts, and drive architecture decisions that protect revenue reporting and data trust across Thumbtack’s products.

Qualifications

• 2+ years managing engineers or experience as a tech lead moving into management.
• 6+ years building data or software systems in production.
• Deep SQL and dimensional/event modeling; comfortable with Python.

Responsibilities

• Deliver durable datasets for core entities used across the company.
• Partner with Finance to ensure revenue models are auditable and reconciled.
• Lead as a technical manager, shaping modeling and architecture decisions.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Engineering management

Tools

dbt

BigQuery

Airflow

CI/CD

Job description

Thumbtack is seeking a data engineering leader to own and scale foundational data models across the marketplace. You will work closely with Finance, Supply Acquisition and Business Platforms teams, guiding two subteams and setting the roadmap for data platforms.

You’ll hire and grow engineers, enforce testing contracts, and drive architecture decisions that protect revenue reporting and data trust across Thumbtack’s products.