Senior Data Engineering & BI Platform Lead

ProfilHQ; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Carrot is seeking a Sr. Manager, Data Engineering to lead the BI data engineering function at scale, combining strategic leadership with hands-on execution in Python and SQL.

You will set technical vision, drive data strategy across Product, Engineering, Analytics, Security, and Legal, and build a high-impact team accountable for reliable, secure data pipelines. You’ll design ETL/ELT architectures, optimize data warehouses, and champion governance, quality, and observable systems.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of experience in data engineering or closely related field.
• 3-5+ years leading and mentoring data or software engineers.
• 5+ years of advanced SQL and 5+ years of Python development in production.
• Strong hands-on experience with end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Proficiency with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, AWS) and tools like Fivetran, dbt, Prefect, Airflow.
• Solid relational modeling, warehouse design, and CI/CD practices.
• Ability to define technical strategy while remaining capable of execution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with focus on governance and security.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision and roadmap for BI data engineering, aligned with company analytics needs.
• Design, build, and review scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and workflow orchestration with hands-on Python/SQL.
• Architect and optimize data warehouse models to support advanced analytics and self-service BI.
• Establish standards for reliability, observability, testing, and performance across data systems.
• Drive data quality, lineage, and governance with documentation and metadata practices.
• Partner with product, engineering, analytics, security, and legal to align on priorities and remove blockers.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of data engineers, fostering technical excellence and ownership.
• Translate business needs into a prioritized engineering roadmap with measurable outcomes.

Job description

Carrot is seeking a Sr. Manager, Data Engineering to lead the BI data engineering function at scale, combining strategic leadership with hands-on execution in Python and SQL.

You will set technical vision, drive data strategy across Product, Engineering, Analytics, Security, and Legal, and build a high-impact team accountable for reliable, secure data pipelines. You’ll design ETL/ELT architectures, optimize data warehouses, and champion governance, quality, and observable systems.