Senior Data Platform & Infrastructure Leader

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

HighLevel is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Data Platform & Infrastructure team. You will own strategy, execution, and evolution of foundational data systems powering insights across the ecosystem.

Lead engineers to build reliable, scalable, secure data infrastructure including ingestion, storage, orchestration, and observability. This is a hands-on leadership role that defines direction while guiding architecture and complex challenges, with a focus on data security,

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering, SRE or data platform related fields.
• 4+ years leading high-performing technical teams.
• Expertise with Snowflake/BigQuery/Databricks or equivalent data warehousing tools.
• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD workflows.
• Strong data warehousing concepts and workload management.
• Experience defining data security, platform SLAs and governance.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to influence technical strategy across multiple orgs.

Responsibilities

• Lead, recruit, and mentor an exceptional engineering team.
• Direct data infrastructure strategy to drive business and product success.
• Oversee headcount planning and vendor budgets.
• Establish execution rhythms and goals aligned to outcomes.
• Foster ownership, technical rigor, and professional development.
• Champion morale, learning opportunities, and delivery velocity.
• Guide system architecture, data flow, quality standards, and roadmaps.
• Partner with Product and Data leadership on multi-quarter initiatives.
• Define APIs and SLAs to streamline developer workflows and adoption.
• Ensure resilience with monitoring, incident management, and cost optimization.
• Collaborate with Security, Audit, and Analytics Engineering on capabilities and controls.
• Engage with Data, Product, and Finance to enable ML and reporting.
• Set organization-wide standards for data security and quality.
• Advocate for automation and best practices while balancing speed and scalability.
• Mentor senior leaders and build leadership succession.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Strategic thinking

Influence

Tools

Snowflake

BigQuery

Databricks

Airflow

DBT

Git

CI/CD

Job description

HighLevel is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Data Platform & Infrastructure team. You will own strategy, execution, and evolution of foundational data systems powering insights across the ecosystem.

Lead engineers to build reliable, scalable, secure data infrastructure including ingestion, storage, orchestration, and observability. This is a hands-on leadership role that defines direction while guiding architecture and complex challenges, with a focus on data security,