Senior Engineering Manager Data Store Platforms

Best Buy; Richfield (MN); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Employee discount

Retirement resources

Well-being support

Job summary

Best Buy seeks a Senior Engineering Manager – Data Store Platforms to lead two squads (Platform Services and Service Enablement) and drive scalable, secure data platform services for the enterprise. You’ll oversee technical strategy, people leadership, and reliability across data infrastructure, guiding teams toward self‑service capabilities and trusted adoption.

You’ll work mostly from home with on‑site requirements near Richfield, Minnesota, and will mentor engineers, shape architectures, and

Qualifications

• 7 years of software or platform engineering experience.
• 2 years leading an engineering team.
• 5 years of experience building and operating AWS‑based data platforms.
• 3+ years of experience guiding technical design, architecture, or engineering standards.
• 2 years of leadership experience ensuring team outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of engineers delivering cloud‑based data platform services.
• Deliver scalable, secure, self‑service data services for internal teams.
• Guide design, architecture patterns, and standards for platform services.
• Improve developer experience by reducing friction and onboarding effort.
• Partner with operations to ensure reliability and scalability.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to align platform capabilities with needs.
• Coach and develop engineers through feedback and progression.

Skills

team leadership

AWS data platforms

distributed systems

data platforms

operational excellence

Tools

Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL

Amazon ElastiCache

Amazon DocumentDB

NoSQL databases

Job description

As a Senior Engineering Manager – Data Store Platforms, you will lead the Data Store team, responsible for building and enabling scalable, secure, and reliable data platform services across the enterprise. You will guide two squads—Platform Services and Service Enablement—to deliver self‑service data capabilities that application teams can adopt and operate confidently. This role combines technical strategy, people leadership, and operational excellence to accelerate delivery and strengthen production reliability. You’ll help shape how teams consume data infrastructure through automation, clear ownership, and a customer‑first mindset.

In this role, you'll primarily work virtually from home or another non‑Best Buy location. However, you must live within a drivable distance to our corporate campus in Richfield, Minnesota. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team, and the recruiter or hiring manager will provide additional details during the hiring process.

What you’ll do

• Lead and develop a team of engineers delivering cloud‑based data platform services and enablement capabilities.
• Deliver scalable, secure, and self‑service data services that support internal engineering teams.
• Guide technical design, architecture patterns, and engineering standards for platform services.
• Improve developer experience by simplifying service adoption and reducing friction.
• Partner with operations teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to align platform capabilities with engineering needs.
• Coach and develop engineers through feedback, career growth, and performance management.

Basic qualifications

• 7 years of software or platform engineering experience, including 2 years leading an engineering team.
• 5 years of experience building and operating AWS‑based data platforms, including Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon ElastiCache, or Amazon DocumentDB.
• 3+ years of experience guiding technical design, architecture, or engineering standards for distributed systems or data platforms.
• 2 years of leadership experience, including coaching engineers and delivering team outcomes.
• Experience delivering shared platform or infrastructure services used by internal engineering teams.

Preferred qualifications

• 5 years of experience building self‑service platforms with automation and standardized service offerings.
• 3 years of experience improving developer experience through onboarding, documentation, or training.
• 3 years of experience supporting production systems, including reliability or incident response practices.
• 3 years of experience using metrics to improve platform performance, adoption, or efficiency.
• Experience working with AWS NoSQL and distributed database technologies such as Amazon DynamoDB or Amazon Keyspaces.

What’s in it for you

We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well‑being and provide support as you need it, especially at key moments in your life.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive pay
• Great employee discount
• Financial savings and retirement resources
• Support for your physical and mental well‑being

Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full‑time or part‑time employment status, and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced‑schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full‑time and part‑time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non‑exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.

Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.

For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.

About us

As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.

Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.

Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.

Application deadline: Minimum of 5 days from the posting date. You can find that date above the job title at the top of the page.

State Minnesota