Senior Manager, Data Platform - T0
Core
Lead the data platform engineering team to build the data backbone for global financial systems, enabling high-volume ingestion, real-time processing, and canonical financial modeling.
Role type
Senior Manager, Data Platform Engineering
Builds
High-volume financial data ingestion pipelines, Databricks lakehouse, canonical financial models, and real-time data processing infrastructure. (via careerplan.io/jobs/23a418be-f7a0-499f-abd7-b942fd026209-senior-manager-data-platform-t0-at-airwallex)
Domain
Financial Technology (FinTech), Data Engineering, Distributed Systems
Required skills
Data platform architecture, distributed systems, data modeling, team leadership, Python, SQL, Spark, Databricks, Delta Lake, dbt, Kafka, CDC, data orchestration (Dagster), PostgreSQL, GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes, GitOps, CI/CD, observability, reliability engineering.
Preferred skills
AI-assisted engineering practices, complex technical migration strategy, balancing long-term platform strategy with near-term business priorities.
Responsibilities
Lead and grow a high-performing data platform engineering team; set technical strategy for high-volume financial data ingestion; evolve the Databricks lakehouse; define standards for data contracts and quality; guide infrastructure strategy across GCP and cloud-native tools; lead migrations from legacy pipelines to the lakehouse; drive performance and cost optimization; partner with product and accounting teams to translate business needs into scalable capabilities.
Seniority
Senior Manager, hands-on technical leadership
