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Sr. Manager, Data Platform Engineering

Remote · Everywhere | BostonRemoteFull-time$171k–$228k2026-11-07 → 2026-11-10
HybridNo visa sponsorship

Core

Lead the Enterprise Data Platform program to build, operate, and evolve a modern cloud lakehouse, managing migration from legacy infrastructure and enabling data engineering teams.

Role type

Senior Manager, Data Platform Engineering

Builds

Enterprise data platform (cloud lakehouse), ingestion frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation

Domain

Home Security / Data Engineering / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Cloud lakehouse operations (Databricks), platform migration management, vendor/partner engineering leadership, large-scale ingestion frameworks (batch, CDC, API), CI/CD and infrastructure automation, team hiring and performance management, cost optimization

Preferred skills

Databricks Unity Catalog and Workflows, AWS data stacks (S3, Iceberg, Kafka), platform cost accountability, in-house platform component retirement

Technologies

Databricks, AWS, Kafka, S3, Iceberg, Delta

Responsibilities

Lead and grow the platform engineering team; Own the platform roadmap and technical standards; Manage platform environments, deployment patterns, and self-service automation; Build reusable ingestion frameworks; Ensure reliability, observability, and incident response; Optimize platform cost and performance; Set architecture direction with the Data Architect; Manage vendor delivery and technical acceptance; Lead migration of platform and ingestion off legacy estate

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities