Engineering Manager, Metadata
Core
Lead the Metadata team to build and maintain the discovery API, catalog, lineage, and run history services for the dbt platform, enabling customers to understand and trust their data.
Role type
Engineering Manager, Metadata
Builds
Metadata layer services (discovery API, catalog, lineage, run history) for the dbt platform
Domain
Data Infrastructure / Analytics Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Software engineering team management, distributed cloud system architecture, production service ownership, incident response, backlog prioritization, AI tooling adoption
Preferred skills
Metadata/catalog/lineage system experience, GraphQL APIs, multi-tenant data services, dbt ecosystem, enterprise customer support
Technologies
GraphQL, dbt, AI coding agents (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code)
Responsibilities
Lead team hiring, coaching, and career development; ensure service reliability and performance (uptime/latency); review technical designs and code; drive technical quality and tech debt reduction; partner with product on planning and backlog; communicate engineering vision and strategy
Seniority
Manager, hands-on IC