Data Platform Engineering Manager
Core
Lead a small team of platform engineers to design reliable infrastructure, establish self-service developer tools, and champion data security controls on Google Cloud Platform.
Role type
Senior IC Data Platform Engineering Manager (hybrid leadership & hands-on)
Builds
Reliable data platform infrastructure, self-service developer tools, and secure data pipelines on GCP
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure & Data Engineering
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Terraform, Terragrunt, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), BigQuery, Cloud Composer, GKE, IAM, CI/CD pipelines, GitLab CI, Docker, Kubernetes, team leadership, OKR management, agile delivery
Preferred skills
PySpark, Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, Claude), LLM-driven pipeline monitoring
Technologies
Terraform, Terragrunt, GCP, BigQuery, Cloud Composer, GKE, GitLab CI, Docker, Kubernetes, PySpark, Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake
Responsibilities
Coach and manage a team of 2-3 platform engineers, design Terraform/Terragrunt modules on GCP, establish standard self-service developer tools, champion data security controls (Dataplex, DLP), drive agile delivery and manage OKRs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people leadership
