Engineering Manager - Data Platform

TLDR

Lead the execution of the data engineering roadmap while collaborating with various teams to enhance data capabilities and ensure high-quality delivery across data platforms.

This is a position at Qode's Client

Description

This role focused on data engineering teams with data warehousing, streaming and batch patterns, CI/CD for data pipelines,
  • Drive and coach Agile teams to deliver on engineering standards, sprint backlogs and plans, engineers’ responsibilities and performance management, code quality, adherence to development guardrails, and testing; 
  • Drive Agile delivery across data platforms, ensuring high standards for; Data quality and testing, Code quality and review practices, CI/CD for data pipelines, Documentation and operational readiness
  • Collaborate closely with data architects, product managers, analytics teams, platform teams, and governance stakeholders to deliver data capabilities aligned with business priorities
  • Own the execution of the data engineering roadmap, balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform sustainability
  • Contribute to data platform architecture and design, including ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption layers
  • Coach engineers to be T-shaped, capable of working across batch, streaming, analytics engineering, and platform concerns
  • Own and prioritise the remediation of technical and data debt, including legacy pipelines, performance issues, and data quality gaps
  • Stay current with modern data engineering tools, patterns, and methodologies, particularly within the Databricks ecosystem
  • Be accountable for the full lifecycle of data solutions, from design through build, deployment, monitoring, and support
  • Empower teams to be self-sufficient, disciplined, and accountable for the reliability of data products
  • Lead initiatives to improve data delivery processes, including automation, observability, and operational excellence
  • Motivate teams to continuously improve through innovation, experimentation, and continuous delivery
  • Drive career development and progression for data engineers, partnering with HR on performance management and growth paths


Requirements

Experience with one of the following/similar Technologies: 

  • Strong experience with Databricks, Apache Spark, and lakehouse patterns
  • Deep understanding of data warehousing concepts, dimensional modelling, and analytics use cases
  • Experience building and operating batch and streaming data pipelines
  • Familiarity with Delta Lake, data versioning, and schema evolution
  • Understanding of data quality, data validation, lineage, and observability practices
  • Understanding about AWS (Lambda, S3, API Gateway, CLI, ECS, EKS…) or Google cloud platform is a must; 
  • Formal Development methodologies; 

Experience Required: 

  • 10+ years’ experience in software or data engineering
  • 4+ years’ experience leading engineering teams, ideally in data, analytics, or platform domains
  • Proven ability to design and deliver end-to-end data platforms or major data initiatives
  • Experience working in regulated environments (banking or financial services preferred)
  • Strong people leadership skills, with a proven ability to mentor and grow data engineers
  • Experience producing and maintaining technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, runbooks, and data specifications
  • Proven ability to work with multiple stakeholders across geographies and manage competing priorities
  • Strong understanding of quality, reliability, and operational excellence in production data systems
  • Ownership of SLAs / SLOs for data availability and freshness
  • Collaboration with risk, compliance, and audit teams
  • Responsibility for data cost management and optimisation


Benefits

  • Meal and parking allowances
  • Full benefits and salary rank during probation.
  • Insurances such as Vietnamese labor law and premium health care for employees & family members
  • Values-driven, international working environment, and agile culture.
  • Overseas travel opportunities for training and work-related.
  • Internal Hackathons and company events (team building, coffee run, etc.).
  • Pro-Rate and performance bonus.
  • 15-day annual + 3-day sick leave per year from the company.
  • Work-life balance 40-hr per week from Mon to Fri.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Insurances such as Vietnamese labor law and premium health care for employees & family members

Internal Hackathons and company events

Internal Hackathons and company events (team building, coffee run, etc.)

Paid Time Off

15-day annual + 3-day sick leave per year from the company

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