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Omnidian

Manager, Data Engineering

U.S.
Full-Time
Remote
$124,000 – $155,000 per year

TLDR

Lead a team of data engineers to enhance data acquisition and optimize warehouse pipelines while aligning projects with company goals and objectives.

About Omnidian Omnidian, Inc. is a fast-growing Series C tech-enabled service company revolutionizing performance assurance for the distributed solar and energy storage industries.  Omnidian is building a more sustainable future for the planet through our passionate teams, our innovative technology, and by creating an amazing customer experience. We are headquartered in Seattle, WA The Job We are looking for an experienced Data Engineering Manager to drive our Data Engineering efforts.  You will support a strong technical team of data engineers focused on data acquisition and our data warehouse pipelines. You will design and implement the team’s workflow strategy, ensuring transparent and smooth flow of work from intake through delivery. You will work with data engineering technical leads to ensure a clear tie between company goals and strategies and team OKRs. This role sits within our Engineering department and will report directly to our Director of Data Management and Information Security. What You'll Do
At Omnidian we believe in trust and autonomy. How you create an impact is ultimately up to you. Here is an outline of some of the things you’ll be doing:
 

  • Team Leadership and Development (25%)

  • Lead, mentor and coach a team of six Data Engineering professionals, fostering a collaborative environment.

  • Ensure team has measurable SMART goals (OKRs) and understands how these goals impact our company goals and strategies; hold yourself and team accountable for performance against these goals

  • Workload Management and Delivery (60%)

  • Own workload management for the Data Engineering team, including intake, prioritization, resource allocation, and metrics

  • Own successful outcome and positive impact for critical large scale data engineering projects including project management, resource management and communication

  • Mitigate risks and clear blockers

  • Collaborate cross functionally to drive initiatives

  • Own team performance against established SLAs, including visibility into SLA adherence over time

  • Establish and provide visibility for metrics that will identify bottlenecks or other improvement opportunities

  • Own proactive communication of the team’s goals and accomplishments

  • Roadmap, Strategy (15%)

  • Work closely with technical data engineering leads to establish a data engineering roadmap

  • Drive stakeholder alignment on roadmap and prioritization

  • Identify dependencies for successful completion of roadmap, coordinate with stakeholders to ensure dependencies are reflected on appropriate roadmaps

  • Tie company objectives back to team roadmap

    • Who You Are

    Are you an experienced Data Engineering Manager?    Are you enthusiastic about providing mentoring and coaching to a talented team of Data Engineers?   Do you love setting up the right workload management processes and structures so that the team can focus on the technical vision and solving technical problems?    Do you have the hands on experience in:

  • Leadership Abilities: You possess strong leadership skills; you take satisfaction in supporting a team to achieve great things.     You are able to keep a team focused on the most important things.

  • Project Management Expertise:    You are skilled at breaking down large, sometimes ambiguous projects into milestones, keeping the team on track, and providing visibility into progress to stakeholders

  • Data Engineering Expertise: You have hands-on experience designing, building and testing data pipelines.     You are familiar with Data Engineering best practices, processes and standards. 

  • Data Architecture Experience:   You are comfortable with data architecture and patterns for  both structured and unstructured data.

  • Communication: You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.   You excel at cross functional coordination and are able to build consensus.    You would describe yourself as a good listener and are enthusiastic to learn from others.

  • Value Creation: You understand business needs, users, technology, and data, and collaborate with stakeholders to design and deliver data solutions that provide business value.

  • Problem-Solving: You demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive approach to identifying issues and implementing effective solutions.

    • Experience You’ll Need

  • 5+ years experience as a Data Engineer

  • 3+ years experience as a people manager

  • Proficiency at successfully managing large scale data engineering projects

  • Hands on experience building data pipelines within a structured deployment environment

  • Experience with Agile project management

  • Familiarity with distributed systems like Spark, Kafka and data lakes

  • Experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure

  • Understanding of data modeling principles

    • Experience That’s a Plus

  • Experience working with time series data

  • Renewable Energy Industry experience

  • Experience with Databricks

  • Experience with RDS

  • Understanding of challenges and best practices working with IoT data 

  • Experience directly working with IoT Data Pipelines

  • Experience creating a medallion structure data warehouse

  • Knowledge of Data Governance and Security

  • Experience with Salesforce

  • Comfortable with object oriented programming languages such as Python

  • Comfortable with SQL

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    • Logistics
  • We plan to have this role start around ___
  • We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role, now or in the future
    • Work-Life & Culture
  • Most of our roles offer the opportunity to work remotely
  • If you are in the Seattle area, we offer a vibrant office space in the historic and beautiful Smith Tower, in the heart of Pioneer Square
  • We prioritize applicants near one of our employee clusters and offer one or more local gatherings per year
  • We provide outstanding benefits including family medical, dental, vision, disability, 401(k) administration and $1k match per year and thoughtful paid time off
  • We offer 12 weeks of paid parental leave to all FTE employees (birthing and non-birthing) after 1 year, and four-week paid sabbatical leave after four years
  • We offer a competitive total compensation package that includes monthly health insurance premiums, bonuses and long-term stock options for every employee
  • We love to lift each other up through company-wide slack channels such as #puppiesandpets, #omnidian-wellness, #praiseandbooms and #sustainablefuture
  • We have affinity groups to help employees feel seen and supported, such as Rainbow Array, BIPOC, Thriving Survivors, Vets at Omnidian, Black Lights Matter and Neurospicy R Us
  • We are a passionate, mission driven team that believes in collaboration, mutual respect and trust. For examples, come Discover our Story!
    • Grow with Us
  • We mentor and invest in our employees and prioritize them for future opportunities. Check out our Instagram reels to see a few career journey examples
  • Internal candidates: Check out our advice on Internal Transfer: Job Application Process
  • Here are the roles in this career track:

  • Senior Data Engineering Manager

  • Director of Data Management

  • Director of Software Engineering

  • We’re a fast-growing growth company, which means we’re constantly reinventing processes, adding new products, and asking people to use all of their skills and talents. That means there’s going to be a lot of opportunities for you to grow, which also means you will likely be stretched in ways you’ve never experienced in a job before. If you are resilient, determined, and not afraid of a big challenge, come apply. 
    • #LI-REMOTE

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    Diversity and Inclusion
    We strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better product for our customers. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We value diversity and inclusion and are committed to ensuring our hiring and retention practices, as well as our office culture, reflects this value.
     
    We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

    Omnidian is an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to diversity in the workplace.  We make employment decisions on the basis of merit and business need.  We hire without consideration to age, ancestry, citizenship, disability, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, national origin, political activity or affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

    We invite you to be part of our mission to create a workplace that is inclusive and welcoming to all.

    Benefits

    Equity Compensation

    We offer stock options so you can share in the long-term value you help create as we shape the future together.

    Flexible Work Hours

    Most of our roles offer the opportunity to work remotely

    Company-wide Slack channels

    We love to lift each other up through company-wide slack channels such as #puppiesandpets, #omnidian-wellness, #praiseandbooms and #sustainablefuture

    Paid Parental Leave

    We offer 12 weeks of paid parental leave to all FTE employees (birthing and non-birthing) after 1 year

    Omnidian
    Omnidian

    Omnidian is a tech-enabled service company focused on performance assurance for the distributed solar and energy storage sectors. We serve solar customers by leveraging advanced technology to enhance system monitoring, maintenance, and support, making energy solutions more reliable and sustainable. With a recent expansion into the Australian market through the acquisition of Solar Service Guys, we are poised to increase service capabilities globally.

    Founded
    Founded 2015
    Employees
    51-200 employees
    Industry
    Renewable Electricity
    Total raised
    $24M raised
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