Tired working on the same thing each day and then trapped by red tape when an opportunity to use a new technology comes along? As a Manager of Data Engineering at Rise, you will lead and be part of a team of talented engineers that builds and maintains Connex platform which is our industry leading, multi-channel media optimization platform. Help turn high-level business missions into fully architected end-to-end solutions involving heterogeneous sources, performant ETL application, integrated schema designs, and efficient data access patterns. Are you up for the challenge of being part of a company that continues to lead and disrupt the digital marketing landscape with its technology and innovation?
We operate a cross-functional team that specializes when needed but aims to have everyone able to contribute. Duties of the Manager of Data Engineering include:
- Lead software delivery team for next generation Rise Interactive platform, Connex; including contributing to the production code base and providing ongoing maintenance and support
- Oversee technical product development from concept to release and ongoing maintenance/support
- Ensure the technical infrastructure strategy, configuration and management of Connex is fast, resilient and scalable by providing technical direction, guidance, and hands-on management to team members
- Champion technical discovery while collaborating with product managers, scrum masters, project managers, engineers, testers and designers throughout the product life cycle
- Stay abreast of new and innovative trends in software development and the web and data software product space
- Lead the evolution of our growing data team through training and mentoring while keeping everyone accountable for the high quality and performance standards that have been set
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience.
- Previous Experience in agile/scrum environments
- 7+ years of relevant professional experience in a similar position
- 3+ years of leadership experience in software architecture, design and development
- 2+ years of direct management experience.
- Smart, high aptitude to learn new things and sense of urgency to get things done.
- Practical-minded – chooses stability/reliability/maintainability over shiny new objects
- Passionate about technology – ideally you build things outside of work for fun
- Significant real-world experience developing real products at large scale
- Previous hands-on experience with some or all of our tech stack
- Python
- Hands-on ETL pipeline and/or API development experience
- Spark using PySpark
- Cloud development (AWS Cloud–EMR, Lambda, EC2, Docker, S3, API Gateway, DynamoDB)
- Microsoft SQL Server (schema design)
- Possess a positive and professional attitude as the Innovation team continues to help Rise grow as a company and industry leader
