Manager, Data Engineering

Thumbtack•San Francisco, CA

2d•$199,800 - $303,600

About The Position

Thumbtack is seeking a Manager, Data Engineering to lead a team responsible for the foundations of their marketplace data. This role involves working at the intersection of financial data governance and rapid product iteration, ensuring revenue models are auditable, reconcilable, and resilient. The team is focused on developing predictive capabilities to forecast the impact of product and data-model changes on financial results. The tech stack includes BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, and MetricFlow. The manager will lead two subteams, one partnering with Finance and the other embedded with Supply Acquisition and Business Platforms. This role requires a strong technical leader who can make and defend modeling and architecture decisions, set engineering standards, and foster an inclusive team culture.

Requirements

2+ years managing engineers, or experience as a tech lead ready to step into first-line management.
6+ years building data or software systems in production.
Depth in SQL and dimensional and event modeling, and comfort in Python.
Experience owning datasets that other teams depend on, with the testing, contracts, and versioning discipline that requires.
Track record of translating ambiguous business questions into durable models and metric definitions.
Strong collaboration and written communication skills.
Commitment to building inclusive teams and team culture.

Responsibilities

Deliver well-modeled, durable datasets for requests, projects, pros, and customers.
Partner with Finance to ensure revenue models reconcile, hold their definitions under upstream change, and are auditable.
Partner with the Supply Acquisition and Business Platforms teams on their roadmaps, and proactively turn their priorities into yours.
Raise the reliability floor on core pipelines through dbt tests, CI, anomaly detection, and clear contracts.
Hire and grow mid-level and senior data engineers, and develop TLs who can own a domain end-to-end.
Set the engineering standards for a team that's still forming, including review, testing, and decision-making on what not to build.
Lead as a technical manager, making and defending modeling and architecture decisions.