Platform Engineering Manager

Comity • New York, NY

8d • $210,000 - $230,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Comity is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Platform Software Engineering team, which owns our research, market-making, and risk management platforms. You’ll lead the team that designs and scales the core data infrastructure powering all of these platforms, and works closely with researchers developing our price forecasting and grid optimization technology. This role reports directly to the CTO and works closely with senior leadership across our Research and Business Operations teams. Given our team size, this is a hands on roll involving both senior IC work and people management. As both an early hire and team leader, you will have broad impact and ownership over our platform, technology, team practices, and culture.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
• 2+ years experience as an engineering manager
• Hands on leader that enjoys staying close to the code and day-to-day technical decisions of the team
• Experience leading complex engineering projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Excellent coder, system architect, and mentor of engineers of different seniority levels
• Experienced and comfortable building and designing data systems with traditional relational databases as well as cloud-based data warehouses
• Lifelong learner and empathetic teacher
• Commitment to growth and development of teammates
• Experience with Python, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, AWS is a plus

Nice To Haves

• Experience with machine learning concepts and technology is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team that designs and scales the core data infrastructure powering research, market-making, and risk management platforms.
• Work closely with researchers developing price forecasting and grid optimization technology.
• Have broad impact and ownership over our platform, technology, team practices, and culture.
• Stay close to the code and day-to-day technical decisions of the team.
• Lead complex engineering projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Mentor engineers of different seniority levels.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed