Senior Engineering Manager, Data Collections & Streaming Data Platform

Etsy•Brooklyn, NY

9h•Hybrid

About The Position

In this role, you will partner closely with engineering managers, product managers, and technical leads across the Data Platform initiative to set technical direction and ensure these foundational systems are reliable, scalable, and easy to use. A key part of this role is acting as a genuine thought partner to your PM counterpart — deeply understanding the problems our internal customers face and shaping the product roadmap to solve them well. This is a full-time position reporting to the Director of Engineering. In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy. For this role, we are considering candidates based in the United States. Candidates living within commutable distance of Etsy’s Brooklyn Office Hub may be the first to be considered. For candidates within commutable distance, Etsy requires in-office attendance once or twice per week depending on your proximity to the office. Etsy offers different work modes to meet the variety of needs and preferences of our team. Learn more details about our work modes and workplace safety policies here.

Requirements

Experience leading platform or infrastructure engineering teams, with a strong understanding of distributed systems, event streaming, or data pipelines at scale.
Proven ability to set technical direction across multiple teams, balancing long-term architectural investments with short-term delivery needs.
Deep comfort with the tradeoffs involved in building high-reliability, low-latency data infrastructure, and the ability to communicate those tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical partners.
A product-minded orientation: genuine curiosity about the internal customers your teams serve, the problems they need to solve, and how your tooling can best address those needs. You see yourself as a partner in shaping what gets built, not just delivering it.
Skilled in coaching and mentoring engineers at all levels, shaping team processes for effective delivery, and building an inclusive and high-performing team culture.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience working effectively with partner teams including data engineering, product engineering, and analytics.
5+ years of experience in engineering people management, ideally including experience managing multiple teams or a team of significant size and scope.
Ability to make data-driven decisions, promote high-quality technical decision-making, and excel in an experimentation and metrics-driven environment.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, comfortable working with diverse collaborators at all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

Lead two engineering teams — Data Collections and Streaming Data Platform — establishing effective processes that drive collaboration across disciplines and ensure timely delivery.
Partner closely with the broader Data Platform leadership team and stakeholders across engineering to understand needs and translate them into a clear technical roadmap.
Act as a product-minded partner to your PM counterpart: spend time understanding the workflows and pain points of the internal engineering teams you serve, and use that context to help shape what gets built and why — not just how.
Set clear team goals, prioritize projects, and ensure reliable delivery.
Monitor system health and work proactively to identify and resolve issues before they impact downstream consumers.
Build and maintain a culture of engineering excellence, including strong observability practices, incident response, and documentation standards.
Take part in the end-to-end recruiting process, hiring and onboarding exceptional engineering talent.
Serve as a coach, mentor, and advocate for the engineers on your team, creating clear paths for growth at all levels of seniority.
Work with other leaders across engineering to develop and evolve engineering processes and standard methodologies.
Represent your teams' work and technical strategy to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.