Senior Manager, Data Engineering

Unite Us

7d • $190,000 - $215,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Data Engineering will be an important contributor in pushing forward the implementation of the company vision into a releasable and valuable product. You will help ensure that the team’s technical direction is properly aligned with the department and company’s architectural direction. In order to accomplish these tasks, you will need to cultivate a dynamic, ever-learning team culture that seeks to create value for customers in a continuous manner. This role offers an opportunity to have a significant impact on the future of healthcare. The Senior Manager, Data Engineering drives the simplification and optimization of concurrent project delivery, scheduling, and any processes that cross team boundaries. Senior Manager, Data Engineering proactively identifies and mitigates risks before they become roadblocks. They demonstrate good judgment in how and when to escalate without damaging relationships.

Requirements

• At least 7+ years of experience with a track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering teams and delivering high-quality software solutions.
• At least 3+ years of direct management experience with product-focused engineering teams.
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration, data-driven performance tracking, and direct customer or stakeholder engagement.
• Proven experience owning production data pipelines at scale, ideally with Apache Airflow (DAG design, scheduling, backfills, sensor/operator patterns)
• Deep hands-on experience with Snowflake or a comparable cloud data warehouse (Redshift, BigQuery), including performance tuning, cost management, and analytic layers
• Strong SQL and at least one scripting language (Python preferred) for pipeline development
• BS/BA degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with modern data stack tooling (dbt, Fivetran/Airbyte, Kafka, or similar) is a plus
• Experience with data governance, lineage, or data quality frameworks
• Experience operating in a regulated or compliance-sensitive data environment

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of highly skilled data engineers, fostering technical excellence and career development.
• Manage team performance from both a technical and personnel perspective, supporting each team member's individual goals and growth.
• Own on-call rotation structure and reduce operational toil through automation and self-service tooling.
• Design and implement data architecture and infrastructure that aligns with business objectives, including the team's work on a secure, interoperable platform leveraged across all Unite Us products.
• Drive the design, performance, and cost-efficiency of the data lakehouse, data modeling standards, access controls, and query optimization.
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices: code review standards, testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and incident response for data pipelines.
• Champion strong documentation practices — runbooks, architecture decision records, and onboarding guides.
• Own creation and execution of the team's roadmap, defining priorities, sequencing initiatives, and aligning timelines with business goals.
• Manage team capacity planning, sprint/project planning, and roadmap prioritization in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Partner with Application Engineers, Product Managers, and other engineering teams to translate data needs and business requirements into scalable pipeline designs and platform extensions.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to translate high-level initiatives into actionable team goals, advocate for necessary resources, and report on key performance indicators.
• Disseminate clear goals, context, and vision across the team and with cross-functional partners.
• Participate in hiring: define role requirements, conduct interviews, and build a strong bench of talent.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Unlimited virtual mental health and acute medical visits.
• Mental health benefits, such as the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellness platform subscription
• Flexible Time Off
• Volunteer days
• Mental health days
• 14 paid, company-wide holidays.
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Resource Groups
• Tax-advantaged health savings accounts (HSAs)
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Commuter benefits
• 401(k) + Employer Match
• Life and AD&D - a company paid benefit, with the option to purchase additional coverage for yourself and your dependents
• Disability Coverage
• Accident Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• All the necessary equipment to perform your duties, including a computer, mouse, keyboard as well as other items on our approved list of WFH supplies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree