Senior Manager, Data Engineering

Paramount • New York, NY

1d • $157,000 - $235,000

About The Position

The Applied Intelligence Data Engineering team is seeking a Data Engineering Manager to lead the design, delivery, and operational excellence of large-scale batch and real-time data platforms. The role oversees data engineering teams that power analytics, APIs, AI workflows, and mission-critical data services across the organization. It guides the design and execution of distributed data systems, including ETL and ELT pipelines, streaming platforms, warehouse ecosystems, and cloud-native infrastructure. The manager shapes technical direction, develops engineering talent, and ensures production-grade reliability, scalability, and operational rigor across data platforms.

The role requires expertise in modern data architectures, distributed systems, and cloud-native engineering, along with demonstrated experience leading high-performing engineering teams. The position is with Paramount Streaming, a division within Paramount Global whose direct-to-consumer services include Pluto TV and Paramount+.

The hiring salary range is $157,000 to $235,000. Starting pay depends on job-related factors such as location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The position is bonus eligible.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering large-scale production data platforms.
• Strong foundation in distributed systems engineering and cloud-native architecture.
• Strong expertise in data lakes, warehouses, and lakehouse architectures.
• Deep understanding of ETL/ELT frameworks, orchestration platforms, and distributed data processing systems.
• Solid understanding of Kafka-based architectures and event-driven data patterns.
• Proven experience hiring, onboarding, and retaining high-performing engineers across varying seniority levels.
• Strong sprint planning, capacity modeling, and roadmap sequencing skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities across reliability, feature delivery, and technical debt reduction.
• Great communication skills and ability to collaborate with different teams.
• Self-motivated, quality-focused, and committed to engineering excellence and operational discipline.
• Commitment to building an inclusive, collaborative, and accountable team culture.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a team of data engineers responsible for batch and streaming data systems.
• Drive technical execution across ingestion, transformation, modeling, and serving layers.
• Establish engineering standards, code quality practices, and architectural review processes.
• Mentor engineers in distributed systems design, performance optimization, and production reliability.
• Ensure scalable data modeling standards and efficient query performance across analytical workloads.
• Guide decisions about architecture, orchestration, schema evolution, partitioning strategies, and storage optimization.
• Partner with streaming engineers to align batch and real-time data patterns into cohesive platform designs.
• Partner with Data Product Management to align roadmap priorities, SLAs, and platform KPIs.
• Collaborate with software engineers to integrate streaming systems, APIs, and microservices into the broader data ecosystem.
• Communicate architectural tradeoffs, delivery risks, and operational constraints to stakeholders.
• Lead architectural reviews and drive long-term platform strategy.
• Foster a culture of ownership, documentation, and continuous improvement.
• Hire, onboard, and retain high-performing engineers across varying seniority levels.
• Plan sprints, model capacity, and sequence roadmaps.
• Manage competing priorities across reliability, feature delivery, and technical debt reduction.
• Establish engineering KPIs such as reliability, latency, throughput, and deployment frequency.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Life insurance coverage
• Disability benefits
• Tuition assistance program
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Bonus eligibility
• Generous paid time off
• Complimentary subscriptions to HBO Max, Paramount+, and other Skydance streaming services and digital news products
• Employee engagement opportunities, including access to exclusive screenings and events, speaker series, and volunteer activities

What This Job Offers

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