Software Engineer Manager, Retail Media Data Lake (Remote)

Job Highlights:

• Compensation: a competitive salary
• Start Date: Immediate openings available
• Location: Remote
• Company: Pathremotenetwfh
• Position: Software Engineer Manager, Retail Media Data Lake

 

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Position Purpose: The Software Engineer Manager will lead the design, development, and delivery of OAM Data Lake platform enabling scalable, reliable, and high-performance data infrastructure to support business growth and innovation. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise, proven leadership capabilities, and a strong understanding of modern data architectures. This leader will be responsible for building and mentoring a high-performing engineering team, collaborating effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, and driving alignment with strategic business goals. By establishing a robust data platform, this role offers an opportunity to create significant impact in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. Basic Qualifications: • 2+ years of experience in the capacity of manager role leading high velocity data engineering teams. • 5+ years of experience in data engineering, with a proven track record of successfully designing and implementing large-scale data solutions. • Excellent communication, leadership, and team management skills are crucial for leading a team of data engineers. • Ability to identify, analyze, and solve complex data-related problems. • Good hands-on experience with Modern data architectures. • Experience with various NoSQL databases like MongoDB, Cassandra, or DynamoDB for handling large datasets and unstructured data. • Ability to design and implement scalable data models that meet business requirements. • Experience with tools and techniques to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency. • Eager and capable of quickly learning new technologies and adapting to evolving technological landscapes. • Proven ability to lead and mentor technical teams, fostering a collaborative and results-oriented culture. Key Responsibilities: 30% Delivery & Execution: • Collaborates and pairs with product team members (UX, engineering, and product management) to create secure, reliable, scalable software solutions • Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met • Writes custom code or scripts to automate infrastructure, monitoring services, and test cases • Works with vendors and partners for the successful implementation of critical tooling and platforms • Creates meaningful dashboards, logging, alerting, and responses to ensure that issues are captured and addressed proactively • Contributes to enterprise-wide tools to drive destructive testing, automation, and engineering empowerment • Evaluates new technologies for adoption across the enterprise • Participates in and leads review board sessions to drive consistency across the enterprise • Fills in on product teams for engineers who are out of the office 10% Support & Enablement: • Fields questions from engineers, product teams, or support teams • Monitors tools and participates in conversations to encourage collaboration across product teams • Provides application support for software running in production • Acts as a technical escalation point for the engineers on the team 50% People: • Provides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to Software Engineers • Attracts, retains, and develops top talent to build a world class Software Engineering Team • Conducts annual and mid-year reviews by reviewing individual development plans and team feedback • Fosters collaboration with team members to drive consistency across product teams, and finds opportunities to expose engineers to career interests • Acts as a proponent of modern software development practices • Guides team members in strategy, alignment, analysis, and execution tasks within and across product teams • Participates in and contributes to learning activities around modern software design and development core practices (communities of practice) 10% Learning: • Learns, through reading, tutorials, and videos, new technologies and best practices being used within other technology organizations • Builds relationships with technology leaders at other companies to learn best practices and elegant solutions to common problems Direct Manager/Direct Reports: • Typically reports to the Software Engineer Sr. Manager, Technology Director or Sr. Director. Travel Requirements: • Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time. Physical Requirements: • Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles. Working Conditions: • Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable. Minimum Qualifications: • Must be eighteen years of age or older. • Must be legally permitted to work in the United States. • Mastery of an object oriented programming language (preferably Java) • Must be legally permitted to work in the United States Preferred Qualifications: • 5-7+ years of relevant work experience • Previous experience in retail media, digital marketing, or e-commerce retail is highly valued. • Experience in data management, data discovery, data cataloging/search, and/or data self-service required • Strong understanding of distributed systems, big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka), and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure). • Strong knowledge of API design and microservices architecture. • Proficiency in cloud services for scalable data solutions, with a preference for experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). • Strong background in designing and optimizing data architectures, with a thorough understanding of data warehousing and data modeling best practices. • Experience with data modeling, data warehousing, and data pipeline orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Luigi). • Experience with real-time processing technologies like Apache Beam and Flink • Expertise in SQL, Python, and other relevant programming languages. • Skilled in developing, optimizing, and diagnosing ETL processes, including integration of diverse data sources and real-time data streaming, with a focus on cost efficiency. • Experience with platforms like Databricks, Snowflake, and other similar systems to enhance data handling and analytics capabilities. Minimum Education: • The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job. Preferred Education: • No additional education Minimum Years of Work Experience: • 5 Preferred Years of Work Experience: • No additional years of experience Minimum Leadership Experience: • None Preferred Leadership Experience: • None Certifications: • None Competencies: • Attracts Top Talent: Attracting and selecting the best talent to meet current and future business needs • Balances Stakeholders: Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders • Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals • Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals • Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives • Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences • Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals • Drives Engagement: Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives • Drives Vision and Purpose: Painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action • Manages Ambiguity: Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear • Organizational Savvy: Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics • Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations Apply Job!

 

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