DATA ENGINEERING MANAGER

New York, NY (REMOTE)

$190-230K

About the Job

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineering Manager for our New York-based client who develops a data platform to help businesses and investors make data-driven decisions in the crypto market. The primary function of the position is to expand the scope and reliability of the clients data transformations, and ensure high data integrity across the breadth of their data for all customer analytical workflows. They maintain a broad range of data ingestions from centralized to decentralized sources, and the amount of data they aggregate has grown substantially with the expansion of their business.

This is an important role where you will work on the clients entire data architecture, developing strategies to ensure data quality, optimize data transformation, and standardize data modeling. Additionally, as the data engineering manager you will work closely with odata science, data engineering, and analytics teams to identify areas for improvement and develop innovative solutions to complex data problems in crypto.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of data management practices, and will be passionate about leading a high caliber team from the front. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team and shape the future of data engineering with our client.

What You'll Get To Do

  • Be a partner and driver of data strategy. Work cross-functionally to build our client’s data transformation and data standardization efforts.

  • Ensure data quality by working alongside teams to improve data integrity and build systems that meet enterprise-grade data standards.

  • Oversee data management, data analytics, data governance, and data provenance. Focus on the consistency and usability of the data.

  • Build standardized data models that simplify the intricacies of blockchain data, while keeping the versatility necessary to meet the requirements of a fast-growing startup.

  • Build systems to monitor and uphold data integrity.

  • Lead a high caliber data team from the front. Collaborate with your team on data executions while managing and supporting each individual's growth.

  • Expand the team by attracting high-caliber talent judiciously.

Qualifications and Requirements

  • Strong engineering background with 10+ years of professional working experience, of which at least 5+ years of experience in a Data Engineering, Data Science, or Analytics Engineering capacity. 

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a team-first attitude. Ability to manage and lead a high caliber team. 

  • Be able to think strategically and execute tactically alongside the team. Obsessed with data integrity. 

  • Upholds high standards for data transformation, data modeling, data lineage to ensure reliable and insightful analytics. 

  • Experience working with data warehouses like Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, etc. 

  • Experience working with data transformation tools like DBT and using task orchestrators like Dagster or Airflow. 

  • Extensive knowledge in SQL and relational databases

About Avant Search Group

We represent over 20 years of experience working with brands at all stages - from startups to the Fortune 100 - to build great tech teams, and help job seekers at all stages of their careers, from entry level technologies beginning their careers to C-Suite executives seeking to lead high-growth organizations make their next move the right move.

In a highly transactional industry, we prioritize building relationships, and simply treating people the way we would like to be treated if we where the client or candidate. Our goal: deliver critical expertise, a process-driven approach to achieving success, and become a valuable asset to you as a job seeker or business.