Data Engineering Manager

About Spokeo

Join our mission to make the world more transparent with data.

Spokeo is a people search engine that helps over 18 million monthly visitors reconnect with friends, reunite with families, and protect against fraud. Additionally, our 12 billion records and over 250 million unique profiles help business professionals locate people and assets, research criminal investigation subjects, and more.

Founded in 2006, we have grown to a company of nearly 200 dedicated employees, with flexible work locations and an average tenure of 5.3 years. Find out why we were named a “Best Company” by Comparably for Women, Compensation, Happiest Employees, Company Perks & Benefits, and Work-Life Balance, as well as “Best CEO” for co-founder Harrison Tang.

About this Opportunity

Spokeo is seeking a Data Engineering Manager to help build a state-of-the-art analytics platform. As a Data Engineering Manager, you will report directly to our Director of Data Engineering and lead a cross-functional team of data engineers to deliver high-quality, scalable data solutions that meet our data, reporting, and analytics needs. You will provide leadership and technical skills to champion and implement data governance, data integrity, data engineering standards, data integration, and QA best practices.

You will partner closely with our Product Owners to understand requirements, provide technical guidance to the team, and ensure the timely delivery of quality solutions.

What you’ll do

Lead and manage data engineers to build data solutions for our business intelligence needs

Lead a cross-functional team in building a state-of-the-art data analytics platform

Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, product managers, and executives to understand and fulfill our data needs

Lead database development, data pipeline, integration, ETL, modeling, and data architecture using AWS technologies

Define and manage SLA’s for all data sets and reporting processes

Develop software engineering best practices, guidelines, procedures, and repeatable and scalable frameworks

Document, automate, and enforce data quality, data integrity, and QA best practices

What you’ve done

7+ years of experience in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing

5+ years of experience with cloud solutions (AWS, Azure)

5+ years of experience with big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive, Kafka)

5+ years of experience with data pipelines orchestration tools like Airflow.

2+ years of experience managing data engineering teams, providing technical guidance, and mentoring data engineers.

Expertise in data lakes, warehouses, modeling, ETL, and big data platforms.

Familiarity with MLOps to help design and automate and streamline the entire lifecycle of ML models.

Expertise in RDBMS, SQL, query optimization, and security A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Management, or related field

Attention to detail, excellent problem-solving ability, and strong communication skills

Working at Spokeo

Spokeo offers a bonus program, equity plans, and 401K. Once a year, we do a discretionary, merit-based salary increase. Additional benefits include 100% medical/dental/vision coverage and unlimited employee PTO.

Spokeo extends written offers to candidates who successfully complete their selection process. Spokeo’s offers include a base salary, participation in a company bonus program, stock options, and comprehensive benefits. A final offer will depend on several factors, including, but not limited to, marketplace competition, job leveling, the candidate’s experience, skills, etc.

Privacy Notice for Candidates: https://www.spokeo.com/recruiting-policy

Spokeo is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status. Spokeo fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best products, and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

Recruiters or staffing agencies: Spokeo is not obligated to compensate any external recruiter or search firm that presents a candidate or their resume or profile to a Spokeo employee without 1) a current, fully executed agreement on file, and 2) being assigned to the open position (as a search) via our applicant tracking solution.