Engineering Manager
Datum Labs
About the role
We are a data engineering and analytics company. We build data platforms for our customers: ingestion, warehousing, transformation, the infrastructure underneath it. We are changing our core to agentic AI, so this is not a caretaker role. You help us rebuild how we deliver, not just run what exists today. You own delivery quality, raise the technical bar, grow the team. You stay hands-on - in the pipeline, in the PR - not just in meetings.
What you'll own
- Delivery quality and timelines on assigned client data platform teams. If delivery is at risk you get hands-on, you don't just escalate it.
- Team rituals - standups, sprint/ticket planning, retros. Remove blockers before they cost a sprint.
- Mentorship and growth of data engineers and analysts. Onboarding, coaching, performance management. 10x the mentorship we do today.
- Technical hiring loop for data engineering and analytics roles - screening, interviewing, final call.
- Client-facing communication on the data platform build. Answer to client should be under 1 hour.
Our engineering culture
Mandatory PR review on every repo. CODEOWNERS. Branch protection. Conventional commits. CI/CD as standard. Same rules for dbt, Dagster, pipeline code. This is not a checklist, this is the culture we hire into. You hold the whole team to it, including yourself.
What we're looking for
- 5+ years in data engineering or software engineering, 2+ years leading or managing an engineering team.
- Hands-on experience building and shipping agentic AI systems. Required, not a nice-to-have. This role is core to changing how we deliver, not maintaining what exists today.
- Still comfortable reviewing PRs and debugging pipeline or warehouse issues yourself. This is not a purely administrative role.
- Experience delivering client-facing data platforms under real deadlines - ingestion, transformation (dbt), orchestration (Dagster), the cloud infra underneath.
- Cloud infra and CI/CD (Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions) is a strong plus given overlap with our DevOps hiring.
- Excellent async, written communication. We are a Slack-native, distributed team.
What we offer
- Competitive salary
- Food, travel, gym allowance
- Paid time off and holidays
- Bi-annual increments and bonuses.
- Opportunity for certifications
- Working on modern Technologies
- Flexible working hours
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