Data Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Envato as a Data Engineering Manager and lead the development of a brand-new data platform. You will be responsible for building a modern data ecosystem, mentoring a team of data engineers, and ensuring the platform meets business needs. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of data at Envato and drive a major transformation within the company. You will be working remotely and have the flexibility to manage your work-life balance. Envato offers a range of benefits, including a generous leave policy, a contribution towards your home office setup, and an annual budget for professional development.

Requirements

• Experienced people leader with a strong track record of mentoring, coaching, and developing high-performing data engineering teams
• Previously worked as a Data Engineer and has hands-on experience in building and optimizing data platforms
• Proven ability to lead and scale data teams, ensuring smooth operations and continuous delivery of high-quality work
• Strong delivery focus, effectively managing priorities, aligning resources, and driving successful project execution
• Expertise in cloud migration and replatforming, particularly within AWS environments
• Deep technical knowledge of Redshift, Snowflake, and DBT (Cloud or Core) for data transformation and modeling
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, fostering collaboration across business teams and ensuring alignment with company goals
• Adaptable and proactive leader who embraces change, drives continuous improvement, and empowers teams to succeed

Responsibilities

• Empower, mentor, and develop a data focused team, ensuring they perform at their best
• Organise team work, set clear goals, and ensure accountability to successfully deliver data engineering projects
• Lead the build of a modern, scalable data platform from scratch while maintaining and gradually decommissioning the legacy system
• Oversee the transition to AWS, leveraging Redshift, Snowflake, and DBT Cloud or Core for data transformation
• Work closely with analytics, product, and business teams to define priorities, ensure alignment, and deliver value
• Take ownership of platform availability, performance, and security, ensuring smooth operations
• Continuously refine engineering practices, streamline workflows, and enhance predictability in project execution
• Promote data engineering excellence, including well-structured DBT models, scalable data pipelines, and robust governance
• Keep the team up to date with emerging technologies, encourage experimentation, and support professional growth
• Partner with senior leadership on technical strategy, budgets, resource planning, and long-term roadmap development

Benefits

• We are a remote business with full flexibility for you to manage work and life as you need - outcomes are what’s important to us
• We provide MacBook Pros or HP’s for you to do your best work, as well as all your initial and ongoing tech setup to suit your individual needs
• It’s important you love your home office so we will provide a contribution towards your set up and a monthly allowance to support work from home costs
• Want to expand your family? We will support you! We offer 20 weeks paid primary carer leave (with super paid on top for the first 12 months); and 6 weeks paid secondary carers leave
• Connection is so important in a remote business. That’s why we provide you with an annual allowance to meet up with colleagues and share some food and a laugh
• Continuous improvement is encouraged and we provide an annual budget for you to put towards your learning
• We know our product is awesome so we will provide you with a free Envato Elements subscription for your side gigs and/or personal use
• Your wellbeing is paramount and we provide access to a holistic assistance program that provides support in many areas of life and health
• We are B Corp certified & believe in succeeding sustainably as one global team
• We are leaders in flexible working and really walk the talk - our work from anywhere benefit allows you to work and travel for up to 3 months in another country. We have also removed standard hours from contracts  to empower our people to work in a way that makes sense to them
• We support working parents through a range of initiatives, including being a proud partner with Grace Papers
• As part of our values and vision, Envato contributes 2% of profits to charities in each of the three main countries we operate in