Data Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Lightspeed Capital as a Manager, Data Engineering to lead the North American Data function and grow the Financial Services technical team. Reporting to the Senior Manager, you will mentor a high-performing team, cultivate a positive work culture, and deliver reliable data pipelines and models. You will collaborate with Product teams and stakeholders, ensuring efficient project delivery in a fast-paced agile environment. This role requires strong leadership, data engineering expertise, and excellent communication skills. The position is based in Canada with flexible work options (fully remote, partially remote, or office-based).

Requirements

• Experience leading a team of data engineers through the successful delivery of projects
• Deep knowledge of data architecture, modeling and visualization tools
• Strong working knowledge of SQL and Python (or equivalent language)
• Professional experience in agile development and continuous delivery of best practices
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to personally coach, mentor and drive individuals and overall teams
• Strong passion for continuous learning and improvement
• A quality-driven mindset with a focus on scalability and resilience

Responsibilities

• Proactively drive the data vision and strategy across the Capital product vertical
• Guide, motivate and grow a new and fast-evolving team of data engineers as they solve complex problems in the Capital domain
• Directly manage a team in collaboration with a Technical Lead
• Work closely with architects, Product Managers, engineering leadership and stakeholders to drive team priorities and roadmaps
• Identify, communicate and remove impediments and risks to delivery, within the team and across Financial Services as a whole
• Plan and further the professional growth of individual team members, including 1-1s, performance reviews, ongoing feedback, goal-setting and promotions
• Report up to engineering leadership and stakeholders on team progress and status
• Find and hire top talent for your team and the wider organization
• Provide technical and process guidance to the team during delivery

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the FinTech domain
• Experience in building scalable data solutions for large-scale products
• An understanding of or experience with working on MLOps infrastructure
• Expertise in navigating through legacy data architecture and models and developing a strong understanding of it

Benefits

• Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders
• Constant development of both your skill set and business acumen with limitless growth opportunities
• Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture
• Innovation time to explore and learn at work
• Shaping the company by joining cultural & technical committees
• Tons of growth opportunities in technical or people management roles
• Opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth company
• Opportunity to learn, expand your skill set, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family, a true Canadian tech success story
• Lightspeed equity scheme (we are all owners)
• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies
• Health insurance
• Contributions to your pension plan - RRSP
• Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year
• Paid leave and assistance for new parents
• Mental health online platform and counseling & coaching services
• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Volunteer day
• Fully stacked kitchen (hot and cold beverages, meals served)
• Happy hours to build your relationships with colleagues after work