Remote Data Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Figment as a Data Engineering Manager and lead a team at the cutting edge of data engineering and blockchain technology, guiding your team in building scalable, secure data pipelines and infrastructure to process and analyze blockchain data.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience as a data or software engineer, with hands-on experience in designing, coding, and deploying software solutions in a cloud or on-prem environment, as well as architecting, documenting, and executing development projects within a collaborative team setting
• 4+ years of professional experience in project management or equivalent, with a proven ability to plan, execute, and oversee complex projects from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with business goals, managing timelines, budgets, and stakeholder expectations, and driving successful outcomes
• 4+ years of professional experience managing individual contributors (5-10) in a fast-paced environment, capable of handling high-pressure situations and managing competing priorities while maintaining focus on delivering results in a dynamic and sometimes stressful setting

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, overseeing the full lifecycle of data projects, from design and implementation to production and continuous improvement
• Serve as project manager for all team deliverables, ensuring alignment of priorities with project owners and gathering requirements from stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Manage the team’s workflow and project tracking, including creating and managing Jira tickets, maintaining the project board, running retrospectives, and ensuring smooth delivery of tasks by removing blockers and facilitating communications
• Navigate and resolve challenging situations, including mediating disagreements within the team, balancing shifting priorities, and addressing stakeholder concerns or frustrations, while maintaining focus on delivering high-quality results. Willingness and ability to suggest “no” to stakeholders above your pay grade
• Initiate, negotiate, and maintain relationships with vendors, ensuring that the team has the necessary tools and technologies, while managing contracts, licenses, and integrations to support ongoing project and business needs
• Oversee all direct report responsibilities, including conducting performance reviews, handling time-off requests, addressing personnel issues, and holding regular weekly 1:1 meetings to support team members’ growth and well-being
• Oversee the development and maintenance of reliable, scalable data pipelines using tools like Dagster and DBT, ensuring efficient data ingestion, transformation, and loading
• Ensure the team automates and improves data infrastructure to enhance processing speed and reliability, with a focus on blockchain data analytics and reporting
• Foster a culture of best practices in data engineering, cloud infrastructure, and security across the team
• Identify areas for process improvements, tools, and technologies to enhance team efficiency and performance
• Lead the recruitment and onboarding of new team members, ensuring alignment with Figment’s technical and cultural values

Benefits

• 100% remote-first environment
• 4 weeks of PTO that kick in day one, with an additional 1 week of flex days
• Extended company-paid health benefits that kick in day one
• Best in class parental leave and flexible arrangements
• A home office stipend to create a space that you enjoy working in
• Monthly Wifi reimbursement
• Yearly Learning & Development budget
• 401K (US) or RRSP match (Canada)
• Stock Options in the company
• Competitive bonus (based on company performance) that is distributed bi-annually - we believe that the company’s success should be shared with our employees often
• Annual onsite company gatherings and retreats to inspire team bonding, collaboration, and fun!