Headspace is hiring a
Senior Manager Data Engineering

Summary

Join our Data team within the Technology Organization as a Senior Manager, Data Engineering. Lead a team of 8 to drive cohesive data strategy across multiple data environments and deliver highly performant and scalable data products and platforms.

Requirements

• 5+ years of managing Engineers at various levels of seniority and experience
• 4+ years of operating as a Staff-level Engineer (or an equivalent technical individual contributor role)
• 8+ years of cumulative experience as a Software Engineer, Data Engineer, or Architect
• BS degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or in a STEM major (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) or equivalent experience
• Extensive skills in technical and functional stakeholder management and an ability to distill complexity into easily understood concepts
• 8+ years of experience in big data technologies (Redshift, S3, Databricks, Datalakes, Spark…)
• Required working experience in one of these tools Looker/Tableau/Amplitude/CoreMetrics

Responsibilities

• Build very strong partnerships with other technology leaders that enable your team's ability to stay on the leading edge of industry solutions
• Act as a data steward to develop and implement a clear technical vision towards high quality data solutions and architectures while reducing overall engineering tech debts
• Lead your team members technically, to write well designed, testable, performant, and efficient code that runs on Apache Spark and Databricks Delta Lake
• Lead, mentor and grow a team that designs, builds, and maintains mission critical data pipelines and data products for our company
• Lead the development of a world-class data lake that meets the strict security, privacy, and compliance requirements of the healthcare industry
• Demonstrated tenacity, resilience, and leadership experience that enables you to organize and drive cross-functional projects, overcome challenges, and propose solutions
• Mentor and coach other engineers to build a data-driven culture at the company

Preferred Qualifications

• MS degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience as a technical leader with a track record of delivering results and making progress in a fast changing, ambiguous problem space
• Ability to articulate, influence and drive changes across multiple teams and stakeholders

Benefits

• Base salary
• Stock awards
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Retirement savings match
• Lifetime Headspace membership
• Unlimited, free mental health coaching
• Generous parental leave