Team Lead, Data Engineering
DRWAbout the Role
As Team Lead of the Data Ecosystem team, you will lead a team of Data Engineers who craft the architecture of DRW's data platform, establishing data infrastructure, creating metadata management tools, and scaffolding governance processes. This role encompasses people leadership, technical leadership, product ownership, and hands-on development and support activities.
- Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement
- Coordinate closely with stakeholders to grow the userbase and deliver high-impact functionality to the data platform
- Engage in hands-on software development and support activities
- Drive project ownership, including defining requirements, scheduling, and resource allocation
- Consult with other development teams and contribute to process refinement to maximize throughput
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience leading engineers in a technical environment, with a strong emphasis on mentoring, development, and team management
- 5+ years of experience working with modern data technologies and/or building data-first products
- Familiarity with the data modeling practices, storage systems, and compute frameworks common to modern data engineering, with a track record of leveraging this knowledge within a fast-moving data ecosystem
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, capable of balancing and negotiating requests across multiple stakeholders
- Experience building, scaling, and supporting large data platforms, and familiarity with the use cases, modeling techniques, and ergonomics expected by data platform users
- Experience managing technical roadmaps for platforms with a wide variety of users
- Familiarity with the common needs of data platform users within financial firms
- History of balancing feedback from multiple users, translating technical roadblocks, refining processes, and improving delivery
- Ability to own projects, define requirements, and lead development and support initiatives
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the judgment and capacity to deliver data engineering and software engineering artifacts that fit the needs of our users
- Track record of fostering collaboration and effective teamwork across global locations