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Stand Together · 23 hours ago

Data Engineering Manager

Arlington, VA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

5+ years exp

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. The Data Engineering Manager will lead a team focused on operational support and reliability, driving excellence in data operations and enhancing data observability practices across platforms.

GovernmentNon ProfitTrading Platform

Responsibilities

Manage a small team of data engineers focused on operational support, reliability, and platform engineering

Provide mentorship, guidance, and performance feedback to team members

Be hands-on in writing production-grade code to support data product development, collaborating directly with data engineers and architects

Design and implement scalable support processes for data pipelines and platforms

Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and collaboration

Own and evolve incident response playbooks, ensuring rapid and effective resolution

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define service levels and reduce downtime

Lead efforts to enhance data observability using tools like Monte Carlo, Bigeye, or similar

Define and track key metrics for data health, latency, and reliability

Drive adoption of proactive monitoring and alerting systems

Identify opportunities to automate repetitive support tasks and incident triage

Partner with platform and analytics teams to streamline data delivery and quality assurance

Contribute to documentation and knowledge base development

Act as a point of contact for operational escalations and support inquiries

Communicate effectively with business and technical stakeholders regarding incidents and resolutions

Support onboarding and enablement of new data users and engineers

Qualification

Data engineeringData pipeline architectureCloud data toolsIncident management frameworksData observability toolsAgile methodologiesLeadership experienceProblem-solving skillsCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Required

5+ years of experience in data engineering, with exposure to DevOps and/or DataOps, operational support, and incident management

1+ years of experience in a leadership role

Strong understanding of data pipeline architecture, ETL/ELT processes, and cloud data tools (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Fivetran, dbt, AWS/GCP)

Familiarity with observability tools and practices (e.g., logging, tracing, metrics)

Excellent problem-solving skills and a bias toward action

Strong communication and organizational skills

Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect