VP, Data Engineering

NYC Office. Posted 9 days ago

The role

The VP of Data Engineering will own all data at Confido, including ingestion, storage, modeling, and reporting. You will manage the Senior Analytics Engineer and build the data team while being hands-on with technical work.

What you will do

Build and lead the data org, starting with the Senior Analytics Engineer.
Set the data roadmap and explain trade-offs to leadership.
Make technical calls on architecture, tooling, and build vs. buy.
Work with Engineering, Product, Ops, and Customer teams to determine data needs.
Set standards for modeling, testing, docs, monitoring, and on-call.
Write SQL, review PRs, and build things personally while the team is small.
Own ingestion from all sources including product databases and third-party tools.
Manage warehouse design, orchestration, and infrastructure costs.
Maintain one set of core models and metric definitions.
Manage internal dashboards, BI, and data for customer-facing reports.

Required qualifications

10+ years in data engineering, analytics engineering, or similar
4+ years leading data teams
Experience owning data end to end from ingestion through reporting
Experience building a data function from an early or messy state and growing the team
Strong SQL and data modeling skills
Experience with Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Dagster, or similar tools
Experience hiring people senior to where the team started

Benefits

Equity
Fully paid health coverage through Aetna
Top-tier dental and vision coverage through Guardian
Carrot Fertility Pro
12 weeks of paid parental leave
Unlimited PTO
Regular 4-day holiday weekends
401(k) through Vestwell
Paid relocation support to NYC
Fully equipped workspace including laptop, monitor, keyboard, and $200 stipend
Catered Friday lunches
Team dinners and unlimited coffee + snacks

Before you apply

Paid relocation support is available to help you move to NYC

About the company

Confido is the AI operating system that runs cash application, deductions, trade and planning in one place for CPG brands. They are trusted by 250+ brands managing $30B+ in revenue.