Engineering Manager, Data Platform

San Francisco, CA - US. Posted 3 months ago

The role

You will lead a team of data engineers responsible for the foundation of the company's AI and cloud intelligence. You will manage engineers, define strategic roadmaps, and oversee technical architectures for data lakes, warehouses, and ETL frameworks.

What you will do

Manage, coach, and grow a team of data engineers.
Conduct regular 1:1s and provide career development guidance.
Partner with Product, Data Science, and Cloud Leadership to define vision and quarterly OKRs.
Participate in design reviews and ensure scalable, maintainable architectures.
Drive engineering best practices including CI/CD, data quality monitoring, and incident management.
Lead the hiring process to scale the team.
Act as the primary point of contact for data stakeholders across the company.

Required qualifications

2+ years of experience managing engineering teams
7+ years in data engineering or software engineering
Strong background in the modern data stack (Python, SQL, Airflow/Dagster, BigQuery/Snowflake, Kafka, Flink)
Cloud infrastructure experience (GCP/AWS)
Proven track record of delivering complex, multi-quarter technical projects
Ability to translate complex technical challenges into business impact
Passion for mentorship
Experience building data-driven cultures

Nice to have

Experience with bare metal, hyperscaler clouds, or GPU infrastructure
Deep familiarity with AI/ML data requirements or high-performance computing (HPC) environments
Experience at a high-growth startup

Benefits

Competitive compensation and equity packages
Restricted Stock Units
Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
Employer contributions to HSA account
Paid parental leave
Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
Professional development & tuition reimbursement
Mental health & wellness support
Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
Cell phone stipend
401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary

About the company

Crusoe is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company that owns and operates each layer of the stack to power AI workloads. The company uses an energy-first approach to solve power bottlenecks for AI compute.