Manager, Data Engineering

The role

You will lead a data engineering team that delivers durable datasets for requests, projects, pros, and customers. You will partner with Finance and Supply Acquisition teams to ensure revenue models are auditable and reliable. You will also hire and grow engineers while setting engineering standards.

What you will do

• Deliver well-modeled, durable datasets for requests, projects, pros, and customers
• Partner with Finance so revenue models reconcile and are auditable
• Partner with Supply Acquisition and Business Platforms teams on their roadmaps
• Raise the reliability floor on core pipelines using dbt tests, CI, and anomaly detection
• Hire and grow mid-level and senior data engineers
• Develop TLs who can own a domain end-to-end
• Set engineering standards for the team including review and testing
• Make and defend modeling and architecture decisions as a technical manager

Required qualifications

• 2+ years managing engineers, or experience as a tech lead ready to step into first-line management
• 6+ years building data or software systems in production
• Depth in SQL and dimensional and event modeling
• Comfort in Python
• Experience owning datasets that other teams depend on
• Track record of translating ambiguous business questions into durable models and metric definitions
• Strong collaboration and written communication
• Commitment to building inclusive teams and team culture

About the company

Thumbtack is an app used to take care of and improve homes through personalized guidance, AI tools, and a hiring experience. The company helps homeowners with repairs, maintenance, and improvements by connecting them to a community of 300,000 local service businesses.