Thumbtack's Data Engineering team has struggled to meet the demands of many varied business domains due to differing maturity levels in data management at Thumbtack's scale. This role aims to expand the Data Engineering strategy by differentiating work into central and decentralized Data teams to accelerate the flow of data and ensure teams treat data as a product.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in an engineering management role.
- 5+ years of experience building software at scale.
- Strong technical skills and is willing to be hands-on with code reviews, debugging, and data and/or systems design.
- Experience shaping technical & product strategy in collaboration with cross functional counterparts (design, product, data science).
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the technical vision & strategies for your team across several domains.
- Strategically partner with cross functional counterparts (product engineering, applied science, data science) on strategy, prioritization, and execution.
- Drive team execution against team-specific OKRs.
- Lead and manage the team as a highly-competent technical leader (not just a people leader), who can help guide complex technical decisions.
- Hire, coach, and manage data engineers at all levels.
- Build and evolve a high performing culture of excellence on the team.
- Work closely with other engineering leaders to evolve and continually improve Thumbtack’s engineering culture in a high paced growth environment.
Other
- Strong leadership, collaboration and communication skills.
- Commitment to building inclusive teams and team culture.
