Upside

Engineering Manager – Data Engineering

Upside

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: AustinIllinoisNew YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $185,000 - $215,000 per year

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Co-Create and drive the vision and roadmap for Upside’s data platform, shaping the strategy for data across Upside in alignment with company goals.
  • Ensure our data stack, which includes Snowflake, dbt, and Dagster, enables scalable, self-service, and trustworthy workflows for reporting, analytics, and experimentation.
  • Drive strategic data platform initiatives that improve reproducibility, reliability, and analytics enablement—such as modernizing legacy infrastructure, implementing tools like Snowflake Semantic Views and Cortex, and transforming 3rd-party data into trusted, production-ready assets.
  • Define and track key platform health metrics, including pipeline reliability, SLA adherence, cost-efficiency, and model deployment readiness.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and GTM stakeholders to ensure the data platform supports current and emerging business needs.
  • Represent Analytics Engineering in company-wide planning forums, technical councils, and cross-functional working groups.

Requirements

  • Have 3+ years of experience managing data, analytics, or ML engineering teams, and at least 3+ years of hands-on experience as an individual contributor building data products, pipelines, or ML systems.
  • Are proficient with modern data platforms and tooling, including Snowflake, dbt, and Dagster, and are fluent in core concepts like modeling, orchestration, and data transformation.
  • Have hands-on experience or deep familiarity with MLOps practices, such as model versioning, deployment pipelines, monitoring, and reproducibility.
  • Thrive in environments where you’re asked to scale teams, elevate systems, and bring clarity to ambiguity.
  • Are comfortable designing and reviewing solutions in AWS environments, and make thoughtful tradeoffs to balance performance, cost, and maintainability.
  • Are eager to integrate generative AI tools into development workflows to accelerate delivery and improve the developer experience.
  • Communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences, and can advocate effectively for platform investments that support long-term business value.
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on Day 1
  • Equity (ISOs)
  • 401(k) program
  • Family planning programs + paid parental leave
  • Physical fitness and wellness memberships
  • Emotional and mental health support programs
  • Unlimited PTO + 10 paid federal holidays + our annual, week-long Winter Break
  • Flexible work environment
  • Lunch reimbursement for in-office employees
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Learning and Development stipend
  • Transparent culture
  • Amazing mission!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
data managementanalytics engineeringML engineeringdata productsdata pipelinesMLOpsmodel versioningdata transformationorchestrationmodel deployment
Soft Skills
team managementstrategic thinkingcross-functional collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingclarity in ambiguityadvocacyleadership