Manager, Data Engineering

Job Brief: 

Wayvia is seeking a Manager of Data Engineering to lead the development and operation of its data platform. This role is responsible for data warehousing, pipeline development, analytics enablement, and data quality. The Manager will also lead and develop a small data engineering team.

Responsibilities:

Data & Technical Leadership

• Lead migration from multiple warehouses to a unified Snowflake environment
• Design and operate scalable data pipelines supporting large-scale analytics and AI/ML
• Establish data quality, monitoring, governance, and security standards
• Own technical architecture and tooling decisions across analytics and AI workloads

Team Leadership

• Assess team capabilities and define the right mix of engineers, analysts, and scientists
• Hire, mentor, and develop a small, high-performing data team
• Create clear roles, growth paths, and expectations to enable autonomous execution

Business & Strategic Partnership

• Translate business needs into reliable data solutions
• Partner cross-functionally to prioritize analytics and data initiatives
• Enable AI/ML use cases through strong data foundations
• Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Operational Excellence

• Define SLAs for data availability, quality, and performance
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and documentation for all core pipelines
• Scale infrastructure responsibly with cost and reliability in mind
• Ensure continuity, resiliency, and recovery across data systems

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Snowflake and relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server)
• 7+ years of experience in data engineering, with a proven track record of consolidating disparate systems into unified platforms
• Experience managing petabyte-scale data infrastructure and handling billions of rows
• 5+ years of experience supporting AI/ML initiatives, including building data infrastructure and pipelines to support model deployment
• Proven leadership experience with a player-coach mentality, comfortably balancing technical contributions (e.g., writing SQL) with team strategy and management
• Experience building and scaling data teams, from mentoring junior engineers to leading more senior talent
• Expertise in data quality, monitoring, and anomaly detection at a massive scale, ensuring reliability and accuracy
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, from executives to engineers

Benefits:
Wayvia encourages a healthy work-life balance and commitment to employee wellbeing. We are consistently evaluating areas to support and foster a community of engaged employees. Wayvia is an international employer so some benefits offering will vary from country to country, however, below you can see employer sponsored contributions:

• Flexible work-from-home arrangements
• 401K Match
• Flexible vacation
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave (US)
• Technical stipend
• Professional development programs
• Wellness programs 

Location:
We are looking to fill this role either locally near Irvine, CA and or remotely in the US.

Compensation:
The salary for this role is $130,000-170,000 with variable compensation as part of the compensation structure. Please note that our salary ranges are based on current market data and the offered compensation may vary based on experience, skills, location, and other factors permitted by law.

Wayvia is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity.