Engineering Manager - Data Platform

About the position

Nextdoor is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Data Platform team, responsible for driving product development, machine learning, and data science by providing world-class data infrastructure and self-service tools. The role emphasizes the importance of high-quality data in building a top-tier product and involves creating a delightful developer experience that empowers engineers to build features quickly and safely. The position supports a hybrid work model, blending in-office presence with remote work.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical direction and guidance for the evolution of a Data Platform operating at a scale of tens of Petabytes.
• Scaling an engineering team with a culture of high technical performance and pragmatic decision making.
• Building partnerships with key stakeholders, evangelizing the use of the platform, and developing a roadmap for future development.
• Participating in in-person Nextdoor events, trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and other team building exercises.
• Building in-person relationships with team members and contributing to the KIND culture that Nextdoor values.

Requirements

• 5+ Years of experience in a high performance distributed systems engineering environment, preferably working on large scale data intensive problems.
• 1+ years of people management, leading technical teams in a fast moving data intensive domain and/or the ability to perform at an advanced level in the domain.
• Strong technical background with the ability to set longer term architectural priorities while maintaining the ability to break those priorities into deliverable milestones.
• Experience operating Spark, Delta Lake and the Databricks platform at scale.
• Ability to drive a strong sense of ownership across the team, while celebrating wins and learning from experiments.
• Experience guiding teams through planning, prioritization, and execution of work.
• Collaborative, thoughtful, and strategic leadership; comfortable with open communication and giving/receiving constructive feedback respectfully.
• Empathy and customer obsession for collaborating with other infra and product teams across the company.

Benefits

• Variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan.
• OneMedical membership for concierge care.
• Meaningful equity grant with equal quarterly vesting.
• Total compensation varies depending on skills, experience, and qualifications.