Senior Manager, Data Engineering

$150,000 - $300,000/Yr

Geico - Chevy Chase, MD

Full-time - Senior

Chevy Chase, MD

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About the position

The Senior Manager, Data Engineering at GEICO is responsible for leading a team of engineers to enhance the company's data engineering capabilities. This role involves overseeing the re-platforming of the STAT reporting team to a modern data engineering solution, ensuring the integration of high-performance, low-latency platforms with various applications. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in open-source technologies and will work closely with business and product teams to deliver effective data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work with your Director to address project dependencies and negotiate delivery dates for milestones.
• Identify and raise project risks, presenting detailed solutions or alternatives.
• Understand the impact of requirements and design choices on systems across multiple areas.
• Report on team progress for projects and key metrics.
• Cultivate a culture that motivates team members to achieve higher performance levels.
• Identify skill gaps within the team and create remediation plans.
• Manage and provide feedback to leadership and team members.
• Craft compliant quality documentation.
• Lead people, products, and processes to innovate data-driven transformations.
• Establish long-term roadmaps and business plans through strategic thinking.
• Build strong relationships with tech teams and business partners.
• Coach, develop, and manage associates and supervisors, including goal setting and performance evaluation.
• Work with stakeholders to meet data quality requirements, SLAs, and SLOs.

Requirements

• Proven management experience leading teams of 6+ engineers.
• Strong understanding of data ingestion, transformation, management, quality, and lineage concepts.
• Hands-on experience with modern open data stack technologies (e.g., Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, Spark, Flink, DBT, Python, Kafka, Airflow, NiFi).
• Strong knowledge of cloud computing technologies (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS).
• Fluency in at least one modern programming language (Python, Java, Go) and experience with open-source software.
• Proven ability to learn technical concepts and adapt to new technologies quickly.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Proficiency in project management tools (GitHub, Azure DevOps).
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and core computer science concepts.
• Fluency with SQL and PowerBI.
• Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for diverse audiences.
• Experience designing, building, optimizing, and scaling distributed computing solutions.
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines and build/release practices.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including software development lifecycle best practices.
• 5+ years of development in a large-scale, mission-critical environment.
• 5+ years of hands-on supervisory experience in a technical environment.
• 2+ years of experience with automated testing (Unit, Integration, End-to-End).

Benefits

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period.
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave.
• 401(k) Plan.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Paid Training and Licensures.