Squad Engineering Manager - Remote

Overview

The Data Squad engineering manager's purpose is to lead and empower a high-performing team of data engineers to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure data capabilities. This role is central to enabling internal and external data products, supporting business insights, and developing a modern data platform.

In Short

• Guide and mentor a team of data engineers, fostering their professional growth and ensuring high performance.
• Collaborate with product managers to define priorities and align data initiatives with business goals.
• Provide technical guidance and architectural oversight across the data platform.
• Lead the team in building and maintaining robust data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Contribute to hands-on coding for critical delivery support.
• Support delivery of internal analytics capabilities and externally-facing data products.
• Contribute to the development of the modern data platform and data strategy.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, performance, and security in all activities.
• Oversee the team’s contribution to production readiness and incident response.
• Track and report on delivery metrics for continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong mentoring skills and ability to foster team growth.
• Strong understanding of the data engineering lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience with data stack (Redshift, Airflow, Python, DBT, MongoDB, AWS, Looker, Docker).
• Understanding of data modeling, transformation, and orchestration best practices.
• Experience delivering internal analytics platforms and external data products.
• Knowledge of modern software development practices (Agile, Scrum, Kanban).
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and cloud data tooling.
• Familiarity with data governance, privacy, and security principles.
• Experience in performance management and setting measurable goals.

Benefits

• A salary between £85,000 and £95,000, dependent on experience.
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays + birthday off.
• Two volunteering days per year.
• Length of service award – one month paid sabbatical at eight years.
• 6% employer pension contribution and life assurance.
• Private medical insurance with AXA Health.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• MacBook and up to £500 home office setup budget.
• £750 per person learning budget.
• Option to work abroad for up to six weeks a year.