Engineering Manager Data Platform

<p><b style="font-size: 18px"><i>Why TrueML?</i></b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">TrueML is a mission-driven financial software company that aims to create better customer experiences for distressed borrowers. Consumers today want personal, digital-first experiences that align with their lifestyles, especially when it comes to managing finances. TrueML’s approach uses machine learning to engage each customer digitally and adjust strategies in real time in response to their interactions.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">The TrueML team includes inspired data scientists, financial services industry experts and customer experience fanatics building technology to serve people in a way that recognizes their unique needs and preferences as human beings and endeavoring toward ensuring nobody gets locked out of the financial system.</span></p><p><br></p><p> </p><h2 data-path-to-node="0">About This Role:</h2> <p data-path-to-node="1" id="p-rc_81fd97745721d684-19"><span data-path-to-node="1,1">As the Engineering Manager for our Data Platform, you will be the primary architect of the ecosystem that powers TrueML’s intelligence</span><span data-path-to-node="1,2"><sup data-turn-source-index="1"></sup></span><span data-path-to-node="1,3">. </span><span data-path-to-node="1,5">We are currently in a phase of purposeful scaling, and we need your leadership to build a rock-solid, high-performing data foundation that bridges the gap between raw infrastructure and actionable insights</span><span data-path-to-node="1,6"><sup data-turn-source-index="2"></sup></span><span data-path-to-node="1,7">. </span><span data-path-to-node="1,9">Your goal is to champion data integrity and technical excellence while leading a world-class team during this period of deliberate expansion</span><span data-path-to-node="1,10"><sup data-turn-source-index="3"></sup><sup data-turn-source-index="3"></sup><sup data-turn-source-index="3"></sup><sup data-turn-source-index="3"></sup></span><span data-path-to-node="1,11">.</span></p> <p></p>\n<p></p><p><br></p><b>What You'll Do:</b><ul> <li><strong>Empower a Talented Team: </strong>Lead, manage, and mentor a group of data engineers, fostering their career development and championing a culture of technical excellence.</li> <li><strong>Architect Resilient Infrastructure: </strong>Own the design and development of data pipelines and systems to ensure they are prepared for company-wide expansion.</li> <li><strong>Champion Data Trust: </strong>Act as a relentless advocate for data quality by implementing the system controls and SLAs necessary for flawless production processes.</li> <li><strong>Collaborate Strategically: </strong>Partner cross-functionally with Data Science and Product managers to translate complex business needs into efficient, well-documented data models.</li> <li><strong>Maintain Technical Excellence:</strong> Perform high-impact code reviews and provide critical guidance to optimize ETL pipelines and schema performance.</li> <li><strong>Balance Leadership with Craft:</strong> Contribute directly to development work and troubleshooting alongside your team when the mission requires it.</li> <li><strong>Drive Data Accessibility: </strong>Ensure data is a true business enabler by making it reliable and easily accessible for stakeholders across the company.</li> </ul><p><br></p><b>Who You Are:</b><div> <p><strong>-&nbsp;</strong><strong>An Experienced Leader: </strong>You have 2+ years of hands-on management experience and 5+ years of relevant data engineering expertise, with a track record of growing teams through coaching.</p> <p><strong>- A Big Data Expert: </strong>You have deep familiarity with modern technologies like Snowflake, Airflow, BigQuery, or Redshift, and mastery of both RDBMS and NoSQL databases.</p> <p><strong>- A Master of the Stack:</strong> You possess advanced proficiency in Python or Java and expert-level SQL s