Data Platform Engineering Manager

About 1Password

At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Extended Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 165,000 businesses and millions of people trust us to provide seamless, secure access to their most critical information. 

If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Data Platform Engineering Manager, you’ll lead a team focused on building a robust and scalable foundation for data, supporting our data platform, services and tooling and products from storage to visualization for improving company-wide productivity, strategy and decision-making with data. These initiatives include establishing a unified framework for data ingestion and laying the technical foundation to expand safe and efficient data access while maintaining clarity and control over data use.

Who You Are

You have a passion for helping teams design, implement, and operate stable, scalable, and efficient solutions to flow data from production systems into data lakes & data warehouses. You are curious about all the nuances in the source data systems & always make an effort to assert data quality checks and improve documentation. You have experience operating production systems at scale and ensuring little downtime. You enjoy designing concrete solutions and converting technical debt into strategic opportunities for our company.

You love mentoring other data engineers and are passionate about data engineering & data infrastructure best practices. You also enjoy working cross-collaboratively across Analytics, Data Science, Data Engineers, Engineers, DevOps, Privacy and Security.

The candidate will also have a knack for establishing and building platform strategy at a rapidly growing Tech company. New analytics technologies are emerging every day and we’re excited about the impact they’ll have – we hope you share our enthusiasm!

This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of the next generation of platforms, tools and products

• Responsible for detailed architecture, POC, design, advising and often hands-on implementation of complex systems including software and integration with existing systems at 1Password

• Lead and help create data engineering solutions that follow Repeatable Software engineering platforms and tools

• Own and architect scalable solutions that are implementable with principles of extensibility, scalability, modular and easy to use with generalization principles

• Co-develop and help stand-up operational stability and quality along with Engineering teams through Observability

• Develop and manage SLO’s, performance and optimization opportunities of the cloud platforms

• Help create and implement data governance structures that ensure adherence and adoption of data policies

• Provide recommendations on cost-avoidance and optimization of cloud environments

• Mentor technical engineers on operationalizing data solutions and ensuring automation through the data value chain

• Champion platform standards, tooling, and processes

• Establish effective organizational structures, anticipating or adopting to a changing environment

• Create impact at all levels of the organization as torch-bearer for data platform engineering principles

• Manage the roles and workflows of a team dedicated to data platform engineering

Requirements:

• Minimum 3+ years of experience building and leading a team of high-performing data platform engineers

• Experience building and deploying products that rely on large-scale distributed systems in Python or Go, Scala/Java, or other similar languages

• Experience with large-scale, distributed systems design and development with an understanding of scaling, replication, consistency, and high availability

• Experience in defining and developing high-volume, horizontally scalable architectures

• Experience with system software design and development with an understanding of computer architecture, storage, network, and IO subsystems

• Experience with Big Data query engines such as Hive, Presto, Trino, Spark

• Experience with data stores such as Redshift, MySQL, Postgres, Snowflake, etc.

• Experience using Realtime technologies like Apache Kafka, Kinesis, Flink, etc.

• Technical knowledge of Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and open-source technologies

• Background in performance tuning, identifying performance bottlenecks, and implementing performance optimizations

• Can switch fluently between player/coach model (hands-on programmer with a good knowledge of data-structures and CS algorithms)
  

USA-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $177,000 USD and $239,000 USD plus immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

Canada-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $158,000 CAD and $214,000 CAD, plus immediate participation in 1Password’s generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

At 1Password, we approach each individual's compensation with a promise of fair market value and internal equity commensurate with experience and specific skill set.

Our culture

At 1Password, we prioritize collaboration, clear and transparent communication, receptiveness to feedback, and alignment with our core values: keep it simple, lead with honesty, and put people first.

You’ll be part of a team that challenges the status quo, and is excited to experiment and iterate in search of the best solution. That said, 1Password is not for everyone. Our work is demanding, we strive for excellence, and the pace is fast. We need people who are keen to take on challenging problems, who seek feedback to grow, and who are driven to make an impact. If you're looking for a place where you can settle into a comfortable routine, this might not be the right fit for you. We’re looking for individuals who are proven experts in their fields, as well as those who are highly adaptable, can thrive in ambiguity and through change, are curious, and above all deliver results.

We are committed to leveraging cutting-edge technology—including AI—to achieve our mission. We also understand that thinking critically about AI in its current forms will help us create better solutions for our customers and ourselves with its future forms, which will help us continue to close the gap between security and privacy and achieve our mission. We want team members at all levels to take the approach of actively learning AI best practices, identifying opportunities to apply AI in meaningful ways, and driving innovative solutions in their daily work. Embracing the future of AI isn't just encouraged at 1Password—it's an essential part of how we will be successful at 1Password.

Our approach to remote work

We believe in the power of remote work, but recognize that in-person connection is important to help us achieve our mission. While we are a remote-first company, travel for in-person engagement is a part of most roles. Frequency will depend on role and responsibilities, and may include, but is not limited to: annual department-wide offsites, team meetings, and customer/industry events.

What we offer

We believe in working hard, and rewarding that hard work through our benefits. While not an exhaustive list, here is a glance at what we currently offer:

Health and wellbeing

👶 Maternity and parental leave top-up programs

🏝 Generous PTO policy

💖 Four company-wide wellness days

Growth and future

📈 Company equity for all full-time employees

💸 Retirement matching program

🔑 Free 1Password account

Community

🤝 Paid volunteer days

🌎 Employee-led inclusion and belonging programs and ERGs

🏆 Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly

You belong here.

1Password is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that is built on trust, support and respect. We welcome all individuals and do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, citizenship, education, languages spoken or veteran status. Be yourself, find your people and share the things you love.

Accommodation is available upon request at any point during our recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please speak to your talent acquisition partner or email us at [email protected] and we’ll work to meet your needs.

Remote work is a part of our DNA. Given that our company was founded remotely in 2005, we can safely say we're experts at building remote culture. That said, remote work at 1Password does mean working from your home country. If you've got questions or concerns about this, your talent partner would be happy to address them with you.

Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check that may consist of prior employment verification, reference checks, education confirmation, criminal background, publicly available social media, credit history, or other information, as permitted by local law.

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