Manager, Data Engineering - job 1 of 2

About Omnidian

Omnidian, Inc. is a fast-growing Series C tech-enabled service company revolutionizing performance assurance for the distributed solar and energy storage industries.  Omnidian is building a more sustainable future for the planet through our passionate teams, our innovative technology, and by creating an amazing customer experience. We are headquartered in Seattle, WA

The Job

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineering Manager to drive our Data Engineering efforts.  You will lead a team of Data Engineers, own, enhance and update Data Engineering processes and standards, understand company needs, and own and execute critical projects on our Data Engineering roadmap. 

This role sits within our Engineering department and will report directly to our Director of Data Management and Information Security.

• At Omnidian we believe in trust and autonomy. How you create an impact is ultimately up to you. Here is an outline of some of the things you’ll be doing:
• Team Leadership and Development (25%)
• Lead, mentor and coach a team of six Data Engineering professionals, fostering a collaborative environment.
• Establish and continuously improve Data Engineering architecture, processes and standards
• Ensure team has measurable SMART goals (OKRs); hold yourself and team accountable for performance against these goals
• Project Management and Delivery (60%)
• Own successful outcome and positive impact for critical large scale data engineering projects including project management, resource management and communication
• Mitigate risks and clear blockers
• Collaborate cross functionally to drive initiatives
• Own team performance against established SLAs, including visibility into SLA adherence over time
• Establish and provide visibility for metrics that will identify bottlenecks or other improvement opportunities
• Roadmap, Strategy (15%)
• Establish, communicate and maintain a rolling 5 Quarter roadmap for Data Engineering
• Drive stakeholder alignment on roadmap and prioritization

• Leadership Abilities: You possess strong leadership skills; you take satisfaction in supporting a team to achieve great things.     You are able to keep a team focused on the most important things.
• Project Management Expertise: You are skilled at breaking down large, sometimes ambiguous projects into milestones, keeping the team on track, and providing visibility into progress to stakeholders
• Data Engineering Expertise: You have hands-on experience designing, building and testing data pipelines. You are familiar with Data Engineering best practices, processes and standards. You have a working understanding of IoT data and are familiar with the challenges related to acquisition of time series data from multiple unstandardized sources.
• Data Architecture Experience: You are comfortable with data architecture and patterns for  both structured and unstructured data.
• Communication: You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.   You excel at cross functional coordination and are able to build consensus.
• Value Creation: You understand business needs, users, technology, and data, and collaborate with stakeholders to design and deliver data solutions that provide business value.
• Problem-Solving: You demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive approach to identifying issues and implementing effective solutions.

• 5+ years experience as a Data Engineer
• 3+ years experience as a people manager
• Proficiency at successfully managing large scale data engineering projects
• Experience with Agile project management
• Familiarity with distributed systems like Spark, Kafka and data lakes
• Experience working with time series data
• Understanding of challenges and best practices working with IoT data 
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure
• Understanding of data modeling principles
• Comfortable with object oriented programming languages such as Python
• Comfortable with SQL

• Solar Industry experience
• Experience with Databricks
• Experience with RDSExperience directly working with IoT Data Pipelines
• Experience creating a medallion structure data warehouse
• Knowledge of Data Governance and Security
• Experience with Salesforce

• Most of our roles offer the opportunity to work remotely
• If you are in the Seattle area, we offer a vibrant office space in the historic and beautiful Smith Tower, in the heart of Pioneer Square
• We prioritize applicants near one of our employee clusters and offer one or more local gatherings per year
• We provide outstanding benefits including family medical, dental, vision, disability, 401(k) administration and $1k match per year and thoughtful paid time off
• We offer 12 weeks of paid parental leave to all FTE employees (birthing and non-birthing) after 1 year, and four-week paid sabbatical leave after four years
• We offer a competitive total compensation package that includes monthly health insurance premiums, bonuses and long-term stock options for every employee
• We love to lift each other up through company-wide slack channels such as #puppiesandpets, #omnidian-wellness, #praiseandbooms and #sustainablefuture
• We have affinity groups to help employees feel seen and supported, such as Rainbow Array, BIPOC, Thriving Survivors, Vets at Omnidian, Black Lights Matter and Neurospicy R Us
• We are a passionate, mission driven team that believes in collaboration, mutual respect and trust. For examples, come Discover our Story!

• We mentor and invest in our employees and prioritize them for future opportunities. Check out our Instagram reels to see a few career journey examples
• Internal candidates: Check out our advice on Internal Transfer: Job Application Process
• Here are the next roles in this career track:
• Senior Data Engineering Manager
• Director of Data Management OR
• Director of Software Engineering
• We’re a fast-growing startup, which means we’re constantly reinventing processes, adding new products, and asking people to use all of their skills and talents. That means there’s gonna be a lot of opportunities for you to grow, which also means you will likely be stretched in ways you’ve never experienced in a job before. If you are resilient, determined, and not afraid of a big challenge, come apply. 

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Diversity and Inclusion

We strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better product for our customers. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We value diversity and inclusion and are committed to ensuring our hiring and retention practices, as well as our office culture, reflects this value.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Omnidian is an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to diversity in the workplace.  We make employment decisions on the basis of merit and business need.  We hire without consideration to age, ancestry, citizenship, disability, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, national origin, political activity or affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

We invite you to be part of our mission to create a workplace that is inclusive and welcoming to all.