Data Engineering Manager

Location and Flexibility

This is a hybrid role. This model requires the ability to work in a hybrid mode from one of our offices in São Paulo (2 times/ week or 8 days/ month) or Porto Alegre (3 times/ week or 12 days/ month). Our WFN culture is designed to foster in-person innovation, collaboration, and connection with team members local and visiting from other global offices.

The Opportunity

As a Data Engineering Manager, you’ll be the leader of one or more Data Engineering and Analytic teams building amazing data and AI-powered products for our clients, and you’ll help them achieve their personal and professional goals. You’ll also drive the team and our clients to use cutting-edge techniques and processes for the development of data solutions, and use your technical prowess to shape our deliveries. Success looks like an energized, happy team building high-quality data science and AI solutions for eager, engaged client stakeholders.

Responsibilities 

• Provide technical guidance to teams and projects for international clients.
• Be a mentor and a leader for Data Engineers and Analytics Engineers, helping them grow in their career via goal-setting, coaching, and feedback.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality data and analytics solutions while fostering collaboration and growth.
• Apply your knowledge of data engineering and analytics to develop solutions that directly address and resolve business problems.
• Work alongside Data Scientists and Gen AI Engineers in data and AI projects
• Stay up-to-date with data and analytics trends, tools and frameworks, introducing innovations and process improvements to teams when appropriate.
• Maintain strong relationships with clients and internal teams, advocating for the best use of Data and AI practices
• Help develop the Data and Analytics practice in the company and support the growth of the team

Qualifications

• You are driven by curiosity and enthusiasm about learning new technologies.
• Foster team autonomy and proactive engagement.
• Have 5+ years of professional experience in Data Engineering or Analytics, developing data solutions.
• Have managed a team of engineers building digital products and have been responsible for growing the people on the team through goal-setting, coaching, and feedback.
• Are comfortable having difficult conversations and always have your clients’ and teammates’ best interests in mind.
• Have familiarity with CI/CD, Agile techniques for managing work, quality assurance, testing, and data evaluation.
• Have owned the delivery of a complete data project with code, models, or pipelines that are durable, improvable, secure, scalable, and thoroughly tested.
• Can simplify and communicate about complex problems around technology, business processes, user experience, and development tasks.

Bonus Points

• You’ve worked in a client services environment (e.g., digital agency).
• Experience conducting interviews and hiring for your team.
• Experience consulting with teams on best practices.

You’ll love this job if you...

• Are comfortable collaborating and communicating with teams and clients to deliver software in an agile environment
• Think of the product you are building as part of an ecosystem of development, testing, and deployment tools and processes
• Pride yourself on your work and take responsibilities and commitments seriously
• Value daily opportunities to immerse yourself deeply in your work
• Celebrate differences and thrive in an environment where everyone’s unique contributions are encouraged
• Value a feedback culture that fosters personal and professional growth