Data Engineering Lead
Data Engineering Lead
Your Role
As a Data Engineering Lead, you will lead a team of data engineers to build solutions that empower the Techstars network of founders, investors, mentors and community organizers to come together. You will help build a modern real-time data analytics platform that informs Techstars investments and empowers investors with insights using open source and cloud native infrastructure and tools. In doing all this, you will help shape the technical platforms and applications that serve thousands of entrepreneurs and investors worldwide.
What you will do
- Design, build and deploy quality data analytics and ML solutions in an agile team environment.
- Lead the team to deliver industry leading data, and insights into Techstars investments and investors.
- Mentor team members on standards, best practices and implementation of technology.
- Work with Engineering Leadership on design and implementation of technical systems.
- Support Product Owner with OKRs, Sprint planning and stakeholder meetings as a technical resource.
- Maintain uptime and SLA of deployed software systems.
What you bring
- 5+ years creating secure, reliable and performant enterprise level data cleansing, statistical modeling and analytics solutions (prefer fintech experience).
- 5+ years working on a data platform using open source technology (Kafka, K8s, Redis) and cloud infrastructure or operating as managed services.
- 5+ years experience with relational and non-relational database architecture (postgres a plus)
- 3+ years as a senior engineer or lead engineer, leading and mentoring other engineers
- Experience working with data science to develop machine learning models and make use of them to produce data insights.
- Diverse experience with languages (ie. SQL, Python, Node, Scala)
- Knowledge of methodologies for testing quality, release management, incident response and issue resolution
- Ability to create risk mitigation strategies for system upgrades and code releases
- Ability to analyze appropriate technology stacks and major infrastructural components.
- Strong DevOps skillsÂ
- Track record of building reusable and cohesive architecture across applications
- Experience creating technical designs that fulfill product requirements
- A team mentality towards accomplishing projects
- Ability to breakdown, prioritize and sequence development tasks for other engineers for high team utilization
- Desire to mentor and grow engineers on the team
- Coding standards utilization (Unit tests, formats, use of libraries, well structured, reusable, high quality)
- Strong communication skills with an ability to work with the Product Owner and stakeholders to understand and manifest software outcomesÂ
Compensation range: $115,000-$125,000 + 10% Bonus
US Benefits
About Techstars
The Techstars worldwide network helps entrepreneurs succeed. Founded in 2006, Techstars began with three simple ideas—entrepreneurs create a better future for everyone, collaboration drives innovation, and great ideas can come from anywhere. Now we are on a mission to enable every person on the planet to contribute to, and benefit from, the success of entrepreneurs. In addition to operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, we do this by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Techstars has invested in more than 2,200 companies that today have a combined market cap valuation of $29 Billion. www.techstars.com
Techstars is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental handicaps or disabilities, marital status, Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity nor any other basis prohibited by law.