Senior Manager, Data Engineering

San Francisco, CA

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Cruise LLC

Cruise is the leading self-driving car company driven to improve life in our cities by safely connecting people with places, things & experiences they love.

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We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.

We’re building the world’s most advanced, self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

Cruisers have the opportunity to grow and develop while learning from leaders at the forefront of their fields. With a culture of internal mobility, there's an opportunity to thrive in a variety of disciplines. This is a place for dreamers and doers to succeed.

If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, join us.

Data is a strategic asset in Cruise and is massively important in helping drive engineering, product and business decisions. The Data Engineering team is at the heart of this strategic asset helping build and scale critical data products that help drive business decisions. As Cruise is heading up to commercialization and scaling, we are looking for an experienced engineering leader to drive the strategy and execution of the Data Engineering roadmap.

As a Senior Manager of this team, you will lead, manage and grow the org responsible for Data Engineering. You will define and lead the team’s strategic roadmap, while staffing the investments effectively to execute on the plan. This will require innovations in tools, automation and platforms that are needed to scale in an efficient and self-serve way. Cruise is highly multi-functional - you will work closely with senior leaders in Data Science, Data Infra, Commercial Operations etc., to align our goals and priorities, work with the engineering teams to create the next generation Data Engineering systems that will scale the company’s momentum to a full-fledged, driverless AV deployment across the world.

 

What you’ll be doing:
  • Growing and developing multiple teams of data engineers and managers with diverse technical backgrounds

  • Drive technical planning, vision setting and establishing scalable processes for execution to support the various partners needs

  • Designing and implementing a data solutions service model for various cross functional partners

  • Partnering with Data Science, Product Engineering, and Machine Learning Infrastructure teams to optimize data pipelines

  • Ensure org health and structure are optimal for smooth engineering execution as well as maintaining a healthy team culture.

  • Build and retain world-class Data Engineering teams through hiring, mentorship and career development.

What you must have:
  • MS in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent experience

  • 12+ years of professional experience with 5+ years managing teams of 15+ Data Engineers

  • Prior experience managing, leading, and growing multiple teams and building strong organizations in a fast-paced environment

  • Proven track record of shipping production-quality software for critical or complex software products by investing in strong software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes

  • Experience building production data engineering systems that process large amounts of data, consisting of distributed streaming and batch compute processing

  • Experience with and expert-level knowledge of the major data processing and orchestration toolsets, eg. Kafka, Airflow, Spark, Dataflow, BigQuery

  • Demonstrated experience thinking strategically with analytical and problem-solving experience

  • Deep experience in thinking with a customer first attitude and influencing multi-functional leadership teams

 

The salary range for this position is $200,000 - 294,100. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.

Why Cruise?
  • Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
    • Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and life insurance
    • Subsidized mental health benefits
    • One Medical membership
    • Flexible Spending Account 
    • Monthly wellness stipend
    • 401(k) match 
    • Paid time off: vacation, sick, public health emergency, jury duty, bereavement and company holidays. 
    • Paid parental, family care and medical leave
    • Family care benefits: fertility benefits, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (subsidized by Cruise).
    • Non-remote employees: Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan, healthy meals and snacks 
    • CruiseFlex - a working policy for US-Based Cruisers that lets you and your manager find what working style is best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home or a combination of home and in-office time.
  • We’re Integrated
    • Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.
  • We’re Funded
    • GM, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price & Walmart have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.
  • We’re Independent
    • We have our own governance, board of directors, equity, and investors. Our independence allows us to not just work on the edge of technology, but also define it.
  • We’re Vested
    • You won’t just own your work here, you’ll have the potential to own equity in Cruise, too. We are competing in a market that is projected to grow exponentially, which gives our company valuation room to grow.
    • Recurring Liquidity Opportunity (RLO) - a unique equity program where employees, both current and former, have the option to sell any amount of their vested equity on a recurring basis, currently quarterly.
  • We’re Safety Conscious
    • We integrate #staysafe, our top priority at Cruise, into our everyday work. Through our Safety Management System, every Cruiser is asked to do their part by reporting any potential issues or hazards they observe and making continuous improvements. You’ll be able to contribute to safety at Cruise, no matter your job function or title.

Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives. 

We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.

Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email HR@getcruise.com.

We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. To help us track the effectiveness and inclusivity of our recruiting efforts, please consider answering the following demographic questions. Answering these questions is entirely voluntary. Your answers to these questions will not be shared with the hiring decision makers and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. Instead, Cruise will use this information not only to comply with any government reporting obligations but also to track our progress toward meeting our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging objectives.

Vaccine Mandate. 

At Cruise, we’re tasked with leading in the communities we serve — and doing our part to help keep our communities and our teams safe. Our #StaySafe culture transcends and informs all we do, and because of this, as of October 31, 2021 Cruise will be mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all US-based Cruisers who need or want to access any of our US Cruise facilities and engage in any business travel — including attending any in-person Company-sponsored event. 

If you are unable to get a vaccine due to a medical condition, disability, or a strongly-held religious belief, Cruise will consider requests for an accommodation.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Cruise does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, Cruise does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.

Tags: Airflow BigQuery Computer Science Dataflow Data pipelines Engineering Kafka Machine Learning ML infrastructure Pipelines SDLC Spark Streaming

Perks/benefits: 401(k) matching Career development Equity Fertility benefits Flex hours Flexible spending account Flex vacation Health care Home office stipend Insurance Medical leave Parental leave Salary bonus Snacks / Drinks Wellness

Region: North America
Country: United States
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