The Role
At SoFi data is at the heart of every decision. We prioritize data privacy security and governance to maintain the trust of our members and meet strict regulatory standards. Our Data Platform team powers that mission building scalable infrastructure enabling self-service and delivering trusted data to every corner of the company.
Were looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Core Infrastructure and Services this role youll oversee data infrastructure platform services and governance initiatives from integrating diverse data sources into governance tools to evolving the foundational architecture that supports SoFis long-term growth.
What Youll Do
Data Platform Services
- Automate at Scale Drive automation and self-service for governance quality and metadata to improve velocity and reduce operational overhead.
- Streamline Ingestion Unify data ingestion across real-time batch and CDC patterns for reliable consistent entry into the platform.
- Future-Proof Design and evolve platform architecture for scalability flexibility and long-term growth.
- Build Trust Implement monitoring validation and quality frameworks to ensure data is accurate fresh and compliant.
- Enhance Discovery Improve metadata lineage and visibility so teams can find and understand data quickly.
Data Governance
- Integrate sources like Postgres S3 and DynamoDB into governance tools (Alation Collibra).
- Define and enforce governance policies in partnership with stakeholders.
- Lead the development of metadata management and data quality capabilities.
Infrastructure & Cloud Management
- Manage SoFis data infrastructure (SDP) ensuring high availability and scalability.
- Oversee Terraform Cloud for IaC automation.
- Handle Snowflake RBAC and enforce secure data access.
- Monitor Snowflake & AWS costs implementing optimization strategies.
Leadership & Strategy
- Mentor engineers promote best practices and foster a culture of learning and innovation.
- Partner cross-functionally with product ML analytics and compliance teams.
Develop a 35 year roadmap for data platform evolution. - Evaluate and integrate SaaS and open-source solutions.
What Were Looking For
- Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 10 years in data engineering infrastructure or similar roles.
- 5 years leading engineering teams in cloud-first environments.
- Proven experience with Snowflake BigQuery or Redshift including architecture security and optimization.
- Strong background in AWS (S3 EMR Lambda ECS/EKS) and IaC (Terraform AWS CDK Helm).
- Expertise in ingestion/streaming (Kafka DMS Flink) orchestration (Airflow dbt) governance (Great Expectations Monte Carlo) and security/compliance frameworks.
Bonus Points
- Experience with open table formats (Apache Iceberg Delta Lake).
- Familiarity with feature stores ML pipelines or vector databases.
- Performance engineering expertise (query optimization caching workload isolation).
- Track record of driving adoption of governance frameworks and platform modernization at scale.
Required Experience:
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