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Who Are We : Purchasing Power ()
We are an Atlanta-based voluntary benefit company offering an industry-leading employee purchase program for brand-name consumer products, online education services and travel offerings through convenient payroll deduction, helping employees achieve financial flexibility.
The Opportunity : The Manager of Data Engineering will lead our data platform team in building and scaling enterprise-grade streaming data architectures. You will be a technical leader with deep expertise in the Confluent platform, Apache Kafka, and modern data engineering practices. This role will be responsible for managing a team of data engineers while driving the strategic direction of our real-time data infrastructure.
What You Will Do :
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 2-3 data engineers specializing in streaming technologies
- Provide technical guidance on complex streaming architectures and best practices
- Conduct performance reviews, career development planning, and technical skill assessments
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning
Technical Strategy & Architecture
Define and execute the data engineering roadmap with a focus on real-time streaming platformsDesign and oversee the implementation of event-driven architectures using Confluent PlatformEstablish best practices for stream processing, data governance, and platform reliabilityDrive platform modernization initiatives and technology adoption decisions across streaming and batch systemsArchitect integrations between streaming platforms (Kafka) and analytics platforms (Databricks, Snowflake)Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutionsPlatform Operations & Optimization
Oversee the management and optimization of Kafka clusters and Confluent Platform deploymentsEnsure high availability, performance, and scalability of streaming data pipelinesManage platform capacity planning and cost optimization initiativesDemonstrate experience with monitoring tools (JMX metrics, Grafana, Prometheus) for Kafka environmentsDemonstrate understanding of data lakehouse architectures and multi-platform integration patternsSuccessfully manage teams through platform migrations or modernization projectsThe Experience You Will Bring :
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical field2+ years of people management experience leading technical teams5+ years of hands-on data engineering experience with distributed systemsDeep expertise in Confluent Platform including Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, ksqlDB, and Control CenterProficiency in Kafka cluster sizing, scaling, and performance optimizationAdvanced proficiency in Apache Kafka : stream processing, topic design, partitioning strategies, consumer groups, and performance tuningExtensive experience with Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration, DAG development, and pipeline monitoringExpert-level skills in PySpark for large-scale data processing, performance optimization, and cluster managementStrong communication skills for working with technical and business stakeholdersProven experience designing event-driven architectures and real-time data pipelinesYour Well Being :
401k Retirement PlanFlexible PTOEmployee Purchase ProgramWhat We Stand For :
We act with intensity, urgency and a passion for supporting our customers and growing our business. We strive for excellence.We hold ourselves accountable and expect it of each other. We attack problems with a positive can do attitude. We do what we say well do.We deliver as one team, working together with integrity, respect, trust, transparency, and fun. We are better because we work here.We believe our unique diversity and authenticity make us a better company, allows us to be our best selves and is a competitive advantage.We exhibit innate curiosity and creativity to innovate and reimagine how things can be done. We ask, is there a better way?Purchasing Power is an equal opportunity employer. At Purchasing Power, we make all employment decisions, which include hiring, promoting, transferring, demoting, evaluating, compensating and separating, without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, religion, age, national origin, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, service in the uniform services, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.
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