At Warby Parker, weve proven that businesses can scale, be profitable, & do good in the worldand how much that relies on high-quality reportingand now were searching for a motivated Engineering Manager for the Data Engineering team to help us continue our mission. In this role, youll play a key part (at a key time) by building, scaling, & maintaining our operational & analytical reporting processes & infrastructure. Your teams efforts to collect, organize, & share data will impact nearly every employee & will be highly visible across the very data-hungry organization. Sound cool? Keep reading!

Your primary responsibility is to support the talented Data Engineers that make up your team & help them become successful. Day to day, youll help them grow in their career paths, mentor them as they create great integrations & data models, & help them stay engaged in their work at Warby Parker. Youll advocate for excellent software development practices & instill these behaviors in your team & your peers. Well also count on you to cultivate a collaborative culture, ensure quality, & work with your team on strategy & execution.

Reporting to the Director of Data, you & your team will partner with Product Managers to execute reporting roadmaps that enable Warby Parker to meet its most important strategic objectives. This is a prominent role in which youll support internal stakeholders throughout the business.

Our ideal candidate is a great collaborator with the technical skills to own the evolution of our reporting systems & ensure the best experience for our stakeholders. If you're a motivated manager who takes your work seriouslybut not yourselfyou may be just what we're looking for. Read on!

What youll do:

• Lead & grow a team of Data Engineers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, sponsoring, giving feedback, & offering hands-on career development
• Work closely with Product Management to ensure the delivery of high-performing integrations, data models, & business intelligence tools to help analysts across the company answer critical questions
• Ensure timely delivery of reporting integration & data modeling work that addresses business needs & meets high standards of quality
• Roll up your sleeves when needed to stay grounded in the details of the teams progress
• Ensure your team is informed, engaged, & excited about their work

Who you are:

• Backed by 10+ years of relevant work experience, some of which involves analyst-facing data systems

• Backed by 4+ years of Engineering Management experience, with direct management of at least 4 engineers

• Strong understanding of enterprise reporting, self-service reporting, dimensional data modeling, & developing reporting integrations in a cloud environment
• Driven by a desire to build & maintain strong relationships, help others in career development, & create inclusive environments
• Equipped with stellar interpersonal & communication skills in small & large groups
• Able to evaluate team performance objectively & rationally, & hold them accountable for meeting team goals
• Able to make tough decisions when needed & prioritize thoughtfully
• Able to work with multiple teams & communicate effectively with all kinds of roles
• Not on the Office of Inspector Generals List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE)

Extra credit (not required!):

• Experience working for a company that has a significant consumer-facing element, like retail or e-commerce
• Experience with dbt or other code-focused ELT tools
• Familiarity with developing transformations in BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, or other cloud-based data warehouse databases
• Experience with ERPs & other enterprise software systems