Senior Manager, Data Engineering

Rapid7 seeks an experienced, highly driven, and dynamic Senior Data Engineering Manager to head Rapid7’s data engineering function. Come and join our efforts in unlocking the value of data through industry-leading innovation, cutting edge modern tooling, democratization at scale and building exceptional and trusted data products for the company! 

About the Role

You’ll play a critical leadership role, responsible for not just development, but also for driving cross-functional data strategy, execution, and risk management. You’ll lead a high-caliber team of Software Engineers and Data Engineers in their mission to provide democratized, integrated, and self-serve data products to empower data consumers globally. The team is responsible for serving both enterprise data and product telemetry data solutions at near-time and batch latencies using tools such as Kafka, Snowflake, Kubernetes, dbt, AWS, Airflow, TigerData, Jenkins and more. This is your opportunity to shape a high-impact, high-ownership culture and define how data powers the future of security at Rapid7.

In this role, you will:

• Work in a hybrid capacity managing and mentoring a team of software engineers and data engineers while also being involved in hands-on technical design and leading team initiatives

• Partner with interdepartmental leaders across the company to drive highly visible strategic objectives and develop vision for Rapid7’s data engineering program 

• Own core data infrastructure and tooling including AWS, Snowflake, Airflow, Kafka, EKS/ECS, TigerData, dbt, Fivetran and more

• Architect and develop best practices for data integration, data modeling, unit testing, and data productionisation

• Partner with squad leads and staff engineers to refine backlog of priorities and organization roadmap 

The skills you’ll bring include:

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or software engineering, with at least 3 years in a management role

• 3+ years of experience overseeing developers including direct people management, management of cross functional partnership, and owning the vision for an organization

• 6+ years of experience in at least one programming language (preferably Python). as well as advanced hands-on SQL work 

• Experience working in a modern lakehouse is required (Snowflake is preferred); time-series database experience is a plus (TigerData, InfluxDB)

• Cloud experience is required (AWS is strongly preferred); Terraform is a plus

• Knowledge and ideally hands on experience working with container services is required (ex: ECS, Kubernetes)

• Experience working in a mature SDLC environment (ie: CICD) is a plus

• Knowledge and ideally hands on experience working with streaming platforms is required (Kafka, MSK, Kinesis, etc)

• Modern tech stack experience is a plus (dbt, Fivetran, Snowflake. Airflow)

• Sharp business and interpersonal skills; ability to influence at senior levels across business units to drive change and achieve common goals

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Analytics, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems or another quantitative field. or equivalent experience and certifications will be considered

  
We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That’s because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don’t be shy - apply today.
 

About Rapid7

At Rapid7, we are on a mission to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by embracing tenacity, passion, and collaboration to challenge what’s possible and drive extraordinary impact.
 

Here, we’re building a dynamic workplace where everyone can have the career experience of a lifetime. We challenge ourselves to grow to our full potential. We learn from our missteps and celebrate our victories. We come to work every day to push boundaries in cybersecurity and keep our 10,000 global customers ahead of whatever’s next.
 

Join us and bring your unique experiences and perspectives to tackle some of the world’s biggest security challenges.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law.