What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Engineering Manager position at Grand Circle Corporation?
Are you a data leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy, architecture, and hands-on engineering? Grand Circle Corporation is seeking a Data Engineering Manager to modernize our enterprise data ecosystem and enable smarter, faster business decisions.
In this pivotal role, you’ll blend traditional data warehousing expertise with modern cloud-based engineering. You’ll design scalable data pipelines, lead modernization initiatives, and guide a small but high-impact team across cloud platforms, orchestration frameworks, and transformation tools. This is a hands-on leadership position where you’ll shape the technical direction, mentor developers, and collaborate closely with both business and technical stakeholders.
What You’ll Do
The base salary range for this role is $150,000 to $160,000 annually for employees based in Boston, MA. Final compensation may vary and will be determined based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, internal equity, and geographic location. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for an annual incentive bonus and first-class benefits, which include:
In this pivotal role, you’ll blend traditional data warehousing expertise with modern cloud-based engineering. You’ll design scalable data pipelines, lead modernization initiatives, and guide a small but high-impact team across cloud platforms, orchestration frameworks, and transformation tools. This is a hands-on leadership position where you’ll shape the technical direction, mentor developers, and collaborate closely with both business and technical stakeholders.
What You’ll Do
- Build & Lead: Manage and mentor a hybrid onshore/offshore team of up to 4 developers, driving accountability, quality, and technical growth.
- Modernize: Lead the migration of legacy ETL (Informatica PowerCenter) to cloud-native, scalable architectures.
- Engineer: Design and implement robust data pipelines using Snowflake, DBT, Apache Airflow, and Azure Data Factory.
- Integrate: Connect diverse data sources—on-prem, cloud, APIs, XML feeds, and third-party systems—into unified, reliable datasets.
- Collaborate: Partner with business stakeholders to translate data needs into elegant, efficient, and well-documented solutions.
- Architect: Develop dimensional models, optimize performance, and ensure data integrity and consistency.
- Innovate: Contribute to architectural roadmaps and introduce modern best practices in automation, orchestration, and CI/CD.
- Support: Provide hands-on technical guidance and occasional on-call production support as needed.
- 5 years of experience in data engineering or data warehousing, with strong exposure to both legacy and cloud environments.
- Deep technical expertise in:
- Snowflake (data modeling, performance tuning)
- DBT (data transformation, testing)
- Apache Airflow (orchestration and workflow management)
- Azure Data Factory / Azure DevOps Pipelines for CI/CD
- Proven success migrating from Informatica PowerCenter or similar ETL tools to modern architectures.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
- Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP data ecosystems.
- Exposure to big data frameworks (Spark, Kafka, Delta Lake).
- Collaboration with Data Science teams or involvement in predictive analytics workflows.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (Git, Azure Repos).
- Experience integrating with Adobe Campaign or other marketing data platforms.
The base salary range for this role is $150,000 to $160,000 annually for employees based in Boston, MA. Final compensation may vary and will be determined based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, internal equity, and geographic location. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for an annual incentive bonus and first-class benefits, which include:
- Health & wellness: Comprehensive and heavily subsidized medical, dental, and vision plans, plus on-site gym access, holistic wellness sessions, and group fitness classes
- Time for you: Substantial Paid Time Off (PTO), and 11 paid holidays- including Juneteenth, Memorial Day, and Labor Day – and Summer Fridays. Plus- extensive parental leave, with up to 12-16 weeks paid leave at 100% base salary.
- Travel more, spend less: 50% off our trips for you and a companion, 25% for additional immediate family members, and exclusive quarterly associate travel deals
- Your future, secured: 401(k) with company match, life insurance, and disability coverage
- Continuous growth: Tuition assistance for both professional and personal development, opportunities for professional development through oversees travel, and direct access to Pinnacle Leadership & Team Development.
- Extra perks: Commuter benefits, FSA options, pet insurance, home & auto discounts, and paid volunteer time off to give back to the community
Salary : $150,000 - $160,000