Full-Time Software Engineering Manager

Vannevar Labs supports people on the front lines by building tools that deter and de-escalate conflict with America's adversaries. We build software and hardware for this mission to enable our customers to maintain maritime vigilance, disrupt misinformation, and collect non-traditional intelligence.

In strategic competition, intelligence and actions that shape conflict occur well before war itself. We build tools to win this fight now. This mission has become urgent.

About the role

We're looking for a talented Software Engineering Manager to lead our data platform engineering team, specializing in data pipelines, data warehousing, and APIs that support developers building tools for the US DoD.

You'll lead a growing team responsible for structuring a diverse collection of multimodal datasets and providing various access patterns for internal developers including multi-media semantic search, entity search, and relational data primitives.

This team plays a crucial role in powering most of Vannevar Labs' mature products, while also supporting new product initiatives.

You will enable internal developers to move faster by solving common problems, reduce duplication of systems, and build the foundation that makes our products successful.

What you'll do

• Data Platform Development: Design and build scalable, reliable data pipelines, warehouses, and search capabilities for supporting internal developers
• Technology Improvement: Identify opportunities for improving developer experience and time-to-market for product engineers building with core datasets
• Collaboration: Work closely with engineers, DevOps, and product engineering teams, leveraging your communication skills to ensure effective teamwork
• Team Building: Develop and lead a strong cross-functional team that forms strong partnerships with developers across the organization

What we look for

• 3+ years of experience in leading platform engineering teams
• 10+ years of experience as a backend, data, or search engineer
• Strong technical expertise in building ETL pipelines, data warehousing and designing APIs
• Ability to deliver scalable and reliable platform solutions over a diverse collection of data types
• High ethical standards for handling sensitive data, ensuring adherence to data privacy rules and compliance standards
• Willingness to travel to offsite and team syncs (~4 weeks per year)
• Excellent communication skills, teamwork abilities, and project ownership
• U.S. Citizenship (required to access U.S.-only data systems)
• Proficiency coding with Python, TypeScript, or similar
• Proficiency with PostgreSQL, or other relational databases
• Proficiency with Elasticsearch, or other search engines
• Proficiency with software development in AWS or other cloud services

What we offer

Salary range: $200,000 - $240,000 + equity + 401K match

Competitive benefits: Health, dental, vision insurance, 100% remote first culture, WeWork access, Unlimited PTO, Lifestyle stipends, Fully paid parental leave, Child and pet care reimbursement

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