Engineering Manager, Platform

Role Overview

• Lead and develop a team of 3–5 engineers spanning data platform, analytics engineering, API development, and system integrations – setting direction, removing blockers, and building a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement
• Own the Platform Engineering roadmap – prioritizing initiatives across data pipelines, warehouse infrastructure, API development, integration architecture, and operational data systems in close collaboration with Product, Sales, and Customer Success
• Architect and deliver APIs and integrations that connect ABCorp’s core products to external platforms – including ERP systems, CRM tools, payment networks, and third-party data providers – with a focus on reliability, maintainability, and developer experience
• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and observability of ABCorp’s data platform – including cloud data pipelines, the analytics warehouse, data quality frameworks, and the self-service infrastructure that product and business teams depend on daily
• Own the operational and customer data domain – the models, pipelines, and reporting layers that power product analytics, customer success, sales operations, and executive reporting across ABCorp’s product lines
• Serve as the technical escalation point for your team – reviewing system designs and architecture proposals, unblocking complex cross-team dependencies, and ensuring the platform upholds high standards of reliability and engineering discipline
• Drive engineering best practices across the Platform Engineering team – including code quality standards, testing coverage, documentation habits, and delivery rigor – raising the bar as the team and domain scale
• Partner with Product Management, Sales, and Customer Success to translate business requirements into a coherent platform roadmap – building cross-functional alignment on priorities, trade-offs, and delivery commitments

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• 5+ years of professional software or data engineering experience, with 2+ years in a formal engineering lead or management role overseeing a technical team
• Hands-on technical depth in at least two of the following: data platform engineering (pipelines, warehouse, dbt, Spark), API development (REST, GraphQL, event streaming), system integrations (ETL/ELT, ERP/CRM connectors, webhooks), or analytics engineering
• Demonstrated experience owning a technical domain end-to-end – setting engineering standards, driving code quality, managing architecture decisions, and delivering reliably against a roadmap, ideally across a multi-person team
• Experience with Azure cloud infrastructure relevant to platform engineering – including Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, ADLS, Azure API Management, Azure Service Bus, or similar services
• Experience with legacy operational systems – ERPs (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics), CRM platforms, or manufacturing systems – and building integrations or data pipelines that bridge legacy and modern cloud infrastructure
• Strong communicator and cross-functional partner – able to represent the Platform Engineering team to Product, Sales, and Executive stakeholders, align on priorities under ambiguity, and translate technical complexity into clear decisions
• Experience growing and developing individual contributors – through 1:1s, feedback, career conversations, and giving engineers opportunities that stretch their abilities and build their confidence
• Familiarity with payments, card issuance, authentication, identity, fintech, or secure manufacturing is a plus – or a genuine curiosity to learn an industry with real technical depth and meaningful real-world impact
• A track record of building high-performing teams where engineers grow, stay, and do their best work
• Ability to work onsite in Boston, MA.

Tech Stack

• Azure
• Cloud
• ERP
• ETL
• GraphQL
• Oracle
• Spark

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Professional growth and development opportunities