Engineering Manager, Data Engineering

Cedar is a leading healthcare technology company focused on improving the financial experience of healthcare. The Engineering Manager will lead the Data Engineering team to enhance the data platform, manage specialized data engineers, and ensure the reliability and accuracy of data pipelines that power client billing and financial reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of 3–6 specialized data engineers
• Navigate conversations between finance, product, and data science teams
• Take ownership of the pipelines powering client billing
• Evolve the systems that calculate fees and generate insights
• Work with software teams to ensure that changes to our apps don't break our billing or machine learning models downstream

Requirements:

• 7+ years of hands-on data engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership role (EM or Tech Lead) managing performance and growth
• A background in building high-reliability systems where accuracy is paramount (e.g., billing, fintech, or regulated environments)
• A track record of turning messy or disconnected data into trusted, easy-to-use data products
• Proven ability to lead projects where requirements change and stakeholders (like finance vs. product) have different priorities
• SQL and deep experience with a modern data stack (e.g., Snowflake, dbt, Airflow)
• Familiarity with healthcare RCM reporting metrics or core financial performance metrics