Senior Engineering Manager – Data Store Platforms

Best Buy is a company dedicated to enriching lives through technology. As a Senior Engineering Manager – Data Store Platforms, you will lead the Data Store team to build scalable and reliable data platform services, guiding two squads to deliver self-service capabilities for application teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a team of engineers delivering cloud-based data platform services and enablement capabilities
• Deliver scalable, secure, and self-service data services that support internal engineering teams
• Guide technical design, architecture patterns, and engineering standards for platform services
• Improve developer experience by simplifying service adoption and reducing friction
• Partner with operations teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and operational readiness
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align platform capabilities with engineering needs
• Coach and develop engineers through feedback, career growth, and performance management

Requirements:

• 7 years of software or platform engineering experience, including 2 years leading an engineering team
• 5 years of experience building and operating AWS-based data platforms, including Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon ElastiCache, or Amazon DocumentDB
• 3+ years of experience guiding technical design, architecture, or engineering standards for distributed systems or data platforms
• 2 years of leadership experience, including coaching engineers and delivering team outcomes
• Experience delivering shared platform or infrastructure services used by internal engineering teams
• 5 years of experience building self-service platforms with automation and standardized service offerings
• 3 years of experience improving developer experience through onboarding, documentation, or training
• 3 years of experience supporting production systems, including reliability or incident response practices
• 3 years of experience using metrics to improve platform performance, adoption, or efficiency
• Experience working with AWS NoSQL and distributed database technologies such as Amazon DynamoDB or Amazon Keyspaces