Manager, Data Engineering

At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences.

Become part of a team working on some of the most rewarding, large-scale creative projects to be found in any entertainment medium - all within an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry.

Rockstar is seeking a Manager, Data Engineering to join a team focused on building cutting-edge experience in our games. The ideal candidate will be skilled in developing complex ingestion and transformation processes with an emphasis on reliability and performance. In collaboration with other data engineers, database administrators, and software engineers, the candidate will empower the team of data scientists and data analysts to deliver data driven insights and applications to company stakeholders.

This is a full-time, in-office position based out of Rockstar’s NYC headquarters in Downtown Manhattan.

WHAT WE DO

• The Data & Analytics team provides insights and actionable results to a wide variety of stakeholders across the organization in support of their decision making.

• We innovate as a global team to develop cutting-edge data pipelines serving data products, data models, reports, analyses, and machine learning applications.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead, manage, and inspire a team of world class data engineers, providing coaching and mentorship on a regular basis.

• Conduct regular performance reviews, set individual goals, and provide constructive feedback.

• Collaborate with executives and stakeholders to define project scope, objectives and deliverables.

• Establish project timelines, monitor progress, and ensure milestones are met.

• Work collaboratively with cross functional teams.

• Review and provide feedback on software architecture and system design.

• Encourage strong engineering practices by establishing coding guidelines and participating in the code review process.

• Lead the development of frameworks, data models, tools, and processes to ensure data influences decisions at all levels.

• Serve as a subject matter expert on our data platform and data pipelines, actively contributing to their development and guiding their future direction.

• Oversee the development of automated data quality checks and operational support strategies.

• Contribute to the growth of the team and organization by participating in the recruitment process of top-tier data engineers.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 10 years of professional software development experience at an enterprise level organization.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience managing and supervising a team of 4 or more people.

• Experience related to Data Engineering, demonstrating strong proficiency in ETL, data modeling, business intelligence, big data architectures and technologies such as Python, Spark, SQL, Databricks and Kafka.

• Experience working with data platforms deployed in a cloud environment such as Azure, AWS, GCP or private cloud.

• Strong experience in massively parallel processing & columnar databases.

• Experience building Real-Time and/or Near-Real-Time data pipelines.

• Experience working in a Linux environment. 

SKILLS

• Proven ability to develop and maintain good relations and communicate with people at all seniority levels.

• Establishing relationships with team members to foster growth.

• Work with production and product management teams to define schedules and product roadmaps.

• Proven ability to reconcile technical and business perspectives.

• Proven ability to break down technical problems from requirements.

• Plan and prioritize work.

• Autonomy and entrepreneurship.

• Passion for mentoring and coaching team members to foster professional growth.

PLUSES

Please note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.

• Experience working with Real-Time, Near-Real-Time streaming pipelines.

• Experience with Java or C# programming languages.

• Experience with event processing frameworks.

• Experience with Snowflake.

• Familiar with Restful APIs.

• Experience with Artifact Repositories.

• Passion for Rockstar Games and our titles.

• Game industry experience.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply with a resume and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the process.

Rockstar is committed to creating a work environment that promotes equal opportunity, dignity and respect. In line with this commitment, Rockstar will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process in order for such applicants to be considered for the position for which they are applying, as well as to qualified employees to enable them to perform the essential functions of their roles. If you need more information about Rockstar’s reasonable accommodation policies or process, or need to request an accommodation, please contact the Human Resources Department.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.

The pay range for this position in New York State (inclusive of New York City) at the start of employment is expected to be between the range below* per year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.