Lead Data Engineer POST NUMBER: 484610

New York, NY

Data Engineering Manager

Location: Remote (NY/NJ residents only)
Direct Hire

Overview

Seeking a hands-on engineering leader to guide a small data engineering team while driving modernization of a cloud-based data platform.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and perform code reviews for a team of engineers.
  • Design and optimize cloud-based data warehouse solutions and ETL/ELT pipelines.
  • Improve platform performance, scalability, and data reliability.
  • Partner with development teams to support enterprise data initiatives.
  • Establish best practices for architecture, testing, monitoring, and data quality.
  • Evaluate and implement modern data engineering technologies.

Qualifications

5-6 years of data engineering or backend engineering experience.
  • Prior leadership or team management experience.
  • Strong SQL and Python skills.
  • Experience with cloud data warehouses (AWS Redshift preferred).
  • Hands-on experience building data pipelines and data warehouse solutions.
  • Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools (Airflow, dbt, or similar).
  • Experience modernizing legacy data environments is a plus.

Additional Information

  • Remote position with occasional travel to the New York City area.
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.
Posted 2026-08-06

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