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Through our design-once, build-many model, we're accelerating the deployment of safe, reliable, and affordable nuclear energy.\nWe operate with an AI-first mindset. Every employee is expected to leverage AI, technology, and the Nuclear Operating System (NOS) as integral components of their role to improve the quality, speed, and impact of their work. We expect every team member to continuously identify opportunities to automate workflows, enhance decision-making, improve processes, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of NOS as a strategic operating capability that enables The Nuclear Company to scale with excellence.\nWe hire people who are driven by purpose, thrive in ambiguity, and are energized by building what has never been built before. Our team combines intellectual curiosity with high agency, embraces candid feedback and continuous learning, and holds themselves and others to exceptional standards. Our values, Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Scrappy, and Tenacity, guide how we hire, collaborate, and make decisions every day. They are not words on a wall; they are the standard by which we operate. TRUST is the foundation of our safety culture, fostering intellectual honesty, accountability, and open communication, while our values challenge every team member to execute with urgency, humility, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to our mission.\nAbout the role\nThe Senior Manager, Data Engineering is responsible for the technical implementation of TNC's data engineering platform. Reporting to the Head of Product Engineering, the Senior Manager translates the company’s strategy into working systems and leads the engineering team that builds and operates them. Because TNC does not currently maintain a single centralized data platform, the Senior Manager will construct this capability from the ground up, and is accountable for the detailed technical design, delivery, quality, and ongoing operation of everything that is built. \nResponsibilities\nThe Senior Manager makes the engineering decisions required to realize the platform strategy, including detailed data model design, tooling selection, pipeline design, deployment approach, and the technical standards the team works to. They sequence and manage delivery so that our teams permitting and building nuclear power plants receive the data they need to succeed. In the early phases of the role they will personally develop production pipelines, and will convert that work into the reusable components, testing standards, and code review practices the broader team adopts. \nThe Senior Manager recruits, supervises, and develops a team of data engineers proportional to TNC’s needs. They set performance expectations, conduct career development conversations, and are accountable for the team's delivery and technical quality. They implement and enforce data quality practices including automated testing, data contracts, lineage tracking, and monitoring, and are responsible for implementing the access control, personally identifiable information handling, retention, and audit requirements defined for all data at TNC. The Senior Manager manages the platform's cloud expenditure against an established budget and identifies opportunities to improve the balance of cost and performance. \nThe Senior Manager works closely with staff across TNC's business units to gather requirements, translate them into technical specifications, and advise stakeholders when a proposed approach is unlikely to achieve the intended outcome. TNC is seeking a candidate with demonstrated depth in modern data platform engineering; experience with the specific technologies listed under Desired Qualifications is welcomed but is not required for this position. \nRequired Experience\nBachelor's degree and a minimum of 8 years related work experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience, including a minimum of 3 years supervising data engineers. \nExperience designing, building, and operating production data platforms in a cloud environment. \nExperience supervising, mentoring, and developing engineering staff. \nExperience with SQL and at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g. Python). \nKnowledge of distributed data processing, data modeling, and the operational characteristics of batch and streaming systems. \nLove Claude Code/agentic software creation while understanding the criticality of test development. \nExperience deploying infrastructure through code and applying software development practices including version control, code review, and automated testing to data systems. \nExperience communicating technical concepts and tradeoffs to non-technical audiences. \nExperience with data quality and observability tooling. \nExperience managing cloud infrastructure costs. \nRequired\nWe operate with an AI-first mindset. Every employee is expected to leverage AI, technology, and the Nuclear Operating System (NOS) as integral components of their role to improve the quality, speed, and impact of their work. We expect every team member to continuously identify opportunities to automate workflows, enhance decision-making, improve processes, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of NOS as a strategic operating capability that enables The Nuclear Company to scale with excellence.\nWe hire people who are driven by purpose, thrive in ambiguity, and are energized by building what has never been built before. Our team combines intellectual curiosity with high agency, embraces candid feedback and continuous learning, and holds themselves and others to exceptional standards. Our values, Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Scrappy, and Tenacity, guide how we hire, collaborate, and make decisions every day. They are not words on a wall; they are the standard by which we operate. TRUST is the foundation of our safety culture, fostering intellectual honesty, accountability, and open communication, while our values challenge every team member to execute with urgency, humility, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to our mission.\nAbout the role\nThe Senior Manager, Data Engineering is responsible for the technical implementation of TNC's data engineering platform. Reporting to the Head of Product Engineering, the Senior Manager translates the company’s strategy into working systems and leads the engineering team that builds and operates them. Because TNC does not currently maintain a single centralized data platform, the Senior Manager will construct this capability from the ground up, and is accountable for the detailed technical design, delivery, quality, and ongoing operation of everything that is built. \nResponsibilities\nThe Senior Manager makes the engineering decisions required to realize the platform strategy, including detailed data model design, tooling selection, pipeline design, deployment approach, and the technical standards the team works to. They sequence and manage delivery so that our teams permitting and building nuclear power plants receive the data they need to succeed. In the early phases of the role they will personally develop production pipelines, and will convert that work into the reusable components, testing standards, and code review practices the broader team adopts. \nThe Senior Manager recruits, supervises, and develops a team of data engineers proportional to TNC’s needs. They set performance expectations, conduct career development conversations, and are accountable for the team's delivery and technical quality. They implement and enforce data quality practices including automated testing, data contracts, lineage tracking, and monitoring, and are responsible for implementing the access control, personally identifiable information handling, retention, and audit requirements defined for all data at TNC. The Senior Manager manages the platform's cloud expenditure against an established budget and identifies opportunities to improve the balance of cost and performance. \nThe Senior Manager works closely with staff across TNC's business units to gather requirements, translate them into technical specifications, and advise stakeholders when a proposed approach is unlikely to achieve the intended outcome. TNC is seeking a candidate with demonstrated depth in modern data platform engineering; experience with the specific technologies listed under Desired Qualifications is welcomed but is not required for this position. \nRequired Experience\nBachelor's degree and a minimum of 8 years related work experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience, including a minimum of 3 years supervising data engineers. \nExperience designing, building, and operating production data platforms in a cloud environment. \nExperience supervising, mentoring, and developing engineering staff. \nExperience with SQL and at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g. Python). \nKnowledge of distributed data processing, data modeling, and the operational characteristics of batch and streaming systems. \nLove Claude Code/agentic software creation while understanding the criticality of test development. \nExperience deploying infrastructure through code and applying software development practices including version control, code review, and automated testing to data systems. \nExperience communicating technical concepts and tradeoffs to non-technical audiences. \nExperience with data quality and observability tooling. \nExperience managing cloud infrastructure costs. \nPreferredExperience\nExperience establishing data infrastructure where limited or no prior capability existed. \nExperience advising on how to construct data structures for long term flexibility and performance. \nExperience with Amazon Web Services data services. \nExperience with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow, Dagster, or Prefect. \nExperience with data transformation and modeling tools such as dbt, and with lakehouse table formats such as Iceberg. \nExperience with infrastructure-as-code and continuous integration tools such as Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation, or GitHub Actions. \nExperience with streaming platforms such as Kafka, Flink, or Spark Structured Streaming. \nExperience working with geospatial data. \nExperience with Palantir. \nSelf-starting, independent worker who can collaborate effectively in a team, and thrive in a decentralized organization with minimal oversight. \nBenefits\nCompetitive compensation packages\n401k with company match\nMedical, dental, vision plans\nGenerous vacation policy, plus holidays\nEstimated Starting Salary Range\n The estimated starting salary range for this role is $179,000 - $203,000 annually less applicable withholdings and deductions, paid on a bi-weekly basis. The actual salary offered may vary based on relevant factors as determined in the Company’s discretion, which may include experience, qualifications, tenure, skill set, availability of qualified candidates, geographic location, certifications held, and other criteria deemed pertinent to the particular role. \nEEO Statement\n The Nuclear Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an environment of inclusion in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit discrimination in all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, compensation, and termination.\nExport Control\nCertain positions at The Nuclear Company may involve access to information and technology subject to export controls under U.S. law. 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