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Our mission is to help loving, responsible pet owners budget and care for their pets. At Trupanion, we offer a collaborative, casual, and pet-friendly environment where everyone is encouraged to be themselves.\n The Data Engineering Manager is responsible for leading the Data Engineering team. The role coordinates team priorities, supports execution, ensures high-quality engineering practices, and aligns work with Data Analytics, Data Science, and other stakeholders. The manager helps maintain stable operations while driving improvements in processes, communication, and delivery.\nThis position is open to candidates in the Seattle, WA area. You will have a hybrid remote/in-office schedule where you will work from our casual, pet-friendly office at least 3 days a week.\nResponsibilities:\nLead and manage the Data Engineering team by setting priorities, assigning work, and supporting day-to-day execution to ensure reliable and timely data delivery across the organization. \nPartner closely with Data Analytics, Data Science, and business stakeholders to align data engineering initiatives with organizational goals and analytical needs. \nEnsure the design, development, and maintenance of scalable, high-quality data pipelines, including ETL/ELT processes, data integrations, and streaming and big data solutions. \nOwn the operational health of enterprise data platforms and pipelines, including availability, performance, data freshness, incident response, root-cause analysis, capacity planning, and adherence to defined SLAs/SLOs. \nEstablish and promote strong engineering standards and best practices, including code quality, testing, documentation, and operational excellence. \nDrive continuous improvement in engineering workflows, delivery processes, and team communication to increase efficiency and predictability. \nOversee data warehousing and analytics solutions within a Microsoft Azure environment, including technologies such as Azure SQL, Synapse Analytics, ADLS Gen2, Databricks, and Spark. \nEnsure data accuracy, integrity, and compliance with enterprise standards and regulatory requirements, including SOX-related controls where applicable. \nManage software and infrastructure change processes, including release management, source control practices, and deployment coordination. \nSupport Agile development practices by improving sprint execution, backlog management, and cross-team collaboration. \nIdentify technical risks and constraints early, escalate issues as needed, and guide the team toward optimal, pragmatic solutions. \nMentor and develop data engineers by providing technical guidance, feedback, and growth opportunities to build a strong and resilient team. \nContribute to technology and architecture decisions to support the long-term evolution of the enterprise data ecosystem. \nQualifications:\nBachelor’s level degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or appropriate work experience required \n3+ years of experience leading, managing, or providing technical leadership to data engineering teams, including coaching engineers and managing delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives. \n5+ years of experience designing, building, and enhancing ETL processes for data warehousing, data marts, data integrations, data analysis across the enterprise \n 3+ years of technical experience with data warehousing in a Microsoft/Azure environment with the following tools or similar: SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure Data Lake Storage - ADLS Gen2, Azure Streaming Analytics, DataBricks, DeltaLake, Apache Spark/SparkSQL. \nExperience with similar tools in a Linux/AWS environment a plus. \nExperience required with software and infrastructure change management, release management and source code control \nExperience operating production data platforms with defined SLAs, monitoring, incident management, root-cause analysis, and performance optimization. \nExperience implementing CI/CD and automated testing practices for data engineering workloads. \nExperience with modern data architecture patterns, including Lakehouse, medallion architecture, dimensional modeling, data warehousing, and batch and real-time processing. \nExperience with cloud cost optimization and capacity management for enterprise data platforms. \nStrong understanding of data governance, security, privacy, metadata, lineage, and role-based access control. \nStrong SQL skills and sufficient hands-on technical depth in Python, PySpark, or similar languages to provide technical direction and conduct meaningful design/code reviews. \nSkills:\nProven experience in leading, designing and implementing data pipelines for a variety of flows (data integrations across systems, ETL/ELT pipelines, streaming analytics, big data analytics) \nFamiliar with data accuracy standards, and compliance expectations (including SOX-related work). \nExperience with Microsoft Azure IaaS & PaaS solutions \nExperience driving towards Continuous Delivery while valuing and maintaining a strong attention to detail \nExperience with Agile software development organizations \nAn ability to quickly identify and drive to the optimal solution when presented with a series of constraints \nExperience in improving engineering workflows, documentation, and reliability and able to identify and escalate risks early. \nCompensation:\nThe base salary range for this position is $130,000- $140,000 on a full-time schedule. \nAlong with base compensation, Trupanion employees are currently eligible for monthly bonuses. \nWe want all employees to be invested in Trupanion’s success, so we grant Restricted Stock Units to all new team members. Our new hire grants vest over 4 years. \n Benefits and Perks:\nFull medical, dental, and vision benefits at no cost to the employee\nFour weeks of paid time off and 9 paid float holidays (you can decide which days are most important to you!)\nFive-week sabbatical after five years of employment\nOpen, casual, pet-friendly, and fun office environment\nFree medical health insurance for your pet (1 dog or cat)\nPaid time off to volunteer at nonprofit organizations\nSeattle Office Amenities: Free on-site gym, free dog walking services for office pets during business hours, free parking, and paid ORCA cards.\nFor more information about Trupanion, visit https://trupanion.com/about\nLearn more about how Trupanion has revolutionized our industry and the reimbursement model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdWZ4KHiPTQ\nTrupanion is an equal-opportunity employer and embraces diversity. 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