Data Engineering Manager

About us

Coalition is the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to help prevent digital risk before it strikes. Founded in 2017, Coalition combines comprehensive insurance coverage and innovative cybersecurity tools to help businesses manage and mitigate potential cyberattacks.   

Opportunities to make an impact with bold thinking are real—and happening daily at Coalition.

Responsibilities

Drive the evolution of our enterprise data platform by leading and empowering a team building the next generation of scalable, secure, and high-quality data infrastructure on Snowflake.

• Lead and coordinate data engineering activities to ensure successful, timely delivery of data solutions and product features, optimizing for performance, governance, and business value.
• Serve as a hands-on technical leader and mentor, offering expertise in modern data architecture, ELT/ETL, pipeline orchestration, and engineering excellence in Snowflake and cloud-native environments.
• Provide management, guidance, and career growth opportunities for engineers; proactively identify skill gaps and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Balance technical debt remediation with delivering new features, aligning technical strategy to business priorities and maximizing team productivity.
• Ensure robust end-to-end instrumentation and best practices for the entire data lifecycle—from data acquisition and modeling through transformation, quality assurance, and production deployment.
• Collaborate with Product, Analytics, and Business partners to balance resourcing, scope, and scheduling for strategic projects.
• Champion transparent and proactive communication within the team and across the organization to drive alignment and shared ownership.
• Play an active role in building out the Data Engineering function, from recruiting and onboarding to cultivating an inclusive, high-performing team culture.

Skills and Qualifications

• 8+ years of overall data engineering or software engineering experience, with 3+ years managing teams of 5 or more data/analytics engineers.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and inspire individuals with diverse technical backgrounds and experience levels.
• Track record of collaborating effectively with stakeholders across product, analytics, and business teams to achieve impactful outcomes aligned with organizational needs.
• Deep understanding of modern data engineering best practices, and experience choosing and applying the right engineering methodologies for team and project success.
• Hands-on expertise designing and managing high-volume, reliable, and scalable cloud-based data platforms (preferably with substantial experience in Snowflake environments).
• Demonstrated success in implementing and optimizing end-to-end ELT/ETL workflows using tools such as DBT, Fivetran, and Snowpipe.
• Proven record of delivering data solutions and managing complex projects across multiple teams or departments.
• Strong technical depth to effectively assess data architecture, pipelining challenges, system trade-offs, and project risks.
• Analytical, organized, and adept at managing multiple projects or shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Detail-oriented in capturing requirements, yet able to balance with broader business objectives and platform vision.
• Experience integrating data engineering solutions with APIs or other data service endpoints.
• Expert-level technical knowledge in one or more fields such as data warehousing, data modeling, or pipeline orchestration.
• Excellent communication skills—both written and verbal—demonstrated with cross-functional teams and all organizational levels.
• Tech stack expertise: Advanced proficiency with Snowflake; strong experience using DBT (or similar modeling tools), Fivetran, and Snowpipe for data pipeline automation and orchestration.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent work experience.

Bonus Skills

• Prior experience with insurance or security technologies
• In-depth knowledge of AWS infrastructure, CI/CD, and the Atlassian tool suite
• Experience working in the InfoSec, Tech and Cybersecurity markets
• Experience working with data at scale, data science/analytics, and data collection techniques
• Familiar with building service oriented architectures and distributed systems
• We expect candidates to embrace AI-powered tools like Cursor and Co-pilot to aggressively accelerate software delivery and maximize development efficiency, with mandatory adoption required upon joining.

Perks

• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible PTO
• Annual home office stipend and WeWork access
• Mental & physical health wellness programs like Headspace, Lumino, and more!
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement

Why Coalition? 

Work at Coalition is centered on the joint mission to Protect the Unprotected. We have built a remote-first, highly inclusive culture that welcomes people from diverse backgrounds. We trust each other to take responsibility, share ownership of outcomes, and put in the work together to protect businesses from digital risk. Coalition’s exceptional growth stems from its ability to address real-world problems for organizations of all sizes while remaining true to our founding values of character, humility, responsibility, purpose, authenticity, and inclusion.

We’re always looking for collaborative, inquisitive individuals to join #OurCoalition.

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