Data Engineering Manager

Dragos, Inc.

. Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, driving their technical growth and professional development .

Posted 11/4/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $220,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading data engineering teams, driving technical strategy for data platforms, and optimizing performance across data-intensive systems. Proficient in managing migrations from legacy datastores and utilizing AI-assisted development tools.

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Engineering Management ExperiencePostgreSQL Production ExperienceData Migration LeadershipAgile Management ExperienceAI-Assisted Development Tools

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Hard Skills

Data EngineeringPerformance OptimizationDatabase Version UpgradesAnalytics ArchitectureElasticsearchAirflowDockerKubernetesPythonRust

Soft Skills

Team LeadershipMentoringCollaborationIncident ResponseCommunication

Tools & Technologies

PostgreSQLMongoDBMariaDBAI-Assisted Development ToolsOT/ICS Telemetry

Industry Keywords

CybersecuritySOCOT/ICSData ModelsSchemas

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowCyber SecurityDockerElasticSearchKubernetesMariaDBMongoDBPostgresPythonRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, driving their technical growth and professional development
Drive hiring and team growth to scale with roadmap demands
Own the technical strategy for the data platform, including database version upgrades, legacy datastore migrations, and heavy analytics architecture
Collaborate with product and engineering to define data models, schemas, and analytics architecture
Plan migration and reindex timing with product for customer-operated, on-prem deployments
Drive performance optimization across the data platform
Champion adoption of AI-assisted development tools and workflows
Own production support for fielded deployments, including incident response
Build and maintain detection engines, alerting, case-management, and network-communications data pipelines that transform OT/ICS telemetry into actionable information for SOC analysts

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of engineering management experience
Management experience with Agile and working in cross-functional Product Teams
Strong technical background in data-intensive systems, including production experience with PostgreSQL at scale
Prior experience as an engineer with some combination of Elasticsearch, Airflow, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, and Rust
Direct experience leading a team through migrating off a legacy datastore (MongoDB, MariaDB, or similar) into a modern architecture
Experience shipping software onto customer-managed or on-prem infrastructure
Hands-on daily use of AI-assisted development tools
Comfortable reading code and debugging production issues directly
Cybersecurity, SOC, or OT/ICS domain exposure is a plus
All new hires must pass a background check as a condition of employment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive Equity Package
Comprehensive Benefits Plan