Data Engineering ManagerActive$42K–$104K
The opportunity
Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 by JB Straubel, co-founder and former CTO of Tesla, on a simple but radical idea: the critical minerals powering the energy transition already exist. They just need to come back.
What you'll do
Lead and grow a team of data engineers and analysts, including hiring,: mentoring, career development, and performance management
Own the long-term roadmap and prioritization for the data platform, balancing: infrastructure investment, new pipeline development, and analytics requests from across the business
Drive cross-functional collaboration with teams across Redwood to discover: needs, scope problems, and translate requirements into technical deliverables
Oversee the design and operation of data pipelines spanning streaming: datasets, APIs, and various data stores, ensuring they meet reliability and quality standards
Operationalize the team: set on-call expectations, triage incoming work, and ensure production data workloads have appropriate monitoring and incident response
Stay technically hands-on: review code, prototype solutions, and step into pipeline or infrastructure work alongside the team
What they're looking for
- Foster a culture of technical excellence and execution, and champion the data: team's work across the broader organization
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience building data solutions in a modern: cloud environment, with at least 2 years managing technical teams
- Strong technical foundation in Python and SQL sufficient to review code,: evaluate design decisions, and guide the team through hard technical problems (Trino experience a plus)
