Data Engineering Manager
symplr
Data Engineering Manager
- ID
- 2025-2076
- # of Openings
- 1
- Category
- Engineering
Overview
The Manager, Data Platform is responsible for leading and scaling our data platform team in Bangalore. This role is critical to building and maintaining a robust, secure, and scalable data infrastructure that powers our healthcare SaaS solutions. You will collaborate with engineering, product, and analytics teams to ensure data availability, integrity, and performance across the organization.
Duties & Responsibilities
Leadership & Strategy
- Manage and mentor a team of data engineers, analytics engineers, and platform specialists.
- Define and execute the roadmap for the data platform aligned with business objectives.
- Drive adoption of best practices for data architecture, governance, security, and automation.
Platform Development & Operations
- Lead the end-to-end design, implementation, and maintenance of robust data pipelines, storage solutions, and processing frameworks.
- Drive the creation and deployment of scalable data lakes and advanced analytics platforms to enable enterprise-wide insights.
- Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of data infrastructure.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and disaster recovery strategies for data systems.
- Own and drive the resolution of technical debt to support delivery and long-term product health
Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
- Partner with product, engineering and operations teams to support data-driven features and analytics.
- Work closely with compliance teams to ensure adherence to healthcare data regulations (HIPAA, GDPR).
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
- Evaluate emerging technologies and tools to enhance the data platform.
- Optimize cost and performance of cloud-based data solutions.
- Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- 11–14 years of total experience in software engineering including 8+ years in data engineering or platform roles, with at least 3 years in a leadership position.
- Proven experience in building and managing large-scale data platforms in a SaaS environment.
- Expertise in leading cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Deep understanding of data warehousing, ETL workflows, and distributed computing architectures.
- Hands-on and proficient in SQL and Python, with expertise in big data technologies such as Spark and Hadoop.
- Extensive experience with modern data technologies and orchestration tools, such as Kafka, Airflow, Snowflake, Databricks, and AWS services.
- Experience working with a distributed development team and demonstrated knowledge of Agile Scrum methodology
- Ability to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility
- Effective, clear, and concise communication skills and the ability to interface with leaders and staff at both an individual and group level
Desired Skills and Qualifications:
- Familiarity with healthcare IT standards and compliance requirements
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Passion for building scalable, secure, and innovative data solutions.
- Experience in building self-service analytics platforms.
- Exposure to machine learning pipelines and MLOps.
- Prior experience in a product-led or SaaS company.
The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.
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About symplr:
As a leader in healthcare operations solutions, we empower healthcare organizations to navigate the complexities of integrating critical business operations. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and they rely on our mission-critical systems to drive better operations and better outcomes.
We are a remote-first company with employees working across the United States, India, and the Netherlands. Guided by values, we focus on teamwork, championing our customers, being rooted in action and outcomes, overcoming challenges, and leading through equality and integrity. Read more about symplr's culture and values at symplr.com/careers.
Perks & Benefits:
- Sodexo Meal Coupon
- Internet Reimbursement
- Mobile Reimbursement
- Gym Reimbursement
- Health Insurance - Personal, Term Life Policy, Depends Cover, Dental Cover, OPD Cover & etc
- Transport Facility - Subsidized Rate
Working at symplr means working in the unlimited growth market of healthcare technology. Our multi-year contracts with clients bring recurring revenue that creates a stable financial situation. This enables us to provide employees a competitive salary, with additional benefits like insurance, lunch coupons, and reimbursement for mobile and broadband subscription and the gym.
symplr provides employees with opportunities to grow professionally through various activities including:
- Participation in new projects
- Internal weekly learning sessions with colleagues
- External learning opportunities
- Access to Udemy to grow your skillset
- Cross-departmental collaboration
- Activities with international colleagues
- Pursuit of OKRs specific to your role in the organization
- A buddy program for new employees
Your manager will be your coach, assisting you in maximizing your current skills and cultivating new ones as you grow on your career path at symplr. You’ll also have the opportunity to present your work achievements to the team and be awarded for milestone achievements.
You’ll have regular time for fun and educational events, both digital and in-person at our Bangalore office. For example, feel free to show your pool table skills with your teammates, or take some time to relax in a massage chair.
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