Precision AQ
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Senior Engineering Leader (Data Hub) – Precision AQ
At Precision AQ, we are building a Data Hub, a centralized platform team responsible for consolidating legacy data infrastructure, establishing an enterprise data foundation, governance, and enabling AI/ML capabilities across the organization. The Data Hub is advancing from strategy to execution, with a clear mandate to consolidate fragmented data pipelines into a governed, scalable platform that serves multiple business units.
We are now hiring an engineering leader to build and scale the team.
Job Summary
Stand up and grow a high-performing engineering team while owning day-to-day operations, technical decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration.
Key Accountabilities:
- Engineering Team Leadership: Build, mentor, and develop a team of data engineers, analytics engineers, and platform engineers. Drive accountability for output, quality, and morale.
- Sprint Delivery & Capacity: Define delivery cadences, manage sprints, and ensure realistic commitment keeping pace with evolving platform needs.
- Technical Excellence: Lead architecture reviews, enforce code quality, and drive DevOps/GitOps practices for production reliability.
- Primary Escalation Point: Resolve technical blockers, cross-team dependencies, and risks proactively.
- Strategic Partnering: Collaborate with the SVP on hiring, team development, vendor relationships, and strategic planning.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Team Leadership
- Build & grow a high-caliber team with a strong data platform ethos.
- Set clear expectations for performance, collaboration, and growth.
- Conduct one-on-ones and manage talent effectively.
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Sprint Delivery & Capacity
- Own the engineering delivery process, including sprint planning, standups, and retroactives.
- Balance workload across migrations, greenfield builds, and feature development.
- Ensure SLAs are met while maintaining scalability and maintainability.
Technical Design & Architecture
- Disagree/agree principle—ensure designs align with industry best practices and our medallion data architecture.
- Lead technical discussions, reviews, and governing architectural decisions.
Engineering Quality & Standards
- Implement and enforce DevOps/GitOps best practices (CI/CD, testing, alerting).
- Establish elicited review processes, clear documentation norms, and incident response protocols.
Hiring & Onboarding
- Partner with the SVP on hiring and onboarding to build and scale effectively.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Bridge Insights Hub, Evidence Solutions, Product Solutions, and IT to translate business needs into technical scope.
- Manage dependencies with Security, Corporate IT, and external vendors, proactively escalating risks.
Platform Operations & Reliability
- Maintain production SLAs, monitoring, and incident escalation workflows.
- Improve observability and stability through evolving platform maturity.
Education & Experience
Core Competencies
- 5–8+ years in data engineering, analytics engineering, or platform engineering.
- 3+ years leading engineering teams, specializing in hiring, performance management, and accountability.
- Hands-on experience with modern data stacks, including:
- Cloud data warehouses (Snowflake preferred).
- Transformation frameworks (dbt, Spark, Numeric, Dataform).
- Orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, Nextflow).
- Proven track record in migrations, consolidations, and greenfield platforms.
- Navigated regulated or compliance-sensitive environments with best practices.
- Ownership mentality—can code review, debug production issues, and make sound architectural decisions.
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Why This Role Excels
If you thrive in:
- Building and scaling teams that deliver high impact.
- Consolidating legacy systems into better, more accessible platforms.
- Operating with ambiguity while maintaining forward momentum.
- Having this hand-on engagement with emerging platform challenges.
- Striking a balance between delivering under pressure and sustaining team health.
- Wanting to shape the future of the team, not just manage its daily operations.
This is an ideal match.
Diversity & Equal Opportunity Commitment
Precision AQ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Accessibility Assistance
If you require reasonable accommodation to apply due to a disability or limited access to our application process, contact us at myHR@precisionmedicinegrp.com immediately.
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