Sr. Manager, Data Engineering

Join Tire Rack’s IT team and help shape the future of data across the organization. As the Sr. Manager, Data Engineering, you’ll lead the strategy and evolution of our enterprise data engineering capabilities, guide a talented team of engineers and technical leaders, and drive the modernization of our data platform using Databricks and AWS.

This is an opportunity to influence how data is built, governed, and delivered at scale—and turn major technology investments into meaningful business impact.

This role is ideal for an experienced data engineering leader who enjoys tackling complex technical challenges, developing high-performing teams, and turning ambitious ideas into enterprise solutions. You’ll set direction, champion modern engineering practices, partner with leaders across the business, and play a key role in building the next generation of Tire Rack’s data ecosystem.

Set the vision and strategy for Data Engineering, creating a roadmap that connects platform capabilities with Tire Rack’s long-term business priorities.

Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Data Engineering team, including team leads and senior engineers.

Drive the enterprise-wide transition to a modern Databricks lakehouse architecture, leading one of the organization’s most important data modernization initiatives.

Own the long-term data platform roadmap and guide the architecture, design, and evolution of Databricks and AWS capabilities.

Champion modern engineering practices, emerging technologies, and innovative approaches that improve performance and deliver measurable business value.

Build a culture of technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Develop future leaders by building bench strength and preparing team leads for increased scope and responsibility.

Establish engineering standards, delivery practices, and an operating model that enables teams to deliver effectively at scale.

Lead enterprise data integration and governance strategy, ensuring data is secure, reliable, high-quality, compliant, and performance-ready.

Partner with Business Data Intelligence and teams across the organization to turn enterprise priorities into scalable, governed data products.

Communicate platform strategy, progress, risks, and results to Director-level and executive stakeholders, building alignment around enterprise data priorities.

Own platform reliability, performance, and cost management while continuously identifying opportunities to improve the data ecosystem.

Lead budget planning, headcount forecasting, and resource strategy for the Data Engineering function.

Monitor key initiatives, workloads, budgets, quality, and KPIs to ensure the department continues moving toward its goals.

Collaborate across departments to solve complex challenges, remove roadblocks, and improve how teams work together.

Stay ahead of emerging data technologies and industry trends, identifying new ideas and solutions that can create value for Tire Rack.

Perform additional duties as assigned to support department and company objectives.

We’re looking for a strategic, forward-thinking data engineering leader who can see the big picture while understanding the technology required to make it happen.

You bring deep cloud data platform expertise, strong business judgment, and a track record of leading teams through meaningful transformation. Just as importantly, you know how to bring people together, communicate a clear vision, and turn complex technical initiatives into results the business can see and measure.

At Tire Rack, data plays an increasingly important role in how we understand our customers, operate our business, and make decisions. As Sr. Manager, Data Engineering, you’ll have the opportunity to lead a major evolution of our data capabilities while building the people, platforms, and practices that will support the organization for years to come.

If you’re ready to lead meaningful transformation, develop great technical talent, and build an enterprise data platform that delivers real business value, we’d love to hear from you.

Work Days: Monday through Friday. Occasional Saturday and Sunday work may be necessary based on business needs.

Work Hours: Typical hours are 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Additional hours may be necessary to support projects, platform initiatives, and business needs.

You will accrue PTO on the last day of each month, for a total of sixteen (16) days per calendar year. Additional days are earned after four years of full-time service per the policy outlined in our employee handbook (maximum 26 days).

You will receive one (1) business day of regular pay for each holiday for which the company closes. The company currently closes for New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

You will be eligible for health insurance coverage on the first day following the completion of your first thirty (30) days of full-time employment.

Tire Rack also offers voluntary dental, vision, life and AD&D, and disability benefits, which you will be eligible to participate in after thirty (30) days of full-time employment.

You will also be eligible to participate in the company's 401(k) plan upon reaching age 21 and completing 1,000 hours of service within the 12-month time-period following your date of hire. Your entry date will be the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date you satisfy both the age 21 and the hours-of-service eligibility requirements. The company will contribute $1.00 in your name for each $1.00 that you contribute to the Plan, up to a maximum of 6% of the employee's eligible compensation. The company's contribution fully vests after three years of full-time employment.

The employee wellness program's mission is to establish and maintain a workplace culture that supports the health and positive well-being of all company employees. You will have the opportunity to participate in many events and activities to help you achieve your personal well-being goals.

The core of the wellness program consists of periodic on-site biometric screenings, Employee Assistance Program, Take60 lunch and learn sessions, discounted gym memberships, and volunteer opportunities to give back. Access to program information is provided on our internal wellness website, private Facebook group, and wellness bulletin boards.