Senior Engineering Manager, Data Platform

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.

If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.

Ripple’s mission is to enable payments every way, everywhere for everyone. We believe connecting traditional financial entities like banks, payment providers and corporations with emerging blockchain technologies and users is the path to an open, decentralized, and more inclusive financial future. This Internet of Value gives any internet-enabled person, application or device access to financial services that are transparent, fast, reliable, and cheap. Delivering this vision is a challenge of massive scale spanning $155 trillion in annual cross border fiat payments and the $1.5 trillion market of digital assets that has grown 10X in the last year.

This position is for a senior manager for a team of engineers within Ripple’s central Data Platform. This team implements the data infrastructure for analytics, machine learning and powering various business functions at Ripple. Your team owns and solves problems related to scalable data ingestion, creation of a reliable , high quality data warehouse and cataloging system and deep observability within all parts of the data stack. You are experienced in hiring, coaching and growing a strong team of software engineers specializing in data engineering. You are curious about the bottlenecks and failure modes of a system and look for opportunities to continually improve cost/performance characteristics. You are hands-on in driving key technical decisions, ensuring the right tradeoffs are made to deliver high -quality results and deliver high, measurable customer value. You work well across functions and teams, including data science, product, application engineering, compliance, finance and others. Your passion for good engineering is complemented by strong instincts to deliver value.

What You’ll Do

• Instill a spirit of continuous improvement in the team’s inventions and processes so we can rapidly deliver innovations for customers
• Build relationships with your internal customers and partners and leverage those to drive the right initiatives for the team
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of your team
• Drive the technical and strategic vision for our Data infrastructure to meet current and future needs for scale and interoperability.
• Provide technical leadership for multiple Data Platform initiatives
• Own and deliver your roadmap while driving technical and operational excellence
• Lead and manage the team as a hands-on technical leader. Help the team make key technical decisions, unblock the team, and guide the team on execution.
• Be a program owner, responsible for business outcomes and technological innovation

What We’re Looking For

• Prior experience as an engineer building and shipping large scale systems
• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams
• Degree in computer science or other quantitative field;
• 10+ years of experience in software development
• High autonomy, ownership and responsibility.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated through experience working with technical and non-technical teams
• Track record of recruiting and mentoring world-class teams
• Track record of building, growing, and leading high performing engineering teams.

Who We Are

Do Your Best Work

• Weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
• Ripple is Flexible First: you have the option to work from home, from our offices, or a combination of the two around our centers of gravity (15 global offices).
• We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!
• Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
• The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders

Take Control of Your Finances

• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Mobile phone stipend
• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Employee giving match

Take Care of Yourself

• Twice a quarter R&R days so you can rest and recharge
• Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
• Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.

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