Manager of Data & Analytics Engineering

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Manager of Data & Analytics Engineering in Morgan Hill, CA. This is a great opportunity with one of our clients in this contract to hire role., We are seeking a Senior Manager of Data & Analytics Engineering to lead our data platform teams and power decision-making across the company. In this senior leadership position, you will own and evolve our end-to-end data platform-from ingestion and transformation to analytics layers that business teams rely on daily. You will oversee Data Engineering (infrastructure, pipelines, reliability) and Analytics Engineering (data models, metrics, self-serve tooling), while championing an AI-first approach to the way we build, operate, and innovate.

• 7+ years in data engineering or analytics engineering, with 3+ years in a senior leadership role managing multiple teams
• Deep expertise in the modern data stack-cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks), dbt, orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, or Prefect), and ELT frameworks
• Strong command of SQL and Python
• Hands-on experience integrating AI/LLM tooling into engineering workflows or data products
• Proven ability to define and execute a multi-year data platform strategy
• Strong stakeholder management, including executive presentations and translating technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Experience building and scaling high-performing engineering teams: hiring, mentoring, performance management
• Track record of delivering trusted, well-documented, and widely adopted data products

It would be great if you also had:

• Familiarity with semantic layer tools (e.g. MetricFlow, Cube), data cataloging (e.g. Atlan, Datahub), and data observability platforms
• Experience with streaming data (Kafka, Flink, or Kinesis) and batch processing
• Exposure to data mesh or data product organizational models

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.