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# Engineering Manager, Big Data

- **Company:** ZipRecruiter, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $190,000.0 - $240,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Software Quality, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** September 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_2b5d9e421

## About the Role

* 6+ years of experience in a fast-paced software development/data engineering environment, building ETL pipelines at scale
 * 2+ years of experience as a Data Engineering leader
 * Experience designing, building, and supporting production-grade data pipelines, * BS/MS/PhD in Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, related technical field
 * 3+ years of experience owning data pipelines for machine learning models and AI powered features, including personalization, recommendations, search, ranking, matching
 * Expertise using data to power products, not just to analyze it
 * Demonstrated experience innovating novel approaches and solutions to ambiguous problems

## Description

Our team has a unique opportunity to work on applications and data at scale, serving millions of jobseekers and tens of thousands of customers. At ZipRecruiter, our products help connect job seekers with employers, eager to add talent to their company. We're building an innovative marketplace for both jobs and job seekers alike. As part of this effort, we're hiring an Engineering Manager to lead our Big Data Engineering team.

Our business is complex; we're working on data driven systems and applications and we're looking for engineering managers who can own entire (or even multiple) product lines, drive business value while investing in their team's/tech stack's health, and coach engineers to build a strong culture of excellence, ownership, and personal and professional growth.

About the Job:

 * Own the mission, execution, morale, and code quality of your team
 * Partner effectively with product managers to maintain and execute against the product roadmap
 * Serve as a force multiplier for your team by removing roadblocks, identifying and implementing process improvements, and delegating effectively
 * Actively build community and culture throughout the engineering organization
 * Continually develop, coach, motivate, and improve your team, leading by example
 * Champion and evolve innovation at ZipRecruiter and evangelize BIG ideas


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