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WP Engine is the most trusted WordPress technology company, powering over 1.5M digital experiences in 150+ countries for businesses of all sizes. WP Engine’s all-in-one platform enables customers to design, build, power, and manage extraordinary WordPress, eCommerce, and headless sites—all thanks to a nonstop commitment to innovation, award-winning WordPress expertise, and a set of core values that guides us every day.

Since launching in 2010, WP Engine has become the world’s leading WordPress technology company. Hundreds of thousands of customers across the world use our products every day to design, build, power, and manage their WordPress websites. We’re proud of the technology and service we offer our customers that move their businesses forward faster. 

At WP Engine, we strive to do the best work of our careers, and feel empowered to do what is right for our customers. We love investing in employee success and uncovering opportunities for you, the best, to get better. 99 percent of employees believe you’re made to feel welcome at WP Engine. Be you. Be here.

What's cool about this job?

We are searching for a Manager of Data Engineering and Analytics Engineering, to lead teams of talented data professionals. Our data platform powers both customer and business success and you will be managing the teams that drive that impact every day. You will empower our business to engage more effectively with our users so they can get more value from our products and services. 

You will manage the people who are responsible for delivering trusted, robust, and valuable data assets that are used across the business. We apply software engineering best practices to our data, leveraging dbt with CI/CD to build, test, and deploy changes to our data models.

The analytics team is responsible for the core data models, our Unified Analytics Model, that allow us to understand and evolve our business. The team is also responsible for ensuring that all teams can create and access data sets in a way that is useful and consistent. Your team of data engineers architect, build, and maintain the core data infrastructure that serves as the analytical backbone for the entire company.

Our culture is renowned; we believe it is meaningful to hire the best and ensure that we provide an environment where the best get better. If you are great at solving problems, a hard worker with excellent interpersonal skills, and enjoy working across different time zones and cultures, you may be the person that we are looking for!

The day to day.

• Hire, retain, and grow a talented group of analytics and data engineers.

• Be accountable for the delivery of new data assets and for improving and evolving existing ones.

• Understand and communicate the teams' capacity and skills and align them to the roadmap.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with analysts, data scientists, product managers, and others to iterate on a data strategy that supports the needs of our rapidly growing business.

• Work closely with business stakeholders in Product, Sales, Marketing, Finance & Customer Experience to design and deliver valuable data to drive business results.

• Communicate the team's work and the value it creates.

• Cultivate a high performance mindset, setting high standards and clear expectations.

• Be an advocate for maintaining high quality and highly maintainable data assets through best practices and standards.

• Drive improvements in process, code quality, and delivery cadence across the team.

Your skills and expertise.

• You are a servant leader. The team's success is your success. You have passion for leading others and helping them to grow.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. You will be communicating with senior leadership across the company

• Experience leading a high performing data team

• Understanding of modern software development practices and how they apply in the context of a data platform

• Experience with data tools and platforms; FiveTran, Monte Carlo, dbt and BigQuery a plus

• Proficient in SQL; able to debug and optimize queries

• Experience with Python tools for data engineering

• Ability to work effectively with a remote team across multiple time zones

• Understanding of business strategy and metrics

• 7+ years of experience in engineering or engineering leadership

• 3+ years working in data: data engineering, data analytics, or data science. 

The perks and benefits.

• Stock Options (Every employee is an owner in the company)

• Matched pension plan

• VHI Healthcare & Dental

• Thrive Pass - €100 to expense every month on anything that makes you happy!

• Employee Assistance Program

• Generous Vacation Time (Who doesn’t like time off)

• One-time €465 Home Office Stipend

• Employee Resource Groups

• 4 Company Wellness Days

• Wellness Program

• Calm App Subscription

At WP Engine, we strive to have the broadest possible view of diversity, going beyond visible differences to include the background, experiences, skills, and perspectives that make each person unique. WP Engine is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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At WP Engine, we strive to have the broadest possible view of diversity, going beyond visible differences to include the background, experiences, skills, and perspectives that make each person unique. WP Engine is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. ​