Data Engineering Manager

Funding Circle is the world’s leading marketplace exclusively focused on small businesses — more than $2bn has been lent to 15,000 businesses in the UK, USA, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. Today, businesses can borrow directly from a wide range of investors, including more than 47,000 people, the UK Government, local councils, a university and a number of financial organizations.

Would you describe yourself as a mentor and coach who thrives on fostering an environment of growth and development? If your answer is yes, you’ll make a great technical leader for our team of world class engineers. This role is mission critical. You will have huge influence on the entire data strategy for the organization! We’re a tight-knit but highly visible part of the team. Data is central to our mission of making a better financial world - come join us and drive the most strategic area of focus for the company!

* Be a leader: you’ll be responsible for managing a team of 4+ engineers with increasing responsibilities. * Be a builder: you’ll build, mentor, and hire a professional software engineering team as well as build the engineering structure to scale and grow with the strategy and values of the company. * Be a driver: you’ll drive company and project goals, prioritize resources and ensure timely delivery; you’ll help implement effective engineering processes and policies for sustained growth. * Be a collaborator: you’ll be expected to forge deep bonds with your business counterparts, understanding their needs and sharing ownership of their outcomes. No tossing responses over the fence. * Be an ambassador: you’ll represent Funding Circle engineering and management at industry events, and help grow our brand within the community. * Be a teacher: be generous with your time and expertise; you’ll provide support, mentoring, and guidance to your team and help them reach their full potential.

**Our ideal teammate has:** * 3+ years experience with management responsibilities for a software development team. * Proven experience delivering mission critical, high value products and services. * 5+ years experience as a software engineer. * Familiarity with Agile Methodologies. * Proven track record of building, leading, mentoring and developing engineering organizations. * Experience working on challenges involving ETL, reporting, and analytics. * Work within an 'event-sourcing' model. * Experience working with open source tools. * Experience working with databases like PostgreSQL, Cassandra, and Redshift. * Familiarity with Hadoop ecosystem: Hive, Avro, Pig, etc. **Brownie points for:** * Knowledge of, or interest, in: Kafka, Samza, and Clojure.