Job Description

About League
Founded in 2014, League is the leading healthcare consumer experience (CX) platform, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), reaching more than 63 million people around the world and delivering the highest level of personalization in the industry. Payers, providers, and consumer health partners build on League's platform to deliver high-engagement healthcare solutions proven to improve health outcomes. League has raised over $285 million in venture capital funding to date, powering the digital experiences for some of healthcare's most trusted brands, including Highmark Health, Manulife, Medibank, and Shoppers Drug Mart.
The Role
As a Manager of the Data Platform, you will lead a team of talented data engineers in building and maintaining our data platform, which includes real-time microservices & infrastructure for our complex data warehouse. In both cases, our stakeholders are both internal and external and require high quality & robustness due to their business critical impact.
You will be responsible for defining the technical roadmap and translating it into sprint by sprint bases. You should advocate for ensuring system reliability and security, and fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and people leadership to deliver a secure and dependable experience for our users. You will work closely with product, engineering, and other cross-functional teams to translate business needs into scalable and resilient platform solutions.
Meet the Team
Our Data Platform Services team manages terraform infrastructure for the data department, and builds microservices that are used in production. Tech stack includes: Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, Terraform, Dataflow, Cloud Healthcare API, Cloud Composer (Airflow) infrastructure.
There are two subgroups to be managed:

• A Data Platform Services group, that manages terraform infrastructure for data, and builds microservices that are used in production. Tech stack includes: Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, Terraform, Dataflow, Cloud Healthcare API.
• A Data Platform Warehouse group, that manages classic ETL pipelines from many sources like mongo and salesforce, and powers our internal dashboards as well as exports data to our customers on a daily basis. Tech Stack includes: Cloud Composer (Airflow), Cloud BigQuery, Looker.

In this role, you will:

• Lead, mentor, and coach a team of Data Engineers and Software Engineers, providing guidance on career growth and technical best practices.
• Drive the technical vision and strategy for the data platform, including architecture, tool selection, and process optimization.
• Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud data infrastructure.
• Ensure the team upholds high-quality standards by participating in code reviews, defining release processes, and monitoring system performance.
• Collaborate with engineering managers and senior leaders to align team goals with company objectives.
• Manage a roadmap, balance technical debt with new feature development, and report on team progress and impact.
• Be an active member of the on-call rotation to support League's infrastructure and ensure system availability and integrity.

About You:

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in a management or technical leadership role, leading engineering or data engineering roles.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in data platform, software, or data engineering.
• Proven expertise in managing and mentoring a team of technical professionals.
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in cloud providers (preferably GCP), serverless infrastructure such as Cloud Functions (or equivalent), and batch/streaming ETL pipelines.
• Experience with CI/CD and automation in critical production environments.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate technical tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A passion for fostering a supportive, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience in healthcare datasets like EMR and Claims and interoperability standards like FHIR.

Security-Related Responsibilities

• Compliance with Information Security Policies
• Compliance with League's secure coding practice
• Ensure access management is performed in compliance with the employee's role and responsibilities
• Responsibility and accountability for executing League's policies and procedures within the department/ team
• Notification of HR, Legal, Compliance & Security of any incidents, breaches or policy violations

CANADA APPLICANTS ONLY: The Canada-specific compensation range below for this full-time position is exclusive of bonus, equity and benefits. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for base salaries for the position across all Canadian locations. The salary range is intentional to account for the performance and career progressions a Leaguer will experience in the role throughout their time at League. Where in the band you may land is determined by job-related skills/experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range specific to your skills and experience during the hiring process.
Compensation range for Canada applicants only
$135,100--$202,000 CAD
Our employees come from different backgrounds, and we celebrate those differences. We are looking for the best candidates for our open roles, but do not expect applicants to meet every qualification in order to be considered. If you are excited about what you could accomplish at League and believe you can add value to our team, we would love to hear from you.
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Our Application Process:
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• You should receive a confirmation email after submitting your application.
• A recruiter (not a computer) reviews all applications at League.
• If we see alignment with League's needs, a recruiter will reach out to learn more about your goals. The recruiter will also share the team-specific interview process depending on the roles you are exploring.
• The final step is an offer, which we hope you will accept!
• Prior to joining us, we conduct reference and background checks. Additional checks could be required for US Candidates, depending on the role you are exploring.

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