About the Role
Lead the team responsible for the streaming and lakehouse foundations that power data across Procore. Build and scale a reliable, secure, and performant data platform that enables teams across the company to access and act on trusted data.
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a team of data engineers responsible for streaming infrastructure (Kafka/MSK), and the Databricks lakehouse.
- Define and drive the technical strategy and roadmap for the data platform in alignment with company data and analytics goals.
- Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of streaming pipelines and lakehouse infrastructure that support critical business and product functions.
- Partner with security and compliance teams to maintain data protection, access controls, and regulatory compliance across the platform.
- Collaborate with engineering, analytics, and product stakeholders to understand data needs and prioritize platform investments accordingly.
- Manage platform costs and drive efficiency initiatives across streaming and lakehouse infrastructure.
- Mentor and develop engineers on the team, building a strong culture of technical excellence and ownership.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 12+ years of experience in data engineering or platform engineering.
- 5+ years of experience in people management, leading and developing engineering teams.
- Hands-on experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka and AWS MSK, and lakehouse platforms such as Databricks.
- Demonstrated experience operating mission-critical data infrastructure in production, including ownership of availability, performance, and on-call practices.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strategic thinker who balances long-term platform vision with near-term delivery needs.
- US citizenship required for FedRAMP-compliant projects.
- Must be eligible to work on federal government projects requiring FedRAMP authorization.
Skills
- Streaming technologies (Kafka, AWS MSK)
- Lakehouse platforms (Databricks)
- Distributed data systems
- Data engineering
- Platform engineering
- People management
- Communication skills
- Strategic thinking
Location
- Austin, TX
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 12+ years of experience in data engineering or platform engineering
- 5+ years of experience in people management
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Salary/Compensations
- 198,240.00 - 272,580.00 USD Annual
- Eligible for Equity Compensation and/or Bonus Incentive Compensation
About the Company
- Procore is committed to offering competitive, fair, and commensurate compensation.
Equal Opportunity
- Procore will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.
- A criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: 1. appropriately managing, accessing, and handling confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information, as well as accessing Procore's information technology systems and platforms; 2. interacting with and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external customers, stakeholders, and/or colleagues; and 3. exercising sound judgment.
