Data Engineering Platform Manager

Stem IT · McLean, Virginia

FULL TIME

Job Description

Venture-backed AI technology startup in the logistics and manufacturing space is looking to add a

Data Engineering Platform Manager

to its growing team in McLean, Virginia (hybrid). This is an opportunity to lead a small engineering team while remaining hands-on in building scalable data platforms, ingestion pipelines, and processing systems that transform complex, unstructured data into actionable insights.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong data engineering and software development background, experience building production data platforms and pipelines, and the ability to lead technical execution in a collaborative startup environment. This person will play a key role in designing and evolving the infrastructure that powers AI-driven data extraction, processing, and intelligence.

Targeting

7+ years of professional experience in data engineering, software engineering, platform engineering, or related fields.

Experience leading or mentoring small engineering teams while remaining hands-on technically.

Strong background designing and building scalable data ingestion, orchestration, and processing pipelines.

Experience transforming unstructured or semi-structured data—including documents, PDFs, emails, and other complex data sources—into structured, usable information.

Experience with data integrations, APIs, ETL/ELT workflows, and managing data across multiple sources.

Strong understanding of data platform architecture, system design, reliability, scalability, and production performance.

Experience building and maintaining production systems that support search, information extraction, analytics, or AI-powered applications.

Proficiency with SQL, relational databases such as PostgreSQL, and modern software development practices.

Nice to Have

Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow, Dagster, or similar technologies.

Background building document processing, NLP, information extraction, or LLM-powered data pipelines.

Experience with cloud platforms, event-driven architectures, distributed systems, and asynchronous processing.

Familiarity with Python, TypeScript, Node.js, and modern application development.

Experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and production monitoring.

Experience partnering with AI/ML engineers to operationalize models and turn extracted data into actionable insights.

Experience at a venture-backed startup or high-growth technology company.

Background in construction technology, HVAC, IoT, manufacturing, logistics, or vertical SaaS.

Experience establishing engineering standards, improving development processes, and scaling data platforms as customer needs grow.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package with strong equity

Flexible working hours with a hybrid setup

Education and certification reimbursement

Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave

401(k) with employer match

Company	Stem IT
Location	McLean, Virginia
Type	FULL TIME
Niche	Full-time