Cannabis Data Engineering Manager Jobs

Who we are
Lantern is the leading cannabis home-delivery service that guides people through different strains and products, so we can help them find what's right for them, together. We are committed to bringing transparency, equity, and convenient access to cannabis, for both new and experienced consumers. We partner with the best dispensaries and cannabis brands across the US, to create a personalized buying and delivery experience, embedded with education and trust throughout the customer journey.

We are more than just another tech company. We are passionate about shining a light on the cannabis industry, demystifying and destigmatizing current perceptions, and bringing a healthy curiosity to everything we do. We have a desire to question, to understand, and to figure it out, together. We value diverse experiences, points of view, and perspectives, and we're committed to deliberation, debate, and then decision. And at the center of every decision is our customer, and how we can do better and move faster for them.

We're blazing a trail in an industry that's changing fast. The speed energizes us and fuels our commitment to creating the leading customer experience in the space.

Do you see yourself here? Read on.

Who you are
In this crucial role, your time will be focused on managing the engineering efforts for a team focused on Data Engineering. Your responsibilities span, but are not limited to: directing day-to-day efforts, managing new/existing projects, and driving mission-critical projects to a successful outcome. You will lead teams of talented engineers while growing their capabilities through coaching, mentoring, and direct feedback. You will actively contribute to the projects your team is working on. You will be responsible for your team accomplishing key deliverables for Lantern. We are an agile shop, focused on continuous improvement, so expect to be running sprint planning meetings, stand-ups, retros, and post mortems. While working closely with other engineering leaders, you'll help drive innovation and establish best practices across the organization as we scale.
You have gained experience standing up infrastructure systems, utilizing AWS, highly advanced software development skills, and gained experience in Big Data streaming technologies such as Kafka, Flink, or Spark, but we are flexible on your specific experience; we care more about general engineering acumen than any specific tech. You have a true passion for leading, mentoring, performance monitoring, managing scope, reviewing code, and working closely with others to plan out architectural & technical decisions. You still have a passion for active contribution to projects. You have an eye for good testing and strive to ship quality code.
We'd be really impressed if you've had experience in eCommerce environments with large amounts of clickstream and eventstream data.
What the role is
The Data Engineering Manager will lead the team that will accelerate building Lantern's real time event streaming infrastructure through a period of rapid growth. From helping set the technical direction while building a strong and forward-thinking team of engineers, to managing and developing the backlogs and roadmaps for event streaming infrastructure and tooling, this person will work with teams to develop and refine SLO/SLI for event stream applications.
You will be a critical member of our small engineering organization, you will split your time between being an individual contributor, managing, team building, and maintaining our data ecosystem. You will also perform administrative functions for the data engineering team, including 1:1 discussions with direct reports, conduct performance reviews for the team, provide team velocity reports to leadership, report on roadmap progress and timelines.
In this role you will:

• Drive vision and strategy for building the realtime streaming team charter
• Collaborate with stakeholders to build solutions on top of the data platform
• Be an individual contributor in building processes that unlock data potential for various parts of the business.
• Define new strategies that will enable our Data Science and Business Intelligence teams to incorporate new data sources
• Support the team building meaningful pieces of infrastructure via big data and applications
• Have experience leading and managing a team that focuses on tooling for the data pipeline
• Help your team develop new skills and advance in their careers
• Focus on team-building both in helping to hire amazing talent and creating a collaborative environment
• Instill strong communication both within your team and across the engineering organization

The Other Stuff:

• Competitive salary
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Flexible vacation policy
• 401(K) Plan with with Employer Match
• Added perks

You do you.
Lantern is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status

Job Type: Full-time

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