Engineering Manager, Product-Led Growth Infrastructure at Mixpanel


Title: Engineering Manager, PLG Infrastructure

The Analytics Engineering team’s mission is to make the decision-making process at Mixpanel as data-informed as possible. We are building a global source-of-truth database for the entire company and we strongly believe that data quality must be a foundational feature of all systems and is not something that can be layered in the warehouse, so, beyond just owning the ETL pipelines and data in our warehouse, we partner very closely with different functions across the company and make sure their systems are architected with data quality in mind, help automate critical workflows, and surface timely & contextual information in their operational/analytics tool of choice (Salesforce, Marketo, Vitally, Mixpanel, etc).

We are in the very early stages of building out an Analytics Engineering organization within our company. The current team of engineers come with a wide range of experience having worked on almost all layers of Mixpanel’s tech stack, from our website UX all the way, to working on the internals of our distributed database engine, and everything in between. As much as we love solving complex distributed systems problems, we also love applying our engineering skills to solve problems that have a direct business impact ranging from:

  • Enabling our marketing team to target our Ideal customers through ad campaigns
  • Helping our support team improve their response SLAs to customers
  • Alerting our sales & success teams to customers who hit product milestones
  • Helping our product team build Mixpanel for the Modern Data Stack

We primarily speak SQL, use BigQuery as our data warehouse, and swear by dbt, Fivetran, Census & hightouch to solve all our problems!

About the Role

As a manager, you will help scale the team’s impact with hiring, culture, and focus. You’ll be responsible for streamlining execution and prioritization based on a clear understanding of our technical systems and associated business goals.

Responsibilities

  • Hiring and retaining diverse and talented engineers
  • Mentoring engineers & growing future technical leaders
  • Working cross-functionally to translate business goals into the team’s roadmap
  • Nurturing engineering excellence via culture and process
  • Providing meaningful input to technical designs based on an in-depth understanding of our systems & services

We’re Looking For Someone Who Has

  • You can reason about ambiguous problems using first principles and propose creative solutions.
  • You take ownership of problems with a focus on delivering value to users/customers.
  • You deliver solutions that are pragmatic in approach.
  • You have a solid technical background, with experience in cloud warehouses, BI tools, and data modeling.
  • You are proficient in at least one scripting language (Python, Javascript, etc).
  • You are proficient in writing analytical SQL. Most importantly, you can coach folks to become proficient in this area.
  • You have excellent communication & have experience leading and delivering complex cross-functional projects.
  • You have a track record of hiring, retaining, mentoring & growing engineers through technical leadership, collaboration & enablement

Bonus Points For

  • Prior engineering management experience, especially with a team of analytics engineers
  • Experience with the modern data stack (Fivetran / BigQuery / dbt / Mixpanel / Census / Hightouch)

Benefits and Perks

  • Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care
  • Mental Wellness Benefit
  • Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays
  • Enhanced Parental Leave
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Additional US Benefits: Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K), Wellness Benefit, Holiday Break

*please note that benefits and perks for contract positions will vary*

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