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About the Role
The Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) Product Success Engineering (PSE) team is seeking a Senior Manager, Data & Analytics Platform Engineering to lead the design, development, and reliability of a cloud-native data platform that powers product adoption insights, customer retention analytics, system monitoring, and operational intelligence.
You will own the data platform layer that enables Data Scientists, Analytics Engineers, and BI teams to build scalable, reliable analytics and ML solutions. Partnering closely with the Director of Data Science & Engineering, you’ll translate analytics and ML requirements into robust platform capabilities operating at enterprise scale.
What You’ll Do
Define and execute the technical strategy and roadmap for data & analytics platform capabilities
Lead a team of Data Platform Engineers (8–15+) and foster a culture of technical excellence and operational rigor
Architect and operate scalable data pipelines, cloud data warehouses, orchestration frameworks, and governance systems
Enable batch, real-time, and event-driven analytics and ML workflows
Establish best practices for data quality, governance, reliability, performance, and cost optimization
Partner cross-functionally with Data Science, Product, Business Operations, and Cloud Infrastructure teams
Core Platform Areas
Data Ingestion & Pipelines: Cloud-native ETL/ELT, streaming, and event-driven architectures
Data Warehousing & Storage: Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or similar
Orchestration: Airflow, Dagster, Prefect
Governance & Quality: Catalogs, lineage, access control, and automated data quality
Analytics & BI: Self-service analytics and BI integrations
Required Qualifications
Masters degree in Computer Science or related field
10+ years in software/data engineering, including 5+ years in senior engineering leadership
Deep expertise in large-scale data platforms, pipelines, and cloud data warehouses
Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), infrastructure-as-code, and DevOps practices
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience with real-time analytics, streaming platforms, and MLOps
Familiarity with modern data stack tools (dbt, Great Expectations)
Experience building customer-facing or product analytics platforms
Why Join Us
Lead a mission-critical data platform at enterprise scale
Build and grow a high-impact data platform engineering team
Work with modern cloud data technologies and advanced analytics use cases
Drive meaningful business impact across product adoption, retention, and operational intelligence
In California, the pay range for this position is $221,000 - $320,000
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In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.
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