Manager Data Engineering

Cox Enterprises

Manager Data Engineering

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Carmel IN USA

Hybrid

112K-186K Annually

Senior level

Artificial Intelligence • Automotive • Greentech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software • Cybersecurity

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The Role

Lead a data engineering team building pipelines transformations and analytics infrastructure in Azure/AWS/Snowflake. Champion spec-driven AI-assisted development ensure secure scalable systems govern AI-generated code and partner with product and platform teams.

Summary Generated by Built In

NextGear Capital is hiring a Manager Data Engineering to lead the team responsible for the data pipelines transformation platforms and analytics infrastructure powering floor plan lending operations. As Cox Automotive evolves toward AI-assisted spec-driven development practices you will play a key role in guiding your team through this transformation - championing specification quality enabling cross-team collaboration and ensuring AI-generated code meets our engineering standards.
What You'll Do:

Build and lead a high-performing cross-functional data engineering team mentoring engineers and establishing growth paths into AI-augmented engineering practices
Oversee the full software development lifecycle for data pipelines transformations and analytics services running in Azure AWS and Snowflake
Ensure delivery of secure well-tested scalable data systems aligned to NextGear's Domain Constitution and Target State Architecture
Champion spec-driven development workflows - detailed Change Specs authored collaboratively before code generation validation against architectural guardrails before merge
Maintain and contribute to component constitutions and context packs that guide AI-assisted code generation in your team's repositories
Partner with product managers architects and platform teams to deliver against NextGear's roadmap and coordinate across the Release Train to keep team patterns aligned with shared SDD standards
Drive experimentation with AI coding workflows and surface effective patterns and anti-patterns back to the broader engineering organization

Who You Are
Minimum

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 6 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination such as a master's degree and 4 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year experience in a related field; or 18 years' experience in a related field
1+ year of experience in management or lead role
Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code GitHub Copilot) as a primary part of the development workflow
Demonstrated experience with spec-driven or design-doc-gated development workflows (e.g. OpenSpec BMAD GitHub SpecKit or equivalent RFC/ADR-driven practices applied at team scale)
Experience reviewing AI-generated code and implementation plans for quality security and architectural compliance
Experience with modern software engineering practice: CI/CD code review discipline test strategy observability incremental modernization

Preferred

Hands-on experience in Azure cloud environments including Azure Functions and Azure-based data platform services
Experience with Microsoft Fabric for data pipelines and transformation including Fabric-based ETL/FTP integration patterns
Familiarity with AWS services commonly used for data workloads (AppFlow S3 Lambda Fargate EC2)
Direct data engineering experience: data modeling SQL/SQL Server dbt data governance practices Erwin or comparable modeling tools
Experience with Snowflake and modern cloud data warehousing
Experience with Power BI or comparable analytics platforms
Experience in automotive finance lending or risk management domains
Experience creating or governing component-level documentation artifacts (constitutions context packs architecture overviews operational runbooks) that enable cross-team portability
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (Terraform CloudFormation Bicep or comparable)

USD 111500.00 - 185900.00 per year
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $111500.00 - $185900.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge skills and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties the company's needs and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave time off to vote jury duty leave volunteer time off military leave and parental leave.
EOE including disability/vets

Skills Required

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience (alternatives listed in posting)
6 years' experience in a related field (or alternative combinations as listed)
1+ year of experience in a management or lead role
Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code GitHub Copilot) as primary development workflow
Experience with spec-driven or design-doc-gated development workflows (OpenSpec BMAD GitHub SpecKit or equivalent)
Experience reviewing AI-generated code and implementation plans for quality security and architectural compliance
Experience with modern software engineering practices: CI/CD code review test strategy observability incremental modernization
Hands-on experience in Azure cloud environments including Azure Functions and Azure-based data platform services
Experience with Microsoft Fabric for data pipelines and transformation
Familiarity with AWS data services (AppFlow S3 Lambda Fargate EC2)
Direct data engineering experience: data modeling SQL/SQL Server dbt data governance practices Erwin or similar
Experience with Snowflake and modern cloud data warehousing
Experience with Power BI or comparable analytics platforms
Experience in automotive finance lending or risk management domains
Experience creating or governing component-level documentation artifacts (constitutions context packs runbooks)
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (Terraform CloudFormation Bicep or comparable)

What the Team is Saying

Cox Enterprises Compensation & Benefits Highlights

Healthcare Strength—Medical coverage spans multiple Aetna plan options with in-network preventive care at 100% plus mental-health access including at-no-cost virtual therapy for those on the Cox Aetna plan. Added programs like PrudentRx for $0 select specialty meds Hinge Health and Calm expand clinical and wellness support.
Parental & Family Support—Paid parental leave fertility benefits via Progyny adoption assistance with defined reimbursement limits and childcare/backup care resources demonstrate robust family-forming and caregiving support. Supports such as Milk Stork and Care.com membership extend this coverage to practical needs.
Retirement Support—A 401(k) program is described with a dollar-for-dollar match up to 6% plus an additional 2% automatic contribution for eligible employees alongside financial coaching and student-loan tools. Administration via Vanguard and clear plan references signal mature retirement support.

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Year Founded: 1898

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For well over a century Cox Enterprises has been shaping the future with daring ideas and values-driven thinking. Since our founding in 1898 our relentless spirit of innovation has driven us to disrupt industries and enhance the quality of life in the communities we serve. Through our major divisions — Cox Communications Cox Automotive and Cox Farms — our people have countless opportunities to grow and make an impact in the communications and automotive industries as well as in new ventures in agriculture cleantech digital media and more. As a privately-held family-owned business we know that people are our most valuable asset. We offer a supportive and inclusive environment with flexible career growth amazing benefits and work-life balance at the forefront. Our mission our ways of working and our commitment to people are what make our workplace culture remarkably flexible and resilient. Join us to build a better future and make your mark.

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