Data Engineering Manager

About Redwood Materials Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have. Data Engineering Manager Redwood Materials is looking for a motivated and talented Manager of Data Engineering to lead a team of Data Engineers and Analysts. This role requires collaboration with other business units to identify needs, scope problems, and chart the long-term roadmap for the data platform and services. The Data team is responsible for managing data assets in a data lake architecture and overseeing the full data lifecycle from ingestion to processing to consumption. The ideal candidate is someone with experience managing technical teams, strong interpersonal skills, and technical skills in data engineering and creating/managing/supporting AWS infrastructure. Responsibilities will include: Lead and grow a team of data engineers and analysts, including hiring, mentoring, career development, and performance management Own the long-term roadmap and prioritization for the data platform, balancing infrastructure investment, new pipeline development, and analytics requests from across the business Drive cross-functional collaboration with teams across Redwood to discover needs, scope problems, and translate requirements into technical deliverables Oversee the design and operation of data pipelines spanning streaming datasets, APIs, and various data stores, ensuring they meet reliability and quality standards Operationalize the team — set on-call expectations, triage incoming work, and ensure production data workloads have appropriate monitoring and incident response Stay technically hands-on — review code, prototype solutions, and step into pipeline or infrastructure work alongside the team Foster a culture of technical excellence and execution, and champion the data team's work across the broader organization Desired Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a s imilar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience building data solutions in a modern cloud environment, with at least 2 years managing technical teams Strong technical foundation in Python and SQL sufficient to review code, evaluate design decisions, and guide the team through hard technical problems (Trino experience a plus)