Engineering Manager - Data Discovery & Classification

About Transcend

Transcend is the privacy platform that makes it easy to encode privacy across your tech stack.

We believe that engineering privacy rights and making them easily accessible to the world is one of the most high-impact ways we can spend our time. That's why we're building an ambitious team that’s passionate about solving the important problems of the future and having fun while doing it. We’re backed by Accel, Index, 01A, StepStone Group, and HighlandX growing fast, and are serving some of the most iconic brands in the world.

(Even if you don't see a good fit below, we'd still love to stay in touch. Email us at recruiting@transcend.io).

About the role

Transcend is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Data Discovery & Classification team. This team’s mission is to help our customers understand what types of data are collected, where they are stored, and what they are used for. The ideal candidate is a player-coach engineering leader, someone who can manage a high-performing team in a fast-paced environment, and who is able to deep-dive into the stack when necessary. 

What you'll do

• Manage a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative culture and upholding high technical standards
• Grow the team through hiring and nurturing engineering talent
• Leverage your technical expertise in software engineering to guide the team in building robust and scalable solutions
• Review & provide feedback for technical design docs and code changes
• Work with AI/ML engineers to develop Transcend's data classifiers
• Collaborate with the product team to create and execute the product roadmap 
• Take on development tasks and debug production issues when necessary – this often involves diving into the details of scanning data systems at scale and learning the particulars of technologies such as Snowflake, S3, Hive, MongoDB, Google Drive, O365, and more

Who you are

• You have 5+ years of experience in software engineering and are proficiency in Python and Javascript
• You have experience building data-focused products or shipping ML-based features
• You have 2+ years of experience in managing engineering teams with a record of shipping high-quality products in a fast-paced environment
• You are an excellent technical communicator to a diverse group of audiences
• You have a collaborative mindset and proven experience in working in cross-functional teams in a remote environment
• You are passionate about privacy and eager to contribute to a mission-driven organization.

Why join us?

The people at Transcend are driven, kind and know how to balance work, life and memes. We learn from each other and have a strong support system. 

You’re joining a fast growing start up, with opportunities to help define and grow the organization.

We have a strong mission to protect user privacy rights everywhere. The privacy compliance landscape is growing, and we are at the forefront of building solutions that protect user privacy rights with modern infrastructure and automation.

You will have autonomy and trust to drive initiatives from the start.

We believe that turning the principles of data privacy into exercisable human rights is one of the most high-impact ways we can spend our time, and so we're building an ambitious team that’s passionate about solving important problems and having fun while doing it.

As the best-in-class solution in a new market, Transcend is a fast-paced and exciting workplace. The product evolves quickly t