Manager - Engineering, Data Platform

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Wilmington, NCtime type:
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R5965nCino offers exciting career opportunities for individuals who want to join the worldwide leader in cloud banking.

Lead nCino's Data Platform team and build the data infrastructure that powers decision-making across our entire product portfolio.
You'll manage the Databricks-based platform that serves as the data backbone for all of nCino, enabling product teams to deliver data-driven features to customers while supporting internal analytics, data science, and engineering teams. This role requires a governance mindset that can balance security and compliance requirements with the innovation needed to keep pace with our AI-native transformation. You'll work across engineering teams, analysts, data scientists, and security to democratize data, making it reliable and easy to use throughout the product.
As a manager, you'll set technical strategy for your team, drive roadmap development, and establish engineering standards that scale across the organization. Beyond the technical work, you'll build and develop a high-performing engineering team through coaching, mentorship, and active participation in each engineer's growth. You'll translate business needs into platform capabilities, balancing hands-on technical guidance with the leadership skills needed to attract, retain, and develop top talent.
This role requires someone who can collaborate cross-functionally with product and solutions teams, taking feedback and translating it into scalable platform improvements. You'll foster an automation-first culture that prioritizes efficiency and innovation while maintaining production-grade reliability for mission-critical banking operations.
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* Essential Functions:

*** Develops and implements roadmaps, resourcing, project scheduling and oversight, and process improvements for team and function
* Identifies gaps and sets technical strategy for the team
* Participates in cross-functional initiatives and leadership meetings
* Drives the evolution of engineering standards and practices across the department
* Provides technical guidance and mentoring to engineers, identifying individual growth needs for engineers
* Accomplish results through professional employees by setting project timelines, priorities based on project objectives, and oversight of ongoing assignments.
* Attract, select, and retain high-level talent through active participation in performance management and professional development of team members.
* Leverage AI tools and techniques to enhance software development activities, including code generation, testing, debugging, and optimization.
* Apply AI insights to identify patterns, automate repetitive tasks, and improve overall development efficiency and product quality.
* Evaluate and integrate AI/ML capabilities where appropriate to strengthen product functionality and user experience.
* Maintain awareness of emerging AI trends and best practices to inform continuous learning and innovation.
** Requirements:
*** Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field with 8+ years of relevant experience and 2+ years of management experience or combination of education and experience
* Proficiency in more than one major programming language
* Deep understanding of the foundation of software engineering principles, including system design, architecture, and development practices
* Proven success in a fast-paced development environment, with a focus on improving development practices and processes to enhance team efficiency, collaboration, and code quality in a large-scale organization
* Proven success as a coach and mentor of technical staff
* Ability to motivate yourself and others, prioritize your own work, and adapt and thrive in a dynamic team environment
* Excellent problem solving, decision-making, and interpersonal skills
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
** Desired:
*** Experience managing and developing data teams
* Experience with AWS and Databricks
* Data governance…