[Hiring] Engineering Manager, Data Modeling @Mural

Role Description

The Data Modeling team builds and maintains the core data models and metrics that power decision-making across Mural. We focus on creating shared, reusable data models that represent key product and business concepts used across the company.

• Support internal analytics, customer insight reports embedded in the product, and AI/ML model training.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Platform, Business Analytics, Data Science, and Analytics Engineering.
• Build durable data foundations rather than one-off solutions.

You will own the delivery and evolution of Mural’s core data models and shared metrics, focusing on data quality, reliability, and availability.

• This is a hands-on leadership role.
• Focus on building foundational, reusable data models and metric definitions.
• Your success will be measured by the trust, availability, and reuse of the data models and metrics across teams.

Qualifications

• 2+ years leading or formally managing data professionals.
• 6+ years building and owning shared, reusable core data models in modern data platforms.
• Familiarity with product usage and customer data common to SaaS environments.
• Advanced SQL, strong Python, experience with Spark, and comfort in a modern lakehouse environment (e.g., Databricks).
• Experience designing for data quality, reliability, and availability, including workflow orchestration with Airflow or Astronomer.
• Proven ability to build foundational models and metric definitions that support multiple use cases.
• Understanding of performance, cost, governance, security, and compliance considerations for shared data.
• Ability to partner effectively with Product, Data Platform, Business Analytics, Engineering, and Data Science teams.
• Know when to ship and when to invest in durability.
• Interest in AI-assisted development and exploring AI tools to improve data model maintenance.

Requirements

• Experience supporting data used for AI/ML model training (nice to have).
• Background working on a data infrastructure or data platform team (nice to have).

Benefits

• Base salary ranges from $120,000 - $150,000 + bonus + benefits.
• Compensation determined by location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Equal Opportunity

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.