Engineering Manager — Data Platform

As an Engineering Manager for our Data Platform reporting to the Director of Software Engineering, you'll play a critical role in leading the team that transforms multi-modal content into trusted, governed data powering business decisions and AI capabilities across Nasdaq.

You'll thrive in this position if you're collaborative, technically grounded, and passionate about building scalable data solutions that drive measurable impact in a fast-paced, high-performing environment.### ###

Key Responsibilities
* Lead, coach, and develop a diverse team of engineers, establishing clear expectations, growth plans, and feedback rituals that foster ownership and psychological safety.
* Define and execute quarterly roadmaps in partnership with Product, translating strategy into measurable outcomes with predictable delivery and transparent stakeholder communication.
* Set the technical direction for data pipelines and multi-agent workflows, including data ingestion, document understanding, entity resolution, and master data management.
* Champion platform standards for observability, lineage, metadata, and reusability while driving operational excellence through monitoring, incident response, and cost optimization.
* Partner with Product, Security, and Data Governance teams to align on business outcomes and balance speed, reliability, and cost across platform capabilities.###

Required Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
* 7+ years of software or data engineering experience with 3+ years directly leading engineering teams.
* Proven track record delivering data platforms or large-scale systems in production with measurable reliability and cost outcomes.
* Strong technical proficiency in Python, SQL, distributed data processing, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms.
* Excellent communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across global, matrixed teams.###

Preferred Qualifications
* Experience building multi-agent systems or agentic workflows for production data automation.
* Expertise with modern data platforms, lakehouse architectures, and governance frameworks.
* Prior experience in hiring, interviewing, and building early-career engineering pipelines.

This position will be located in Atlanta and offers the opportunity for a hybrid work environment at least 4 days a week in-office, subject to change, providing flexibility and accessibility for qualified candidates.
** Come as You Are
** Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, color, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

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 an accommodation.
** What We Offer
** We’re proud to offer a competitive rewards package that is meaningful, recognizes the unique needs of our employees and their families and incentivizes employees for their contribution to Nasdaq’s overall  addition to base salary, Nasdaq offers significant other compensation (annual bonus/commissions and equity), benefits, and opportunity for growth. Exact compensation may vary based on several job-related factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to: skill set, experience, education/training, business needs and market demands.

Nasdaq’s programs and rewards are intended to allow our employees to:
* ** Secure Wealth:
** 401(k) program with 6% employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Program with 15% discount, Student loan repayment program up to $10k, Company paid life and disability plans, Generous paid time off
* ** Prioritize Health:
** Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, Health spending account with employer…