Manager of Engineering​/Phoenix, AZ​/Python

We’re a fast-moving startup in the intelligence space, integrating multiple data sources to deliver real-time insights for businesses—including hotels and other enterprise clients. You’ll join a lean, high-caliber team where your decisions will directly influence how we scale, architect, and evolve our platform.

This role is both strategic and hands-on. You’ll work across architecture, implementation, and system design to build the infrastructure behind real-time intelligence, agentic bots, and automated data pipelines. If you want to work at the intersection of AI, data engineering, and security technology—on something with real impact—this is it.

• Own architecture decisions for our Python-based backend and data infrastructure.

• Partner with internal teams and external stakeholders to deliver secure, reliable, high-performance systems
  .

• Build and maintain scrapers, bots, and automation workflows that feed real-time intelligence.

• Collaborate with AI engineers and data scientists to deploy new models and agentic automation tools
  .

• Support enterprise integrations and ensure data compliance and governance standards are met.

• 9+ years of experience in data engineering, backend engineering, or similar technical roles.

• Strong expertise with Python for ETL, API integrations, and automation.

• Proven experience designing and managing large-scale data pipelines
  .

• Knowledge of modern data stack tools and cloud platforms (
  Azure preferred
  ).

• Familiarity with distributed systems
  , orchestration tools, and RESTful data services.

• A startup-ready mindset:
  resourceful, self-directed, adaptable
  , and comfortable with ambiguity.

• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, leadership-oriented approach
  .

• Eligibility to obtain a security clearance (U.S. work authorization required).

• Must be based in the greater Phoenix area
  .