Partner , Data Engineer - Global Partnerships

Position: Partner 16, Data Engineer - Global Partnerships
Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic. We invest in seed to venture to growth-stage technology companies, across AI, bio + healthcare, consumer, enterprise, fintech, frontier, games, and companies building toward American dynamism.

a16z has $100B+ under management across multiple funds.

We’ve established a team that is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. We’ve invested in companies like Anduril, Airbnb, Coinbase, Cursor, Databricks, Deel, Figma, Git Hub, Roblox, SpaceX, and Stripe. Our team is at the forefront of new technology, helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.

The Role The Global Partnerships team is dedicated to crafting an outstanding client experience for our trusted Limited Partners (“LPs”). The Global Partnerships Data Engineer owns and advances critical data infrastructure, systems, and automation that support the global partnerships activities of Andreessen Horowitz. This role operates with significant independence, leads complex cross-functional initiatives, and serves as a technical and strategic thought partner across Global Partnerships and adjacent teams.

We’re looking for a data leader who can translate ambiguous business needs into scalable systems, reliable pipelines, and practical insights.

We are open to candidates based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

To join our team, you should be excited to:

Own and advance the Global Partnerships data ecosystem

Lead ownership of critical systems, including the Global Partnerships core datasets and data pipelines. Serve as a technical and strategic thought partner to Global Partnerships and adjacent teams on data practices, automation, and scalable process design

Design and maintain scalable data infrastructure and reliable pipelines that connect Global Partnerships systems and reduce manual work and error rates

Uphold the highest standards of data precision and monitor and rectify discrepancies across different platforms

Evaluate and implement tools and integrations to improve visibility, connectivity, and decision-making

Champion AI adoption across Global Partnerships Identify, pilot, and scale AI tools and agentic workflows that remove manual work and give the team leverage, then drive team-wide adoption through training, documentation, and change management

Lead automation, process development, and operational scale. Enhance processes through automation to achieve data accuracy, reliability, and speed

Act as the team's AI thought partner, staying current on emerging tools and translating them into concrete, high-leverage improvements to LP-facing and internal processes

Leverage data to enable practical insights on our portfolio and the industry

Build visualizations and quantitative analyses that provide key insights on fund and investment performance including projected exit scenarios, liquidity and follow-on decisions

Develop strong fluency with the firm’s portfolio company information database and be able to manipulate and analyze data from the system to draw insights

Refine and calibrate portfolio performance analyses to stay current and relevant

Minimum Qualifications Minimum of 5 years of experience. Preferable past experience includes but is not limited to, data analytics or data engineering Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Economics, Finance, Accounting, or a technical field preferred but not required

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