Job Title:
SQL Engineering & Data Platforms Manager (hybrid- onsite Monday- Thursday)
Location:
US-GA-Atlanta (Sandy Springs)
FLSA
: Exempt #LI-Hybrid
Job Overview
:We are seeking a Manager of SQL Engineering to lead a global team of SQL Developers and SQL Analysts across onshore, nearshore, and offshore locations. This role is responsible for the design, stability, and evolution of our enterprise data platforms spanning SQL Server, PostgreSQL (AWS Aurora), MongoDB, and Amazon Document DB. The team supports mission critical workflows including eCommerce product catalog lifecycle management, relational to relational and relational to‑ ‑NoSQL data transformations, and SQL/data services for all development verticals.The ideal candidate brings strong people leadership, deep knowledge of database architectures, and extensive experience operating modern data platforms across multiple environments and technologies.
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor, and develop a distributed SQL engineering organization across onshore, nearshore, and offshore talent pools.
- Oversee the design, optimization, and maintenance of SQL Server, Aurora/Postgres, MongoDB, and DocumentDB environments.
- Own the workflows involving eCommerce rate loading, data ingestion, and large‑scale data transformations.
- Ensure data models, schemas, and architectures support scalable, reliable, and performant systems.
- Guide data transformation strategies across databases and ensure consistency, and data quality across platforms.
- Drive engineering best practices including query optimization, indexing strategies, schema versioning, monitoring, and observability.
- Manage data promotion processes across development, QA, staging, and production environments.
- Ensure systems meet operational excellence standards including availability, performance, backup/recovery, and security.
- Partner with application development teams to optimize queries, APIs, and data access patterns.
- Collaborate with CloudOps/DevOps teams to support automation, CI/CD, and environment provisioning for database changes.
- Coordinate with global vendors and offshore partners to ensure delivery quality and consistency.
- Lead production incident response for data‑related issues, including root‑cause analysis and continuous improvement actions.
- Build a strong culture of ownership, quality, documentation excellence, and continuous learning.
- Provide coaching, performance management, and career development for SQL engineers and analysts.
The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of position responsibilities.
Job Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in database engineering, data engineering, or data platform roles.
- 3+ years leading global, distributed technical teams (onshore/nearshore/offshore).
- Deep hands‑on experience with SQL Server, PostgreSQL/Aurora, MongoDB, and Document DB.
- Strong background in database design, normalization/denormalization, schema modeling, and performance tuning.
- Experience building and managing data transformation workflows and relational‑to‑NoSQL data pipelines.
- Proven ability to manage database changes and data promotion across multiple environments.
- Strong understanding of production operations, including backups, monitoring, optimization, and troubleshooting.
- Experience with high‑volume transactional or eCommerce systems is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of cloud environments (especially AWS), ETL/ELT tooling, and CI/CD processes for database deployments.
- Experience with Gen AI solutions (e.g., AI‑assisted SQL optimization, code generation, documentation automation, or data quality intelligence) is a significant plus.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Company Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- 401(k) Plan with Company Match
- Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Paid Holidays and Vacation
- Employee Referral Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Programs
- Paid Community Service Opportunities
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Ongoing Training & Personal Development
- And More!
About Safe-Guard Products International:
Safe-Guard serves Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), top retailers, and independent agents in the automotive finance and insurance industry with the leading Protection Products Platform. Our platform delivers innovative protection products and solutions that protect consumers from the perils of ownership, while providing Finance &Insurance professionals the tools to ignite scalable and sustainable business growth. Safe-Guard’s success is driven by over 850 employees, who serve more than 12,000 dealers and support contract holders across the U.S.
and Canada.For 30 years and counting, our team continues to transform the motor vehicle space, earning a stellar reputation from our partners and peers by providing: 1) the highest quality protection products in the industry, 2) a broad platform of branded product, technology, marketing, and training solutions, and 3) an unwavering commitment to uncomplicated care and customer service.Safe-Guard Products International is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, marital status, disability or protected veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
