# Head of Data / Staff Data Engineer at Manifest OS

- Company: Manifest OS
- What the company does: Powering the next generation of AI-native law firms. Backed by Kleiner Perkins.
- Company website: https://manifestos.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: New York City
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $250K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-21
- Apply by: 2026-11-05
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/manifest-os/84ac1785-8cee-4d6f-90c6-72c709a5eb80
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/manifest-os-head-of-data-staff-data-engineer/

## About the role

You'll own Manifest's data platform — its architecture, reliability, and direction — and lead the team that builds it. The platform works, but scaling to the next order of magnitude requires deliberate architectural decisions: case data spans two generations of systems, identity resolution stitches together five sources per person, and the warehouse now needs to power AI product features, not just dashboards.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years in data engineering, including serving as architect — not just contributor — of a cloud data platform
- Deep hands-on fluency with BigQuery (or Snowflake/Databricks), dbt, Python, and advanced SQL
- Real production experience: your opinions on orchestration, idempotency, and testing came from being paged
- Experience leading engineers formally or as a technical lead, with comfort in a player-coach role
- Treats access control, PII handling, and auditability as core design requirements, not afterthoughts

Tags: Engineering