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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Onsite
The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors. Through our design-once, build-many model, we're accelerating the deployment of safe, reliable, and affordable nuclear energy.
We operate with an AI-first mindset. Every employee is expected to leverage AI, technology, and the Nuclear Operating System (NOS) as integral components of their role to improve the quality, speed, and impact of their work. We expect every team member to continuously identify opportunities to automate workflows, enhance decision-making, improve processes, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of NOS as a strategic operating capability that enables The Nuclear Company to scale with excellence.
We hire people who are driven by purpose, thrive in ambiguity, and are energized by building what has never been built before. Our team combines intellectual curiosity with high agency, embraces candid feedback and continuous learning, and holds themselves and others to exceptional standards. Our values, Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Scrappy, and Tenacity, guide how we hire, collaborate, and make decisions every day. They are not words on a wall; they are the standard by which we operate. TRUST is the foundation of our safety culture, fostering intellectual honesty, accountability, and open communication, while our values challenge every team member to execute with urgency, humility, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to our mission.
About the role
The Senior Manager, Data Engineering is responsible for the technical implementation of TNC's data engineering platform. Reporting to the Head of Product Engineering, the Senior Manager translates the company’s strategy into working systems and leads the engineering team that builds and operates them. Because TNC does not currently maintain a single centralized data platform, the Senior Manager will construct this capability from the ground up, and is accountable for the detailed technical design, delivery, quality, and ongoing operation of everything that is built.
Responsibilities
The Senior Manager makes the engineering decisions required to realize the platform strategy, including detailed data model design, tooling selection, pipeline design, deployment approach, and the technical standards the team works to. They sequence and manage delivery so that our teams permitting and building nuclear power plants receive the data they need to succeed. In the early phases of the role they will personally develop production pipelines, and will convert that work into the reusable components, testing standards, and code review practices the broader team adopts.
The Senior Manager recruits, supervises, and develops a team of data engineers proportional to TNC’s needs. They set performance expectations, conduct career development conversations, and are accountable for the team's delivery and technical quality. They implement and enforce data quality practices including automated testing, data contracts, lineage tracking, and monitoring, and are responsible for implementing the access control, personally identifiable information handling, retention, and audit requirements defined for all data at TNC. The Senior Manager manages the platform's cloud expenditure against an established budget and identifies opportunities to improve the balance of cost and performance.
The Senior Manager works closely with staff across TNC's business units to gather requirements, translate them into technical specifications, and advise stakeholders when a proposed approach is unlikely to achieve the intended outcome. TNC is seeking a candidate with demonstrated depth in modern data platform engineering; experience with the specific technologies listed under Desired Qualifications is welcomed but is not required for this position.
Required Experience
Required
We operate with an AI-first mindset. Every employee is expected to leverage AI, technology, and the Nuclear Operating System (NOS) as integral components of their role to improve the quality, speed, and impact of their work. We expect every team member to continuously identify opportunities to automate workflows, enhance decision-making, improve processes, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of NOS as a strategic operating capability that enables The Nuclear Company to scale with excellence.
We hire people who are driven by purpose, thrive in ambiguity, and are energized by building what has never been built before. Our team combines intellectual curiosity with high agency, embraces candid feedback and continuous learning, and holds themselves and others to exceptional standards. Our values, Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Scrappy, and Tenacity, guide how we hire, collaborate, and make decisions every day. They are not words on a wall; they are the standard by which we operate. TRUST is the foundation of our safety culture, fostering intellectual honesty, accountability, and open communication, while our values challenge every team member to execute with urgency, humility, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to our mission.
About the role
The Senior Manager, Data Engineering is responsible for the technical implementation of TNC's data engineering platform. Reporting to the Head of Product Engineering, the Senior Manager translates the company’s strategy into working systems and leads the engineering team that builds and operates them. Because TNC does not currently maintain a single centralized data platform, the Senior Manager will construct this capability from the ground up, and is accountable for the detailed technical design, delivery, quality, and ongoing operation of everything that is built.
Responsibilities
The Senior Manager makes the engineering decisions required to realize the platform strategy, including detailed data model design, tooling selection, pipeline design, deployment approach, and the technical standards the team works to. They sequence and manage delivery so that our teams permitting and building nuclear power plants receive the data they need to succeed. In the early phases of the role they will personally develop production pipelines, and will convert that work into the reusable components, testing standards, and code review practices the broader team adopts.
The Senior Manager recruits, supervises, and develops a team of data engineers proportional to TNC’s needs. They set performance expectations, conduct career development conversations, and are accountable for the team's delivery and technical quality. They implement and enforce data quality practices including automated testing, data contracts, lineage tracking, and monitoring, and are responsible for implementing the access control, personally identifiable information handling, retention, and audit requirements defined for all data at TNC. The Senior Manager manages the platform's cloud expenditure against an established budget and identifies opportunities to improve the balance of cost and performance.
The Senior Manager works closely with staff across TNC's business units to gather requirements, translate them into technical specifications, and advise stakeholders when a proposed approach is unlikely to achieve the intended outcome. TNC is seeking a candidate with demonstrated depth in modern data platform engineering; experience with the specific technologies listed under Desired Qualifications is welcomed but is not required for this position.
Required Experience
Preferred Experience
Benefits
Estimated Starting Salary Range
The estimated starting salary range for this role is $179,000 - $203,000 annually less applicable withholdings and deductions, paid on a bi-weekly basis. The actual salary offered may vary based on relevant factors as determined in the Company’s discretion, which may include experience, qualifications, tenure, skill set, availability of qualified candidates, geographic location, certifications held, and other criteria deemed pertinent to the particular role.
EEO Statement
The Nuclear Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an environment of inclusion in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit discrimination in all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, compensation, and termination.
