Engineering Manager - Data & AI

About the role

Datum Labs, a data engineering and analytics company that builds data platforms for its customers, is hiring an Engineering Manager - Data & AI in Lahore. The company is shifting its core to agentic AI, so this is not a caretaker role: you will help rebuild how work is delivered, own delivery quality, raise the technical bar and grow the team.

Key responsibilities

• Own delivery quality and timelines on assigned client data platform teams, stepping in hands-on when delivery is at risk
• Run team rituals such as standups, sprint/ticket planning and retrospectives, and remove blockers before they cost a sprint
• Mentor data engineers and analysts, covering onboarding, coaching and performance management
• Lead the technical hiring loop for data engineering and analytics roles, from screening to final interview
• Handle client-facing communication on the data platform build, answering clients within an hour

Required profile

• 5+ years in data engineering or software engineering, 2+ years leading or managing an engineering team
• Hands-on experience building and shipping agentic AI systems, required
• Experience delivering client-facing data platforms under real deadlines, including ingestion, transformation (dbt), orchestration (Dagster) and cloud infrastructure
• Comfortable reviewing PRs and debugging pipeline or warehouse issues yourself
• Excellent written, async communication, as the team is Slack-native and distributed

Required skills

• Data engineering and analytics platforms (dbt, Dagster)
• Cloud infrastructure and CI/CD (Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions) is a strong plus

What we offer

• Competitive salary paid monthly in USD as foreign remittance
• Food, travel and gym allowance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Bi-annual increments and bonuses
• Opportunity for certifications
• Flexible working hours