WHO WE ARE 

Revantage is a Corporate Services affiliate of The Blackstone Group, the world’s largest alternative investment firm.  Revantage provides a highly skilled employee base, best-in-class processes, and state-of-the-art technology to multiple Blackstone real estate portfolio companies.  Sectors include Hospitality, Industrial, Multi-Family, Office, Retail, Senior Housing, and Manufactured Homes. 

As part of the Revantage Product department, you’ll be a key part of a passionate team of Software Engineers, Product Managers, Designers, and Data Specialists that aims to develop the industry’s leading real estate data platform.  

Revantage, headquartered in Chicago, is one of three global offices that includes Revantage Asia and Revantage Europe.  

WHAT WE VALUE: OUR CULTURE 

Creating a culture that inspires change and momentum requires the right team.  We know what it takes to lead an industry, and are looking for leaders who seek constant growth, want to excel, and continuously improve upon themselves and the industry.  The culture at Revantage is built on our shared core values and commitment to be: 

• Achievers – We expect high standards for ourselves and enable the success of our teams. 
• Enthusiasts - We face challenges with optimism and believe anything is possible. 
• Leaders - We commit to continuously improve our performance. 
• Learners – We learn from our challenges and successes. 

• Partners - We deliver value and positive impact to our partners. 

WHY THIS ROLE IS VALUABLE   

We are seeking a Sr. Director, Data Engineering to lead our Data Engineering team. The purpose of this role is to develop and iterate on Revantage’s industry leading real estate data platform. We are looking for a seasoned software engineering practitioner who is comfortable leading teams of data engineers in the development and maintenance of scaled data pipelines, ETL systems, and reporting environments. Ideal leaders at Revantage have technical depth and breadth, but are comfortable developing, empowering, and mentoring those they work with to deliver higher quality software, faster. We expect candidates for this role to have a track record of success in this subject area.  This position will be based out of Revantage’s headquarters in Chicago, IL. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee the development of Revantage North America’s data platform 
• Actively grow and mentor a team of data engineers 

• Actively contribute to the code base and SDLC activities for your architectural areas 
• Own and develop the architectural standards and collaborate on technical vision-setting in conjunction with the VP, Engineering, Tech Leads, and Product Managers 
• Work in close collaboration with product management to ensure software is developed that anticipates future needs and maintains option value 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:  

• STEM B.S., M.S. or comparable experience 
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience within a data engineering team 
• Demonstrated hands-on Engineering experience delivering enterprise-grade data, analytics, reporting, or machine learning products/solutions 
• Significant experience in data modeling and API design 

• Significant experience building a platform (not an application or a single utility site) 
• Experience in designing, building and running highly available and highly reliable distributed systems 
• Familiarity with issues of web performance, availability, scalability, reliability, and maintainability of data pipelines  
• Extensive experience working with RDBMS, OLAP, and non-relational database systems (Aurora, SQL Server, Redshift, Synapse, Big Query, Redis, et al) 
• Experience in SRE or DevOps approaches 

• Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrating an ability to work well with and enthusiastically influence teams & stakeholders 
• Strong mentorship, relationship management, project management, problem solving and change management skills 
• Excellent planning skills coupled with a strong oral and written communications capabilities 
• Experience leading and managing a team of direct reports  

PERKS FOR YOU 

• Competitive salary, overall compensation and 401(k) 
• Work-life balance offerings include: 

• Remote work policy 
• Productivity Hours – weekly meeting-free work time 
• Bi-weekly Summer Fridays 

• In-house and external learning & development opportunities 
• Generous health insurance and wellness benefits 

EEO Statement 

Our company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our employment decisions are based on individual qualifications, job requirements and business needs without regard to race, color, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, religion, disability, citizenship status, national origin, pregnancy, veteran status and or any other legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email talent@revantage.com. 

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