Manager of Data Engineering, Dandy
Fully digital dental lab
Open for applications
Fully digital dental lab
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To become the best digital dental lab for every dentist.
Role
Who you are
- Modeling & Architecture Expertise: You have deep experience in dimensional modeling (Kimball), data mart design, and complex SQL logic. You know how to translate messy real-world processes into clean, query-efficient structures
- Leadership Experience: 3+ years managing Data Engineers or Analytics Engineers. You know how to balance the technical growth of your team with the delivery of business value
- Technical Excellence (SQL & dbt): You are an expert in the modern data stack (dbt, Snowflake/BigQuery, Airflow/Dagster). You understand how to write code that is not only correct but highly performant at scale
- Collaborative Stakeholder Management: You can translate technical constraints to business stakeholders and advocate for data needs with software engineering leaders. You are comfortable negotiating data contracts and preventing technical debt
- Focus on Reliability: You are obsessed with testing. You implement robust CI/CD pipelines for data, ensuring that no bad code breaks the build and no bad data reaches the CEO’s dashboard
- Strategic Vision: You can see the big picture. You are building a data foundation that will support Dandy not just today, but through our next phase of hyper-growth
What the job involves
- This is a strategic leadership role that pivots away from platform infrastructure (managed by a separate team) to focus entirely on Data Modeling, Semantic Architecture, and Technical Rigor. You will lead the team that bridges the gap between raw software application data and the insights that drive our business
- You will be the guardian of our Single Source of Truth, ensuring that our Analysts and Data Scientists are empowered with fast, reliable, and performance-optimized data products
- Own the Data Products: You aren't just moving data; you are building durable, high-performance data assets that the business relies on
- Empower the Consumers: Your team is the force multiplier for Data Science and Analytics. You remove the friction of data cleaning and query optimization so they can focus on insights
- Enforce Technical Rigor: You ensure that our data models are not just accurate, but performant, scalable, and built with software engineering best practices
- Build & Lead the Data Engineering Team: Define the vision for a team that sits at the intersection of engineering and analytics. You will hire, mentor, and define career paths for engineers who specialize in high-complexity modeling and transformation
- Architect the Semantic Layer: Move beyond simple replication. You will design domain-driven data models that crystallize business concepts into a trusted, centralized semantic layer
- Drive Technical Rigor & Performance: You will own the health of our data warehouse. This means optimizing SQL query performance, designing efficient table structures, and ensuring our pipelines are cost-effective and lightning-fast
- Proactive "Upstream" Engineering: Stop fixing broken data downstream. You will partner with Software Engineering teams before code is shipped to implement Data Contracts and ensure long-term data success is baked into the application design
- Accelerate Data Velocity: Your team will build the "paved road" for data access. You will create modular, reusable data components that allow Analysts and Data Scientists to answer new questions in hours, not weeks
- Treat Data as a Product: Implement rigorous SLAs (Service Level Agreements) for data availability and quality. You will ensure that the data products we build are monitored, tested, and reliable
Our take
Dentistry has long relied on outdated practices. Dandy was created to modernize and simplify dental operations by integrating technology into every aspect of the dental practice. Its goal is to streamline workflows, making dental practices more efficient and easier to manage.
While other startups have tried to bring technology to the dental field, Dandy distinguishes itself by understanding the industry's complexity and respecting the way dentists operate. Rather than overwhelming practitioners with a complete overhaul, Dandy introduces new features gradually, such as digitizing dental labs for procedures like crowns and implants.
Dandy aims to provide a complete "business-in-a-box" solution that allows dentists to focus on patient care while the platform handles administrative and operational tasks. While this vision has the potential to bring immense value to a field in need of innovation, the challenge lies in overcoming dentistry's resistance to change. Patience and persistence will be key as Dandy reshapes how dental professionals run their practices.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2019
$4.4m
SEED
Total funding: $4.4m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health plans: Your health is our top priority. We offer a range of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans so you can choose what works best for you. Some plans include employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and we offer options that cover 100% of employee-only premiums.
- Flexibility, built-in: At Dandy, we flex-first, which means trusting you to own your day and deliver, working where and how you want. We believe that by embracing flexibility, we empower everyone to balance work and life in the way that works best for them. Some roles need to be on-site due to the nature of the work.
- Investing in your wellbeing: Your wellbeing is more than just physical health—that’s why our benefits are designed to support you in all aspects of life. From mental health resources included in our healthcare plans to perks like pet insurance, a gym stipend, and access to discount platforms like Perkspot, we offer a range of programs to help you feel your best—inside and outside of work.
- Shared Success: We believe in shared success—when the business wins, our employees do too. Through performance-based bonuses and equity opportunities, our team shares in the impact we create together.
Company HQ
New York, NY
Leadership
Toni Oloko
(Co-Founder)Previously worked in Special Projects at goPuff. Before that founded PracticeGigs which they went on to sell.
Daniel Hanover
(Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Product Manager at Yelp and as a Software Engineer at Facebook. Studied Management and Technology at Wharton.
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