Blackbaud

Blackbaud

Manager, Software Engineering - AI and Data Platform

Remote, United States of America

Sponsorship not specified$134k-$174kDetected 56 days ago
.NETDatabricksAzurePlatform EngineeringMachine LearningData EngineeringData ScienceCRMLeadershipMentoring

About the role

  • Provide regular feedback, coaching, and career development aligned with Blackbaud's people strategy.
  • Ensure every team member has clear goals, an active IDP, and opportunities to grow in modern Data & AI skills.
  • Influence standards and best practices across the Data Intelligence COE.

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve core Data & AI platform capabilities, including ingestion, transformation, lakehouse architecture, feature services, and AI/ML enablement layers.
  • Balance build vs. buy decisions, prioritizing core competencies while reducing operational complexity.
  • Lead teams to deliver high‑impact platform initiatives aligned to AOP priorities (legacy modernization, cloud migration, cost optimization, agent enablement).
  • Collaborate closely with Product, Data Science, Analytics, and Product Engineering teams to ensure the platform accelerates-not blocks-delivery.
  • Proven ability to lead through ambiguity and influence without authority.
  • Drive platform decisions aligned with Blackbaud's Unified Data & AI Platform Strategy (modularity, interoperability, AI‑first design) Partner with Architecture, Governance, and Security to ensure the platform meets trust, compliance, and Responsible AI standards.

Requirements

  • Hands‑on experience with modern data platforms, cloud data lakes/lakehouses, distributed processing, streaming, APIs Strong understanding of platform engineering principles and operating production systems at scale.
  • 8+ years of experience in software, data, or platform engineering (.NET, Azure, Databricks, ADO preferred) 3+ years of experience managing and developing data engineering teams.

Nice to have

  • What we'll want you to have: 8+ years of experience in software, data, or platform engineering (.NET, Azure, Databricks, ADO preferred) 3+ years of experience managing and developing data engineering teams.

Skills

  • BLKB) is the world's leading cloud software company powering social good.

Compensation

  • The starting base pay is $133,700.00 to $173,800.00.

Benefits

  • Guided by our Intelligence for Good® vision, we're building a culture where innovation, trust, and human expertise come together to help organizations make a greater difference in the world.
  • Benefits Include:

Equal opportunity

  • Blackbaud is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment.
  • equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment.
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