About Kandji
Kandji is the Apple device management and security platform that empowers secure and productive global work. With Kandji, Apple devices transform themselves into enterprise-ready endpoints, with all the right apps, settings, and security systems in place. Through advanced automation and thoughtful experiences, we’re bringing much-needed harmony to the way IT, InfoSec, and Apple device users work today and tomorrow.
Some of the smartest money in tech has partnered with Kandji to realize our vision, including Tiger Global, Felicis, Greycroft, First Round Capital, and Okta Ventures. In July 2024, Kandji raised $100 million in capital from General Catalyst, bringing Kandji’s valuation to $850 Million.
Since Kandji’s Series C in 2021, the company has seen a 600%+ increase in annual recurring revenue, and its customer base has grown nearly 4X across 40+ industries. Notable customers include Allbirds, Canva, and Notion, and the company has partnerships with such industry giants as ServiceNow, AWS, and Okta.
Kandji was also named to Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startup List 2023 and recognized as a top venture-backed startup with the potential to reach unicorn status.
The Opportunity:
As a Data Manager, you will have the very unique and exciting opportunity to drive the vision for the future of the data platform at Kandji. The successful candidate will drive alignment across departments on our path to engage on data-driven research projects that help deliver new AI and ML features for our products. This is a strategic role that requires a strong partnership with other functions across the company. You will be a leader for the Data Science and Data Engineering disciplines at Kandij.

How you will make a difference day to day:

• Work closely with the Product and Engineering to create a data roadmap and ensure alignment.
• Consult with stakeholders to help identify opportunities to enhance products using automation, AI and machine learning.
• Work to create data models to answer analytics and product performance questions for stakeholdersLead development of data pipelines that can serve both customer use cases and/or internal stakeholders.
• Drive alignment for Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and other stakeholders in various research focused projects.
• Mentor engineers on the team to level them up.
• Raise the bar within the data organization by adopting industry best practices, producing best in class code, documentation, testing, and monitoring.

Minimum qualifications:

• 6+ years of data engineering or data science experience in high-growth organizations, with 1+ year(s) of managing and developing data teams. 
• Proficient in working with large language models (LLMs), with the ability to select and apply appropriate machine learning algorithms.
• Expertise in data modeling and dataset curation is essential.
• Advanced experience with multiple data storage systems (RDBMS, NoSQL, in-memory, etc).
• Experience with distributed data stores (Cassandra, Hive, Druid, Pinot, Hadoop, etc).
• Professional experience with Airflow and Kafka.
• Experience designing and implementing data warehousing (S3, Redshift, Snowflake, HBase/Cloudera, etc).
• Expertise in data modeling, lineage, access, and its governance.
• Experience creating and reviewing technical and user-focused documentation for data solutions (data models, data dictionaries, business glossaries, process and data flows, architecture diagrams, etc.).
• Proven experience building, growing, inspiring, and retaining a collaborative team.
• Strong ability to support and mentor team members to accomplish team goals.

Benefits & Perks
 • Competitive salary • 100% individual and dependent medical + dental + vision coverage • 401(k) with a 4% company match • 20 days PTO • 14 paid holidays per year • 10 health and wellness days per year • Kandji Wellness Week off July 1 - July 5, 2024 • Equity for full-time employees • Up to 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents • Paid Family and Medical Leave • Modern Health - Mental Health Benefits - Individual and Dependents • Fertility Benefits • Working Advantage Employee Discounts • Monthly utilities stipend • Free onsite fitness center • Free parking • Lunch 5 days/week • Exciting opportunities for career growth • An outstanding, inclusive culture
We are excited to be serving a significant need for a fast-growing market, and are proud of the high-performing team we have brought together so far. If you’re someone who wants to engage in new, exciting projects that will challenge your skills in the best way possible, we would love to connect with you.
At Kandji we believe in fostering an inclusive environment in which employees feel encouraged to share their unique perspectives, leverage their strengths, and act authentically. We know that diverse teams are strong teams, and welcome those from all backgrounds and varying experiences.
Kandji is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, protected veteran or military status or any other status protected by applicable law.