Sr. Engineering Manager / Coach, Data Team

Job Description

Job Description

Speridian Technologies is recruiting for a Sr. Engineering Manager / Coach, Data Platforms, for our State of California Client, the Department of Healthcare Services, Behavioral Health. This person will be part of a long-term, fully budgeted, state-of-the-art, extremely vast technical modernization project working with a variety of cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

This is a remote role; however, there will be meetings in the Sacramento area several times a year.  Candidates are expected to work business hours, Monday-Friday, Pacific Time Zone.

Join DHCS’s Behavioral Health Transformation : Where Purpose Meets Innovation

Location : Remote

Department : Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS), Behavioral Health Transformation (BHT)

Commitment : Full-Time Consultant (W2 employee of Speridian or 1099 / IC for Speridian)

Why DHCS?

At DHCS we are leading a transformative journey in Behavioral Health, reshaping systems and services to ensure better outcomes for communities across California. Our Behavioral Health transformation initiative is more than a project—it’s a movement to make California a leader in accessible, high-quality health services. We’re setting the stage for a new era of government services built on agile methodologies, cutting-edge technology, continuous improvement, and a relentless commitment to serving the public good.

At DHCS, we’re looking for innovators who are passionate about purposeful work and excited by the opportunity to drive lasting change through innovative solutions.

Our Core Values (Achieve Together, Be Curious, Elevate Yourself, and Deliver Value)

• We achieve together by championing a team-oriented workplace built on mutual respect, collaboration, and open communication.
• We encourage individuals and teams to constantly be curious and seek a deeper understanding and fresh ideas that drive innovation and meaningful change.
• We provide a supportive workplace where you can elevate yourself and achieve personal growth through continuous learning, focused effort, and perseverance.
• We deliver value as part of every action we take to serve California’s citizens.

As a Senior Engineering Manager / Coach ,  Data you'll lead a team of data engineering experts building enterprise-scale data platforms that transform petabytes of healthcare information into actionable insights. This role goes beyond traditional ETL pipelines – you'll design real-time streaming architectures, implement advanced analytics capabilities, and create self-service data products that empower teams across the organization. Your data platforms will enable predictive analytics that prevent fraud, optimize care delivery, and literally save lives through better healthcare outcomes.

DHCS offers the rare opportunity to work with healthcare data at a scale that rivals major tech companies, while directly improving public health. You'll have full ownership of the data platform strategy, invest in modern tools like Databricks and Snowflake, and the mandate to build a world-class data engineering organization. Our commitment to data-driven transformation means your work will be highly visible and directly tied to the department's strategic objectives.

We're looking for a data platform visionary who understands that great data engineering enables great decisions – someone who can optimize Spark jobs while evangelizing data literacy, who treats data quality as sacred, and who believes government should lead in leveraging data for public good.

Responsibilities & Outcomes

1. Data Platform Leadership & Architecture

Outcome : Teams deliver scalable data platforms that enable analytics and data-driven decision making

2. Business Ownership & Financial Accountability

Outcome : Data engineering decisions driven by business value with clear ROI and financial accountability

3. People Management & Development

Outcome : High-performing teams with strong retention, clear growth paths, and engaged data engineers

4. Data Engineering Excellence & Quality

Outcome : Consistent delivery of reliable, high-quality data products with minimal pipeline failures

5. Cross-functional Partnership

Outcome : Strong partnerships enabling data democratization and self-service analytics

6. Talent Strategy & Team Building

Outcome : Strong talent pipeline with data engineers growing into senior and leadership roles

Required Qualifications

Technical

Business & Financial

Leadership

General

What Sets Top Performers Apart

Success in this role goes beyond compensation, work-life balance, or a typical corporate career mindset. We’ve found that  intrinsic motivation —a genuine drive to grow, solve complex problems, and create lasting impact—is a defining trait of those who truly thrive here.

We’re looking for individuals with a consulting mindset, a passion for technology, and above all, a deep personal commitment to delivering meaningful results. This environment is fast-paced and demanding—we hold ourselves to high standards every day.

This role isn't for everyone, and we’re honest about that. But for those motivated by purpose, challenge, and the chance to lead with impact, it could be the ideal next step in your career.

Interview Process :

Recruiter Call and then :

(People Management & Communication)

(Culture)

(Technical)

(Executive & Critical Thinking)

A little bit more about us and why you might want to join us :

We work within government, for government—but we don’t work like government.

We’re agile in practice and philosophy.

We’re purpose-driven and outcome-obsessed.

We’re modernizing behavioral health technology in California—including addressing overdose, suicide, and the crises that leave people on the streets.

We’re honest about the challenges—state government is bureaucratic, and we can't match most tech salaries. But here’s what we can offer :

Purpose that matters

Teammates who care deeply

Work-life balance (no nights, weekends, or burnout)

Fully remote work

We're not just changing systems—we're changing how government works

Speridian is an EEO employer

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