Data Engineering Pod (Manager & Engineer)

About this role

At Gratia, we believe potential is globally distributed, but opportunity is not. Our mission is to turn great talent's potential into fulfilling global careers through professional development and tech-enabled platforms. We bridge the gap between ambitious companies and hands-on experts who deliver real results instead of just theoretical plans.

Gratia is a remote-first, apprenticeship-based platform where opportunity is defined by what you can do and deliver. Our clients include global names like USA Today Co., Endeavor, and New York Life. We maintain an 88.2 Net Promoter Score because we focus on rigorous execution, not just high-level advice.

## About the engagement

We are assembling a dedicated data engineering pod to embed directly within a leading private equity firm's newly acquired portfolio companies. When this firm buys a business, the legacy data environment is typically unstructured and messy. This pod's mandate is to walk in during the critical post-merger integration phase, figure out what data matters most to the investment thesis, and build the pipelines to deliver it.

We are hiring for two remote, US-based roles to form the foundation of this pod. Both roles require travel to the portfolio company for an initial six-week sprint before transitioning to a hybrid/remote model.

This is a remote, consulting role designed for a long-term engagement, with the potential to build an offshore team as needed.

## Data Engineering Manager (Pod Lead)

*Contract rate: up to $150/hr*

This is an active leadership seat that bridges commercial business logic, executive stakeholder partnership, and technical architecture. You will define the data strategy against the value creation plan and push back on portfolio company C-suites when they prioritize the wrong fixes.

### What we're looking for:

• 5+ years of data architecture or technical strategy experience (or equivalent), with foundational experience at an MBB or Big Four consulting firm...