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Ascension

Specialty coffee roaster and cafe chain

Cloud Data AI/Foundations Manager

Engineering LeadershipPosted on Nov 10
Full-timeRemote in USARemote

About the Job

Requirements

  • High school diploma equivalency with 3 years of cumulative experience, or an associate degree or bachelor's degree with 2 years of cumulative experience, or 7 years of applicable cumulative job-specific experience.
  • Eight or more years of hands-on experience in Cloud Data Engineering, DevOps, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Data Operations.
  • Three or more years of technical leadership experience actively managing engineering or operational teams.
  • A proven track record of managing enterprise-level production systems with stringent high-availability and operational excellence requirements.
  • Deep technical expertise in core Google Cloud Platform services, specifically BigQuery, Cloud Composer/Airflow, Dataflow, Dataproc, and Cloud Storage.
  • Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern observability tooling.
  • Hands-on experience with enterprise operational and project management tools, including ServiceNow, Jira, and Confluence, and BI/analytics platforms, including Power BI and Looker.
  • An active interest in AI-assisted engineering practices and a commitment to cultivating an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team culture.

Responsibilities

  • Manage, mentor, and grow a high-performing, diverse team of data engineers, DevOps specialists, and platform engineers.
  • Own the reliability, high availability, and operational health of mission-critical, enterprise-level production data systems.
  • Oversee the architectural design and deployment of scalable data solutions across the Google Cloud Platform ecosystem.
  • Lead the strategy and execution for CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and robust observability frameworks.
  • Champion and integrate AI-assisted engineering practices to optimize development workflows, boost efficiency, and improve system resilience.
  • Partner with product, analytics, and business teams to align technical deliverables with strategic goals, leveraging enterprise operational and analytics tools.

About the Company

Ascension

Specialty coffee roaster and cafe chain

Ascension runs a multi-channel specialty coffee business in Dallas, operating Australian-style all-day cafés and a wholesale roasting operation, plus online direct-to-consumer sales. It blends a chef-driven café menu with craft coffee, wine, and a farm-to-cup sourcing approach that builds direct relationships with producers and centers on ethically sourced beans. An in-house quality team, including certified Q Arabica Graders, verifies every batch before it’s distributed, and the company emphasizes supporting women coffee producers. Its goal is to deliver high-quality, transparently sourced coffee and food while expanding its café footprint and wholesale/direct-to-consumer channels to strengthen community hubs.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Not listed
Founded
2012

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