About Upshop: 

Upshop is the foremost provider of a SaaS platform designed to streamline forecasting, ordering, production, and inventory optimization processes for food retailers. Its unified platform simplifies and enhances associate tasks, promoting smarter and more interconnected operations across Fresh, Center, DSD, and eCommerce departments. With over 450+ retailers and 50,000+ stores relying on its mission-critical operations platform globally, customers have witnessed substantial enhancements in sales, shrinkage reduction, food safety, and sustainability throughout their stores.  

At Upshop, we believe that great businesses are built by great people. Our People function is at the heart of our company’s growth, ensuring we attract, develop, and retain A Players who drive our mission forward.  

Our Values:

• Extremely Accountable
• Customer Obsessed
• Always Innovating
• Demand Excellence
• Biased for Action

Data Engineering Manager

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineering Manager to lead the technical evolution of our Databricks Lakehouse. You will be responsible for the architecture, scaling, and reliability of our data products, ensuring that the platform provides high-quality, actionable data for retail and supply chain analytics. This is a leadership role that requires a balance of advanced systems design and hands-on operational rigor.

Key Responsibilities

🔹 Architecture & Platform Ownership

• Lakehouse Strategy: Own the end-to-end design and optimization of the Databricks Lakehouse architecture, leveraging Unity Catalog and Delta Lake for multi-tenant isolation.
• Scalable Ingestion: Drive multi-tenant ingestion strategies from Azure Table Storage, Cosmos DB, and APIs, focusing on watermark logic and idempotent pipelines.
• Framework Development: Lead the evolution of in-house PySpark-based ETL frameworks to support complex transformations and downstream consumption.

🔹 Operational Excellence & Data Observability

• Data Quality Validation: Implement comprehensive data validation frameworks and automated checks to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency across the Lakehouse.
• Observability & Monitoring: Drive the strategy for end-to-end data observability, using monitoring and alerting to proactively identify pipeline drifts or failures before they impact stakeholders.
• FinOps & Performance: Improve cost transparency through DBU tracking and compute profiling (Serverless vs. Classic); drive performance tuning via clustering and partitioning strategies.

🔹 DevOps & Technical Governance

• Deployment Integrity: Oversee CI/CD pipelines and Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs) to maintain parity between UAT and Production environments.
• Governance Standards: Implement version control, rollback strategies, and deployment governance to ensure a stable and auditable production environment.

🔹 Cross-Functional Leadership

• Strategic Partner: Partner with BI, Data Science, and Product teams to bridge business requirements into scalable, production-grade data solutions.
• Team Growth: Mentor and lead a distributed team of engineers, focusing on high-velocity delivery and technical excellence.
• Tenant Logic: Support customer onboarding by designing tenant-specific transformation logic that scales without increasing architectural complexity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Data Engineering; 3+ years in a leadership/management role.
• Expert in Workflows, Unity Catalog, and Delta Lake.
• Deep proficiency in PySpark, SQL, and Azure Data ecosystem (Storage, Cosmos DB).
• Proven experience managing multi-tenant or enterprise-scale platforms.
• Strong background in CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and Data Modeling.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with retail or supply chain data forecasting.
• Expertise in optimizing serverless compute environments.
• Experience maintaining production SLAs for customer-facing data dependencies.

Company Overview 

Asset Living is a third-party management firm with a proven partner in fostering thriving communities nationwide. Founded in 1986, Asset Living has decades of experience delivering exceptional value to our partners. Since the beginning, our undeniable passion has driven our organic growth from a small property management firm to one of the most trusted allies in real estate. Asset Living's growing portfolio includes a multitude of properties across the country that span the multifamily, single-family home rentals, affordable housing, build-to-rent, active adult, and student housing divisions.   

Asset Living is a fast-growing company made up of talented individuals from diverse backgrounds that differentiate us and help us drive innovation and results for our clients and communities across the US. At Asset Living, we wholeheartedly believe 'Together We Lead, Together We Succeed. We empower each other to lead by example, collaborate, and evolve – inspired by our belief that we can continually improve as individuals and as an organization. Together, we create an environment where every voice is heard, every idea is valued, and every individual experiences opportunities to grow as our company grows. When you join Asset Living, you become part of a dynamic team that thrives on unity, unique talents, and a universal culture of winning.    

Recognized as one of the nation's Best and Brightest Places to Work and ranked in the NMHC top 50 professionals, join Asset Living because of its reputation as the most trusted partner in real estate, workplace culture, and growth opportunities. Asset Living is a member of The Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) and is recognized as an Accredited Management Organization (AMO). Together, we lead the way, and together, we achieve excellence in all that we do. Join a workplace where success is a collective journey and leadership is a shared responsibility.   

Regional Vice President, Affordable Housing Operations

The Regional Vice President (RVP) of Affordable Housing Operations oversees a portfolio of residential properties by leading and supporting Regional Managers and their teams. This senior leadership role is responsible for driving operational success, ensuring client satisfaction, and building strong internal teams. The RVP serves as a key liaison between executive leadership, clients, and on-site operations, helping shape and execute company strategies across their region.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Affordable Housing

• Ensure compliance with all Equal Housing Opportunity/Affirmative Fair Housing laws.
• Ensure proper LIHTC and/or Section 8 policies and procedures are followed. 
• Monitor LIHTC Application and Annual Recertification processes. 
• Regulatory Compliance – Ensures compliance with regulatory and funding requirements, contracts, and reporting 
• Conduct files reviews, physical inspections, and interacts with regulatory agencies. 
• Conduct semi-annual inspections as required. 

Leadership & People Development

• Manage and support Regional Managers by setting clear goals, offering strategic guidance, and promoting professional development.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and performance across the region.
• Identify, attract, and develop top talent; promote internal growth through mentoring and succession planning.
• Encourage training completion and continuous learning throughout all levels of the team.

Client & Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain strong relationships with ownership groups by understanding their goals and delivering value-added solutions.
• Support new business opportunities through client engagement and by identifying potential acquisitions or service expansions.
• Lead regional business reviews and represent the company in client meetings, industry events, and executive briefings.

Operational Oversight

• Oversee day-to-day operations and financial performance of the regional portfolio.
• Support Regional Managers in developing budgets, reviewing capital projects, and resolving operational issues.
• Identify areas for improvement, implement process enhancements, and ensure consistent execution of company standards.
• Leverage technology and best practices to improve service delivery and operating efficiency.

Communication & Problem-Solving

• Adjust communication style based on the audience—whether internal teams, clients, or leadership.
• Provide clear, proactive updates on business performance, challenges, and progress.
• Lead regional problem-solving initiatives and foster a collaborative approach to decision-making.
• Represent the organization in a professional and confident manner in all interactions, including public speaking and client engagements.

Customer & Brand Experience

• Promote excellent customer service standards for both residents and clients.
• Support innovation in services, vendors, and systems to improve property performance and enhance the client and resident experience.
• Serve as a brand ambassador by engaging with local industry associations and building strong community relationships.

Travel

• This position entails travel, estimated at 25-50% of work time annually. Travel may be required for property visits, conferences, training sessions, or other business-related activities.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; relevant experience in property management operations will be considered in place of formal education.
• Experience working as a Regional Manager in Multifamily Affordable Housing operations required, with a strong understanding of site-level operations, client engagement, and regional leadership.
• Demonstrated success in managing teams, supporting operational performance, and fostering client satisfaction across multiple properties.
• Familiarity with budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes.
• Industry certifications such as CAM, CAPS, CPM, HCCP, COS, TCS or other are a plus.

This job description should not be considered all-inclusive. It is merely a guide of expected duties. The employee understands that the job description is neither complete nor permanent and may be modified at any time. At the request of their supervisor, an employee may be asked to perform additional duties or take on additional responsibilities without notice. This is a safety-sensitive position and may be subject to additional compliance requirements.