Data Engineering Lead - Senior Vice President
Company websiteicapital.com (iCapital, opens in new tab)
Base salary $200K to $250K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in New York, NY
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- LocationNew York, NY
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (2 h ago) · observed since
About this job
About the Role
iCapital is looking to hire a Data Engineering Senior Vice President, to lead the evolution of the enterprise data platform that powers AI, automation, analytics, and data-driven decision making across the firm while positioning proprietary data as a strategic business asset. This role is responsible for defining and executing the architectural vision, roadmap, and operating model for a modern, AI-ready data ecosystem built on a strong foundation of cloud technologies and established engineering capabilities. The position will provide leadership across platform architecture, engineering standards, and cross-functional alignment while overseeing the development of scalable data products, semantic layer capabilities, and future AI enablement initiatives. Partnering closely with an engaged executive steering committee, this individual will play a critical role in shaping how data supports the firm's long-term growth and innovation strategy.
Responsibilities
- Define and own iCapital's enterprise data architecture, including the Snowflake platform, semantic layer, reusable data products, and AI-ready ecosystem.
- Establish standards for data engineering, governance, security, observability, quality, and documentation.
- Own platform reliability, SLAs, DataOps practices, and incident management.
- Lead architectural strategy, tooling decisions, and platform investment recommendations.
- Develop and execute the multi-year Data Engineering roadmap aligned to business and AI priorities.
- Translate enterprise data strategy into prioritized engineering initiatives and platform capabilities.
- Build business cases for platform investments and proactively address technical debt and future scalability needs.
- Partner with business and technology leaders to deliver data products that support enterprise objectives.
- Communicate platform progress, risks, and investment decisions to executive stakeholders.
- Build and lead a high-performing Data Engineering organization and culture.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in data engineering, including 5+ years leading large-scale engineering organizations across multiple functions
- Proven track record designing, building, and operating enterprise-scale cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, or equivalent), including architecture, security, governance, and cost optimization
- Deep expertise establishing data engineering best practices across pipeline design, data quality, observability, data contracts, documentation, and operational support
- Demonstrated success developing multi-year platform strategies, securing investment, prioritizing initiatives, and delivering measurable business outcomes
- Experience partnering with and presenting to executive stakeholders within regulated industries, translating complex technical concepts into business impact
- Hands-on experience with analytics engineering, semantic layer development, and modern data transformation frameworks such as dbt
- Financial services experience within asset management, wealth management, fintech, banking, or insurance, including knowledge of regulated data environments and governance requirements
- Deep expertise in Snowflake architecture, performance optimization, security, and data sharing at enterprise scale
- Knowledge of alternative investments, wealth management, fund administration, or related financial services domains
- Experience building AI- and ML-enabled data platforms, including semantic layers, feature stores, model-serving infrastructure, or LLM-integrated architectures
- Experience with Informatica or comparable enterprise data catalog, metadata management, and MDM platforms
- Proven success scaling data engineering organizations through periods of rapid growth, including organizational design, hiring, and leadership development
Benefits
The base salary range for this role is $200,000 to $250,000. iCapital offers a compensation package which includes salary, equity for all full-time employees, and an annual performance bonus. Employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes an employer matched retirement plan, generously subsidized healthcare with 100% employer paid dental, vision, telemedicine, and virtual mental health counseling, parental leave, and unlimited paid time off (PTO).
We believe the best ideas and innovation happen when we are together. Employees in this role will work in the office Monday-Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday.
For additional information on iCapital, please visit https://www.icapitalnetwork.com/about-us Twitter: @icapitalnetwork | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/icapital-network-inc | Awards Disclaimer: https://www.icapitalnetwork.com/about-us/recognition/
iCapital is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Source: iCapital on Greenhouse · View original posting (opens in new tab)
How this pay compares
Base floor $200,000, above 94% of the 204 Engineering (non-software) roles in New York on this site. The employer's range is $50,000 wide, 25% of the floor. Observed open for 23 days so far (since Oct 16, 2026).
Pay in context
Among 204 Engineering (non-software) roles in New York listed on this site, the median base floor is $120,000 and the middle half runs from $110,000 to $150,000. This role's floor ($200,000) is above 94% of them; 4 others list the same floor.
Base floors of 204 Engineering (non-software) roles in New York
Table
| Floor band | Share | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 52.9% | 108 |
| $125K to $150K | 21.6% | 44 |
| $150K to $175K | 15.2% | 31 |
| $175K to $200K | 4.9% | 10 |
| $200K to $225K | 2.5% | 5 |
| $225K to $250K | 1.5% | 3 |
| $250K to $275K | 1.0% | 2 |
| $275K and up | 0.5% | 1 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Base floor distribution of the cohort
- Formula
- count of cohort postings in each $25K band of published base floor / postings in the cohort
- Denominator
- 204 open postings with this job family in New York
- Sample size
- 204
- Hidden when
- the cohort has fewer than 30 postings
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.
State against nationwide
Median base floor in New York vs nationwide
Table
| Value | postings | |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering (non-software), New York | $120K | 204 |
| Engineering (non-software), all states | $136K | 8,143 |
| This job's base floor (marked) | $200K |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Median floor, state vs nationwide
- Formula
- median published base floor of each cohort
- Denominator
- open postings of this job family
- Sample size
- 204 in New York; 8143 nationwide
- Hidden when
- either cohort has fewer than 30 postings
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
How iCapital pays
6 of iCapital's 120 live roles on this site list a higher base floor and 111 list a lower one. Across them the median floor is $150,000; the middle half runs from $110,000 to $160,000.
Base floors of iCapital's 120 live roles
Table
| Floor band | Share | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 31.7% | 38 |
| $125K to $150K | 15.8% | 19 |
| $150K to $175K | 38.3% | 46 |
| $175K to $200K | 6.7% | 8 |
| $200K to $225K | 4.2% | 5 |
| $225K to $250K | 1.7% | 2 |
| $250K to $275K | 0.0% | 0 |
| $275K and up | 1.7% | 2 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Employer base floor distribution
- Formula
- count of the employer's open roles in each $25K band of published base floor / its open roles
- Denominator
- 120 open public roles at this employer
- Sample size
- 120
- Hidden when
- this employer has fewer than 5 roles
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- current
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Similar pay elsewhere
Other employers' Engineering (non-software) roles in New York with the nearest published base floor to $200,000, one per employer.
- Customer Engineering Lead Rain · base floor $200,000
- Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments Decagon · base floor $200,000
- Estimator - Concrete Tutor Perini · base floor $200,000
- Sr Hardware Development Manager, Embedded and Electrical , Fauna Amazon · base floor $197,700
- Cloud & Digital Assets Platform Engineering Lead Morgan Stanley · base floor $195,000
This listingData Engineering Lead - Senior Vice President$200K to $250K
Senior Strategic Development & Planning - Senior Vice President$200K to $250K
Corporate Development & Strategy - Vice President$200K to $250K
Head of Research and Market Development - Senior Vice President$190K to $215K
Head of Managed Accounts and Model Portfolio Delivery - Senior Vice President$210K to $260K
Sales and Distribution Compliance - Senior Vice President$190K to $225K
Sales and Distribution Compliance - Senior Vice President$190K to $225K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Data Engineering Lead - Senior Vice President (this listing) | $200K - $250K |
| Senior Strategic Development & Planning - Senior Vice President | $200K - $250K |
| Corporate Development & Strategy - Vice President | $200K - $250K |
| Head of Research and Market Development - Senior Vice President | $190K - $215K |
| Head of Managed Accounts and Model Portfolio Delivery - Senior Vice President | $210K - $260K |
| Sales and Distribution Compliance - Senior Vice President | $190K - $225K |
| Sales and Distribution Compliance - Senior Vice President | $190K - $225K |
Observed changes
No changes to the pay or listing since we first observed this role on Oct 16, 2026 (23 days ago).
- First observed on the employer's board, already publishing a qualifying base salary
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-09-15
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: New York, New York, United States
The base salary range for this role is $200,000 to $250,000. iCapital offers a compensation package which includes sala
- Method
- Employer text, read with fixed rules and re-verified
- Checked
- Rule set
- us-base-v2
The pay passage appears in the employer's own job text. Fixed, deterministic rules located it, and the passage below was checked against the stored copy of the posting.
What we verified
- The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
We do not verify what the employer will actually offer, whether the employer is still recruiting for the role, or anything beyond what the employer published. Full methodology.