Director, Engineering (Data & Insights)

Director, Engineering (Data & Insights)

This is an exciting leadership opportunity for an experienced engineering executive passionate about building scalable, data-driven SaaS solutions in a fast-paced e-commerce environment. In this role, you will lead multiple engineering teams focused on data platforms, analytics infrastructure, and insights products that directly influence business growth and customer success. You'll play a strategic role in shaping long-term technical vision while fostering a high-performing, AI-first engineering culture centered on innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence. Working cross-functionally with product, operations, and executive stakeholders, you will drive large-scale technical initiatives and ensure the delivery of reliable, scalable systems. This position offers the chance to influence organizational strategy, mentor engineering leaders, and help advance cutting-edge technologies in cloud infrastructure, data engineering, and AI-powered solutions. It's an ideal opportunity for a collaborative and forward-thinking leader who thrives in dynamic, high-growth environments.

Accountabilities:

• Lead and oversee multiple engineering teams responsible for data platforms, analytics systems, and scalable SaaS solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical strategy.
• Build, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering managers and senior technical talent while fostering an inclusive and collaborative engineering culture.
• Define and communicate long-term architectural and platform strategies, partnering with executive leadership to translate business priorities into actionable engineering roadmaps.
• Drive operational excellence through continuous improvement of development processes, agile methodologies, CI/CD practices, automated testing, and DevOps principles.
• Collaborate closely with product, operations, and cross-functional stakeholders to prioritize initiatives, allocate resources effectively, and ensure successful delivery of projects.
• Oversee large-scale distributed systems, data warehouse architectures, ETL/ELT pipelines, and real-time data processing solutions across cloud environments.
• Promote strong ownership of data quality, governance, scalability, and fault tolerance while ensuring engineering teams proactively solve production challenges.
• Manage engineering budgets, technical planning, and stakeholder communication while providing visibility into progress, risks, and outcomes.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of software development experience within SaaS environments, including leadership of multiple engineering teams and large-scale technical initiatives.
• Strong expertise in AWS data services, SQL at scale, data warehouse design, ETL/ELT pipelines, and modern data lake architectures.
• Experience working with streaming or near-real-time data technologies such as Kafka, Kinesis, or similar platforms.
• Proven ability to lead engineering organizations in fast-paced, high-growth industries while delivering scalable, fault-tolerant applications.
• Strong understanding of agile development methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban, along with CI/CD and DevOps best practices.
• Experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve productivity, communication, analysis, and engineering workflows.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align technical initiatives to business outcomes.
• Familiarity with distributed systems, analytics platforms, BI tools, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Preferred experience with Databricks, SQL Server, self-service analytics platforms, e-commerce technologies, and AI/LLM-powered data solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field preferred.

Benefits:

• Competitive base salary ranging from $175,000 to $328,000 annually
• Discretionary annual bonus opportunity (target bonus of 15%)
• Remote-first work environment with flexible work-life balance
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on Day 1
• Company-sponsored HSA contributions
• 6% 401(k) employer match
• Generous paid time off package, including wellness days, floating holidays, sick leave, and volunteer time
• Paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers
• Monthly remote work stipend
• Tuition assistance and ongoing career development opportunities
• Wellness resources including Employee Assistance Program and Calm app access
• Pet insurance, legal assistance, identity theft protection, and life insurance
• Collaborative, inclusive culture with team-building activities and growth opportunities