Senior Director, Data & Integrations Engineering

Role Description

Cedar is at a meaningful inflection point. We're building a new enterprise data foundation to power the next generation of AI-driven products and client-facing analytics while simultaneously expanding our integration footprint to support new product lines and go-to-market motions. The complexity is real, the stakes are high, and the environment is dynamic.

This role comes with challenges to navigate. These teams sit at the intersection of client delivery, platform evolution, and operational reliability, which means ad-hoc demands land here regularly and the roadmap can evolve mid-flight. You're not walking into a well-oiled machine; you're walking into an opportunity to build one. A big part of this role is establishing the processes, relationships, and stakeholder alignment that reduce that thrash over time, working closely with internal partners and customers to create more predictability for your teams. The right person for this role doesn't just tolerate the current environment; they see it clearly, stay steady within it, and consistently work to improve it.

As Sr. Director of Data & Integrations Engineering, you'll report directly to the CTO and head an organization of ~35 engineers across three teams:

• Data Engineering
• Integration Engineering
• Integration Support Engineering

Your job is to make the whole machine run: deliver with consistency, develop your people, reduce the organizational thrash that slows everyone down, and ensure the operational quality that our clients, partners, and internal teams depend on.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering or technical implementation, with meaningful time in data-intensive, integration-heavy, or platform domains.
• 8+ years in engineering leadership, including 4+ years managing managers, ideally with direct experience overseeing an org of 30+ engineers.
• Solid technical grounding in integration systems and data.
• High tolerance for ambiguity, with a demonstrated talent for reducing it.
• Operational instincts.
• Effective cross-functional stakeholder management, including executive presence.

Requirements

• Grow an effective layer of engineering managers and help them build high-performing, engaged teams.
• Own the reliability and SLA performance of Cedar's integration systems.
• Partner with the Principal Data Architect to keep Cedar's data platform transition on track.
• Reduce the time and cost of onboarding new clients and enabling new product lines.
• Build the structures that protect your teams from the constant pull of ad-hoc requests and shifting priorities.
• Build effective relationships with Product, Data Science, Commercial, and Delivery Engineering.

Benefits

• Salary/Hourly Rate Range: $280,500 - $330,000
• This role is equity eligible.
• This role offers a competitive benefits and wellness package.
• Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days.
• 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents.
• Diversity initiatives that encourage Cedarians to bring their whole selves to work.
• Competitive pay, equity (for qualifying roles), and health benefits.
• Cedar matches 100% of your 401(k) contributions, up to 3% of your annual compensation.
• Access to hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching, and a team discretionary budget for learning and development resources.