Director of Engineering

Specific Duties include the following:

• Manage a group of Data Engineers in US, India and Nepal and provide technical guidance, mentorship and performance management
• Collaborate with engineering managers, tech leads, cross-functional teams and stakeholders across US, India and Nepal to ensure engineering alignment and architectural principals
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data engineering and software development
• A broad technical understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and data processing platforms/tools (Databricks, Snowflake, Airbyte, DBT)
• Understanding the ecosystem and data lifecycle of data ingestion, transformation, MDM, data decoration and distribution
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation and continuous learning
• Drive innovation and identify opportunities to improve engineering processes
• Collaborate closely with product management and other cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and project priorities
• Oversee the planning, execution and delivery of engineering projects, ensuring the timely and quality completion of the projects
• Monitor and communicate project progress, identify risks and implement mitigation strategies

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science/Engineering
• Demonstrated track record of successfully managing and scaling engineering teams
• Prior experience managing global teams across different time zones
• 7+ years of experience managing software teams
• 3+ years of data engineering
• Go-getter with a self-starter mindset
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving, organization and prioritization skills
• Be able to work in US Eastern hours 3 days a week, flexible to what the business needs at a given time
• Be able to travel to US at least 3 times a year
• Be able to travel to India and Nepal campus at least once per quarter