Director, Engineering – Data & Insights

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Supervise and lead multiple software engineering teams, ensuring their efficiency and alignment with organizational goals.

• Offer guidance and career advancement opportunities to engineering managers and senior engineers, aiding their leadership development.

• Spearhead the recruitment, hiring, and retention of top engineering talent to build high-performing, diverse teams that work collaboratively.

• Cultivate an environment where teams take pride and ownership in their products and Rithum overall. Create and sustain a positive, inclusive, and innovative engineering culture that reflects company values and fosters teamwork, diversity, and collaboration.

• Promote a proactive attitude towards responsibility (identifying issues before they reach the client), and instill a sense of ownership and urgency in swiftly resolving client-related production issues. Build a culture where individuals not only highlight problems but also contribute to the solutions.

• Formulate and articulate the long-term technical vision and strategy that aligns with the business objectives of the company. Collaborate with C-level executives to translate business requirements into actionable engineering plans.

• Partner with product management to develop and prioritize the engineering roadmap, ensuring effective resource allocation to meet project deadlines and business objectives.

• Plan and oversee the engineering budget, ensuring the efficient use of resources while balancing project demands and cost limitations.

• Ensure that your team is educated, aware of, and adheres to Rithum's software development processes and standards, including Scrum agile development, automated testing, internationalization, usability, scalability, and service-oriented architecture initiatives.

• Continuously evaluate and refine development processes to enhance efficiency, minimize bottlenecks, and improve collaboration between engineering and other teams.

• Supervise the design and development of sophisticated software solutions that scale across hundreds of servers and meet stringent fault tolerance standards.

• Regularly update the executive team on progress, technical challenges, and project results, providing insights that inform broader business strategies.

• Ensure alignment among all stakeholders, including product, operations, and business leaders, regarding technical initiatives and effectively manage expectations.

• Engage with key clients, partners, and external stakeholders as needed, offering technical insights and ensuring the seamless delivery of software products.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in software development within the SaaS industry.

• Experience with AWS data services.

• Strong SQL skills at scale with columnar/analytical query engines (Redshift, BigQuery, or similar).

• Proficiency in data warehouse design and ETL/ELT pipeline architecture.

• Familiarity with data lake patterns.

• Understanding of streaming or near-real-time data patterns (Kafka, Kinesis, or equivalent).

• Demonstrated accountability for data quality, governance, and schema management.

• Proven track record in building and maintaining engaged, high-performing software development teams.

• Experience managing the complete software development lifecycle of SaaS applications at scale.

• Evidence of successfully navigating a fast-paced, dynamic industry (such as e-commerce) and delivering products that capture market share.

• Experience utilizing AI tools (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, etc.) to enhance and expedite outcomes, including but not limited to communication drafting, data analysis, prompt engineering, and documentation.

• Exceptional proficiency in written and spoken English.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits: Affordable healthcare plans and company HSA contributions, starting on Day 1.

• A 6% 401(k) match.

• Competitive time off package including 20 days of Paid Time Off, 9 Company-Paid holidays, 2 paid floating holidays, 7 paid sick days, 2 Wellness days, and 1 Paid Volunteer Day; at 3 years of service, PTO increases to 22 days, and at 5 years, it increases to 25 days.

• 12 weeks of primary caregiver leave and 4 weeks of secondary caregiver leave.

• Accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.

• Pet insurance.

• Legal assistance and identity theft insurance plans.

• Life insurance equal to 2x salary.

• Access to the Calm app and the Employee Assistance Program.

• $65/month remote work stipend for internet.

• Culture and team-building activities.

• Tuition assistance.

• Career development opportunities.

• Charitable contribution matching up to $250 per year.