Director of Data Engineering

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San Francisco / $300000 - $350000 annum

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Salary
SALARY:

$300000 - $350000

Location

LOCATION

San Francisco

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Director of Data Engineering

Location: San Francisco or New York (Hybrid)

Compensation: $300-350K base + Equity

A $3B+ Series E SaaS company at the forefront of AI-powered enterprise transformation is looking for a Director of Data Engineering to scale its Data Platform and Analytics Engineering functions. This is a rare opportunity to lead the next phase of data infrastructure, powering everything from LLM-based product experiences to executive analytics and real-time experimentation.

What You'll Lead:

  • Data Platform Strategy: Define the roadmap for scalable, cloud-native infrastructure-streaming, compute, and storage-including technologies like Apache Iceberg, Kafka, and Snowflake.
  • Team & Technical Leadership: Grow and mentor a high-performing data engineering team (2 → 10+), setting engineering standards and fostering technical excellence.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with ML, Security, Legal, and Product teams to enable AI/ML platforms, telemetry pipelines, and governance at scale.
  • Systems at Scale: Architect robust, real-time pipelines and petabyte-scale infrastructure with streaming pre-aggregations, observability, and cost efficiency.
  • Operational Maturity: Drive platform reliability and compliance-readiness as the company prepares for IPO-implementing best practices in governance, testing, and infrastructure as code.

What We're Looking For

  • 10+ years in data engineering, with 5+ years of engineering leadership
  • Deep experience scaling data platforms in high-growth SaaS, infrastructure or AI-first environments
  • Expert in Kafka, Apache Iceberg, Snowflake, dbt, and cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP)
  • Proven success supporting ML/AI platforms and structured/unstructured data needs
  • Strong track record of partnering with legal and compliance to build IPO-ready systems
  • A collaborative, technical leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-impact settings

Why This Role

  • Lead the data engineering charter at one of the most innovative companies in enterprise AI
  • Own systems that power product analytics, experimentation, personalization, and LLM workloads
  • Work side-by-side with the C-suite and play a pivotal role in company-scale transformation

CONTACT

Joshua Poore

Associate Director

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