Director of Data Engineering (Remote USA)

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Requirements:

• Strong experience leading/managing a team of software engineers to develop applications
• Ability to work closely with other leaders to scale our technology and the Engineering organization
• Ability to work closely with key internal stakeholders to develop and manage the engineering roadmap
• Ability to drive technical projects and planning
• Strong communication skills; able to disseminate information across the organization and have strategic influence
• A minimum of 7 years’ experience developing production-grade systems
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience managing developers and DevOps teams

Responsibilities:

• Define and enforce IT policies related to cloud security, software development and DevOps best practices to ensure scalable and secure systems
• Provide strategic support and challenge decisions through thought-provoking questions.
• Understand data governance; create and maintain policies and procedures while implementing data management systems and ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Simplify complex problems to make them manageable for the organization
• Drive organizational change effectively
• Foster strong cross-functional communication and collaboration
• Lead software engineering teams in cloud-native environments, particularly Microsoft Azure
• Drive the adoption of cloud best practices, microservices, and scalable architecture
• Establish coding standards, best practices, and governance policies to ensure maintainable, scalable, and secure software solutions.
• Cloud Optimization – Ensure efficient use of Azure services while optimizing performance, scalability, and cost.
• Effectively manage remote engineers
• Provide technical and organizational leadership across the engineering team
• Coach/mentor team members to encourage professional and career growth