Director, Engineering

February 21

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dbt Labs

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The creators and maintainers of dbt

analytics • data engineering • data science

51 - 200

Description

• Report directly to the CTO, and manage multiple teams of software engineers with broad responsibilities across multiple products and technologies. • Collaborate with product management on vision and strategy for core workflows for data practitioners, aligned with customer goals and business needs. • Ensure technical excellence across the entire organization, including architecture, tech debt management, tooling, quality, reliability, and overall velocity. • Build strong relationships with peers in product management and customer facing teams in our go to market organization. • Effectively communicate vision and progress to stakeholders around the company. • Guide recruiting for your group through the lens of long-term vision. • Partner with People leadership to track progress and evolve our program and capabilities. • Develop your organization through technical guidance, coaching, mentoring, hiring, and rolling up your sleeves when you find gaps. • Champion our values and our mission.

Requirements

• Experience managing managers, groups of 25+ engineers, and coordinating delivery of projects across multiple teams. • Background and deep interest technology. We need this leader to lead and bond with all the engineers on their team and also have the technical depth to gain the respect of and lead our most senior engineers. • Demonstrated ability to work across a team of engineering managers and directors in a collaborative fashion to share resources and collectively drive quality and operational excellence. • Desire to work with our GTM teams and product management to understand how our products are delighting and disappointing customers. • Willingness to get into details, and the experience to know when your managers should solve problems independently. • Desire to bring data to bear to solve problems, and use data to prove out our assumptions. • Strong written and verbal communication skills. We prefer an open, collaborative communication style. • You optimize for long-term value, with a pragmatic point of view on bringing near-term solutions when business goals require. • You thrive in fast-paced and rapidly changing startup environments.

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation (and yes we use it!) • 401k w/3% guaranteed contribution • Excellent healthcare • Paid Parental Leave • Wellness stipend • Home office stipend, and more!