Director, Data Engineering – Business Applications

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🏈 Ohio, Texas – Remote

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PEAK6

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1001 - 5000 employees

💳 Fintech

📚 Education

Fintech • Investment • Education

PEAK6 is an innovative investment firm headquartered in Austin, Texas, with a global presence that includes a diverse portfolio of businesses. The company operates outside traditional investment practices, focusing on capturing unique opportunities and leveraging technology to enhance performance. PEAK6 encompasses various entities, including capital management, fintech solutions, and education initiatives, aiming to simplify processes, democratize financial access, and empower consumers. With over 25 years in the industry, PEAK6 strategically invests in transformative ideas, ensuring flexibility in the dynamic financial landscape.

📋 Description

• Define and execute the strategic roadmap for FOCUS’s enterprise data engineering platform, including data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, data lakes, data warehouses, and integration frameworks • Establish architectural standards for data ingestion, transformation, storage, and access that support analytics, reporting, and AI/ML use cases • Partner with business and technology leaders to prioritize data platform investments and ensure alignment with enterprise strategy and regulatory requirements • Provide executive-level reporting on platform health, data quality, and delivery outcomes • Own the lifecycle management of FOCUS’s business application portfolio, including policy administration, agency management, billing, claims, and document management systems • Oversee vendor relationships, licensing, contract renewals, and SLA performance for all business applications • Lead application rationalization, modernization, and integration efforts to improve operational efficiency and reduce technical debt • Partner with business stakeholders to evaluate new application capabilities and drive adoption of technology solutions that improve productivity and support FOCUS’s growth strategy • Lead, grow, and develop a high-performing team of data engineers, integration developers, and business application specialists • Drive talent strategy, succession planning, performance management, and professional development across the function • Establish engineering standards, development practices, and operational KPIs for the team • Directly manages Data Engineering team leads/managers and Business Applications managers, and may directly manage senior individual contributors (e.g., Principal Data Engineers, Senior Application Analysts)

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field required • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or Business Administration (MBA) strongly preferred • Minimum of 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or enterprise application management, with at least 4 years in a senior leadership role managing technical teams • Demonstrated experience designing and operating large-scale data platforms using modern cloud technologies (e.g., Azure, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks) within the insurance, financial services, or other highly regulated industries strongly preferred • Proven track record of managing enterprise business application portfolios (e.g., policy administration, agency management, billing, or claims systems) and leading application modernization or migration initiatives • Experience building and developing high-performing engineering teams, including hiring and growing senior individual contributors and team leads • Experience engaging with and presenting to executive and C-suite stakeholders on technology strategy, platform investments, and delivery outcomes.

🏖️ Benefits

• healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP) • competitive PTO • 401k match • parental leave • HSA contribution match • paid subscription to the Calm app • generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits • ability to work remotely up to two days a week