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Director of Data Engineering

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Sat, Sep 12, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

Leading a team of approximately 10 engineers and QA professionals, the full-time remote Director of Data Engineering will oversee the enterprise data platform's lifecycle, manage architectural strategies, and ensure data infrastructure aligns with operational and strategic goals.

Key responsibilities
  • Lead, mentor, and develop the data engineering and QA team, focusing on performance management and capacity planning
  • Own the architectural vision and platform evolution roadmap for the enterprise data platform, ensuring scalability and compliance
  • Oversee the design and maintenance of production ETL pipelines, ensuring high reliability and performance across data processing operations
Required qualifications
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field; experience may substitute for education
  • 6+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering or data architecture roles
  • 3+ years of direct people management experience leading technical teams
  • Expert-level SQL proficiency and working knowledge of Python for data engineering
  • Experience with cloud data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift) at enterprise scale

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