Director, Data Engineering

Summary

Join Headspace as the Director, Data Engineering and lead the growth and guidance of the Data Engineering function. You will build the data infrastructure to support the company's growth, leading a team of engineers and spearheading data strategy and architecture. Ensure best practices for data governance and privacy while partnering with senior technical leaders. This hands-on role requires expertise in big data technologies and managing data engineers. You will be at the leading edge of the AI revolution and have meaningful opportunities to profoundly impact the future of mental health care for our 70 million users. The role is US-remote.

Requirements

• 8-10+ years of hands-on experience in big data technologies, with Staff Engineer+ skills in pySpark, dbt, and Databricks
• 5+ years directly managing Data or Analytic Engineers
• Experience designing and implementing performant, flexible data architectures, including testing, observability, and data quality alerting
• Experience with code reviews of other team members to ensure engineering quality
• Experience developing solutions that meet HIPAA (or other PII/PCI) requirements, including data anonymization
• Experience partnering with product leaders to improve instrumentation and A/B testing capabilities
• Track record of technical and functional stakeholder management, including an ability to distill complexity for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience building and executing on cross-functional roadmaps, building OKRs and milestones
• BS degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other STEM major (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Lead, attract, and grow stellar technical talent as we continue to invest in Data and AI
• Develop and drive strategic roadmaps for scalable data architecture, ELT, and data pipelines
• Directly manage data engineers and contractors with a wide range of experience levels
• Partner with our CISO to ensure compliance with HIPPA and privacy standards
• Distill complexity for technical and non-technical audiences
• Build cross-functional relationships with other technology leaders
• Effectively prioritize tradeoffs between reducing tech debt and developing innovative data products
• Explore new technologies to support the future state of our business
• Model tenacity and resilience in the day to day

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a technical leader with a track record of delivering results and making progress in a fast changing, ambiguous problem space
• Ability to articulate, influence, and drive changes across multiple teams and levels of stakeholders

Benefits

• Base salary, stock awards, comprehensive healthcare coverage, monthly wellness stipend, retirement savings match, lifetime Headspace membership, unlimited, free mental health coaching, generous parental leave
• Paid performance incentives are also included for those in eligible roles