Starburst is hiring a
Senior Director

Summary

The job is for a Senior Director of Engineering at Starburst, a remote-first company offering a data lake analytics platform. The role involves managing engineering teams in Poland, Israel, and across Europe, aligning them with the mission and roadmap, and delivering technical projects efficiently.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Director or higher experience, managing Engineering Managers across multiple distributed teams in a SaaS environment, ideally a data or infrastructure product such as Starburst
• Solid technical experience, and ideally database or big data domain knowledge
• Strong intrapersonal skills. You are great at getting diverse groups of people to resolve contentious decisions, and you are great at motivating people
• Experience operating in a US-headquartered technology company
• Proven track record of developing high-functioning teams with excellence in delivery and operations due to strong team engagement and great developer experience

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Starburst’s EMEA-based Engineering teams, primarily located in Poland and Israel, but with additional team members across Europe as part of our distributed work environment
• Help to build and develop our EMEA teams, ensuring that they have strong clarity of mission and roadmap, operate effectively to drive significant technical projects, and are staffed for success, regularly achieving high quality, velocity, and predictability
• Mentor and develop Engineering leaders and team members, especially Engineering Managers and Senior technical staff, promoting professional growth, technical excellence, and great engineering culture
• Represent the EMEA Engineering organization, helping it integrate well into the larger global Engineering organization, cultural norms, and ways of working, while maintaining a strong local culture and EMEA team identity. Develop and implement processes to address regional challenges such as timezone differences, work style variations, cultural and language diversity, and communication styles
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization, including senior Engineering leadership, our CTO group, and Product Management leadership, ensuring that our EMEA technical leadership is strongly integrated and aligned with our product and technical strategy and delivery operations

Preferred Qualifications

Ideally located in Poland, but at a minimum conveniently able to travel for regular visits. Polish language skills are a plus

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and attractive stock grants
• Remote-friendly work options
• Flexible paid time off