Director of Engineering

The Opportunity at Altana

This role will be responsible for managing and optimizing the underlying data, engineering, and infrastructure supporting Altana’s primary product, the Atlas. Reporting directly to the VP of Engineering, you will lead several teams of talented engineers and data scientists responsible for building the core knowledge graph platform, partner integrations and patterns necessary to power the most comprehensive supply chain understanding in the world.

Your Responsibilities

• Grow, direct and manage a multi-functional team of software engineers, data engineers, and ML engineers
• Design the organization, process, and tools to achieve the overall goals
• Engage in partnership integration discussions, lead technical design discussions, and product integrations to help expand Altana’s business offerings
• Build both a functional production environment, and foster the environment of experimentation and collaboration to push the boundaries of insight capable on top of the supply chain
• Lead the design, development, and testing of data applications, services, interfaces, ETL processes, reporting, and other workflow initiatives.
• Partner with our Founders, CTO, and VP of Machine Learning to design and drive the integration of AI and ML algorithms and methodologies into our platform.
• Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture to support the efficient processing of data.
• Build, scale, and develop a high-functioning platform engineering team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, problem-solving, and collaboration

About You

• Experience building, leading, and developing best-in-class engineering teams, especially in rapidly scaling environment, and have led or been part of a rapidly scaling organization
• 10+ years of real-world experience developing or managing complex engineering systems
• Track record of success tackling large-scale data engineering, data optimization, and data architecture challenges, particularly in fast-paced ML/AI-enabled products and services
• Conversant in knowledge graphs, federated learning systems, graph algorithms, deep learning, and network analysis.
• Experience with large scale data processing systems such as spark, dask/ray, hadoop, etc.
• A hands-on leader who leads from the front, and is willing to help the team deliver
• Strong sense of shared ownership and a collaborative disposition
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to navigate up and down the conceptual stack from customer needs to data storage optimizations
• You don’t hesitate to go to the dentist during the work day, but you’re also the person that’s on your laptop working on the team’s hardest problems to relax
• Not required, but a plus if you've worked with supply chain data, company data, have familiarity with B2B economic modeling

US Salary Range and Benefits

$180,000 - $231,000 USD

The salary range, to the extent specified for this role, is a good faith statement of the minimum and maximum levels of the annual based salary for the position.  The base salary offered to a successful candidate will depend on a wide range of compensation factors, including, but not limited to, work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Altana's total compensation package. Altana also offers either a discretionary bonus or a variable compensation plan depending on the role. Additionally, Altana offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

• Flexible Time Off: Altana operates with a Flexible Time Off (FTO) policy that gives you agency over your own time off so you can maximize your work-life balance.
• Parental Leave: We offer industry leading Paid Parental Leave (PPL), providing 14 weeks of leave for non-birthing, adoptive, and foster parents and up to 26 weeks of leave for birthing parents, all paid at 100% of your base salary.
• Health Benefits: We have a full suite of medical, vision, and dental benefits with generous employer contributions, designed to give you flexibility and choice for your individual health situation. Our high deductible health plan is 100% employer paid for employees and supplemented with an employer contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA). There is also a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) option.
• Supplemental Benefits: Altana provides life, short- and long-term disability, and AD&D insurance coverage, all at no cost to you, so you know that you and your loved ones are covered in case of an emergency.
• 401(k) Savings: Save for and invest in your future using our Guideline 401(k) retirement savings program.
• Commuter Benefits: Save money on your commute by setting aside pre-tax funds for public transit or parking!
• Wellness: Because we value mental and emotional health, every Altana employee has access to a free premium subscription to Calm, the #1 app for meditation, sleep, and mindfulness.
• Pet Insurance: Pets are family too! Keep them healthy with Wishbone insurance and / or our Total Pet vet service and telehealth discount plan.
• Employee Assistance Program: Free access to confidential personal support.
• Dependent Care FSA: You will have access to a Dependent Care FSA, which allows you to set aside pre-tax funds for childcare expenses

The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.