Director of Engineering Operations

Kentik has a rapidly growing engineering team and is looking for an Engineering Operations Director to help architect and drive organizational strategies that will serve as a foundation for our growth. In the role, you will report directly to the VP of Engineering and facilitate efforts between engineering managers and teams, as well as interface with other departments within the company on cross-functional projects. 

What you'll bring

Studies have shown that some candidates tend to apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We encourage you to apply if you meet most of the criteria - even if you don’t match all of the qualifications, your skills and experience could be valuable in this role!

• 3+ years of engineering organizational/leadership experience focused on strategic organizational initiatives, ideally at a SaaS B2B company
• 7+ years of engineering experience
• Exceptional leadership and management skills, with the ability to develop and communicate a vision that inspires and motivates staff
• Experience with organizational change management and transformation
• Experience in an Agile and Waterfall development environment
• Effective influencing and negotiation skills in an environment in which resources may not be under your direct control
• Strong analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning, and execution skills
• Data visualization creation experience

Nice to haves:

• Experience with engineering practices at mid-to-late stage startups
• Operational Excellence or Center of Excellence team leadership experience
  

Our tech stack

• Our core data engine and platform are primarily written in Go
• We use Node.js + Express for application serving, and React as our primary UI framework
• We also use some JS and Python for tooling/scripting
• In addition to our own database, we use Postgres, Kafka, Mysql, and Redis
• Internal and public APIs expose both rest/json and gRPC endpoints
• Haproxy, Envoy for API traffic routing and balancing
• Github for source control, PRs, issues
• Jenkins for automated builds

What we offer

Kentik is a fully remote company that operates globally. We seek professionals that will help us thrive as an organization, and in turn, to broaden and enhance your career. We’re very thorough in the interview process to understand your skills and how they will relate to your successful growth here at Kentik. Our compensation philosophy encompasses a fair program for all in order to attract, engage and retain talented individuals who will drive our business and wow our customers.

The compensation range for this position is: $155,000 - $250,000. This range reflects the low and high end of the U.S. compensation range Kentik reasonably and generally expects to pay the hired candidate in this role. The actual compensation offered may be lower or higher than the stated range depending on various factors, including but not limited to:

• Experience with the skill sets required for success
• Demonstrated competencies and potential 
• A geographic market-based approach

In addition to a great career opportunity, Kentik offers stellar benefits for our employees, which include:

• 100% of premiums are paid by company for health, vision and dental coverage for you and your dependents
• Additionally, an annual Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) of $3,000 for an individual or $4,500 for a family
• Paid family & medical leave 
• Open PTO, a quarterly Wellness Day, and a minimum of 10 paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement account
• Home office reimbursement 
• Stock options

Note: Benefits are as listed for all US full-time employees. For compensation, international applicants will be treated equitably in relation to the laws applicable within the countries in which we operate.