Director of Data & Platform Engineering

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Accrete is looking for a Director of Data and Platform, responsible for leading the Data and Platform group. Accrete's Data and Platform Engineering team architects, builds, manages, and is otherwise responsible for all of Accrete's data storage, data workflows and pipelines, artificial intelligence, and machine learning implementations, infrastructure as a service offering, continuous integration, and continuous deployment processes. Reporting to the Head of Engineering, the Director of Data and Platform Engineering will work closely with senior leaders of Accrete's Knowledge, Product Management, Finance, and Information Security departments, as well as with technical leads and architects from across Engineering.

Accrete is an AI prime defense contractor with the U.S. government that creates AI software, enabling its customers to make better decisions, faster. Accrete is on a mission to create AI so powerful it amplifies human reasoning and enables enterprises to grow in previously unimaginable ways. Prior to launching Accrete in 2017, Prashant Bhuyan, Accrete's Founder and CEO, spent over a decade in high-frequency trading where he and a core team experimented with and developed AI technology that ultimately became the early underpinnings of Accrete.

Accrete's solutions enable the Department of Defense to predict covert behavior from foreign adversaries seeking to influence the supply chain; the U.S. Air Force to identify vulnerabilities in microprocessor firmware; major music labels to identify superstars before competitors; auto dealers to automatically generate marketing content from vehicle feature lists; employee benefits brokers to identify the shortest path to the hottest leads; and more.

To learn more about Accrete, please visit our website: Accrete.ai

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of highly-talented Platform Engineers, supporting Accrete cloud operations, continuous integration and deployment, development operations, and infrastructure-as-a-service
• Lead a team of highly-talented Data Engineers, supporting Accrete data workflows, including batch processing, streaming analytics, data warehousing, graph analytics, artificial intelligence deployment
• Develop and execute a strategic direction for the Platform Engineering and Data Engineering teams as relates to the Accrete company strategy
• Champion Platform Engineering and Data Engineering interests at the executive level
• Dive into code on an as-needed basis to support the team with hands-on delivery

Requirements

• 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data engineering
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in big data, using technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Kafka or equivalent
• 5+ years people management experience, including 3+ years of experience managing multiple teams
• Expertise with data-oriented programming languages such as Python, Scala, Clojure, Julia or similar
• Experience with continuous integration and deployment best practices
• Knowledge of contemporary best practices for infrastructure-as-code for cloud-native deployments using Docker, k8s, and related technologies
• Excellent communication skills to relate to employees at all levels of the organization
• Enthusiasm, energy, and optimism about the future of artificial intelligence and the desire to build incredible AI products

The base salary range for this position is: $220,000 - $240,000 USD

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary, benefits package, and opportunities for growth and advancement within the company. If you are an innovative and results-driven leader, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Accrete is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.