Director of Engineering, Data and Data Science
We are looking for a Director of Engineering to join us leading our Data and Data Science teams. We help over 40 million monthly visitors save money and discover great deals at their favorite retailers. The Data and Data Science teams are critical to delivering this experience.
The Data Team handles the datasets, services, tools, platforms, and APIs that solve challenging problems and democratize access to data across the company. Our infrastructure ingests over 100GB per day of click stream and transactional events to build billion-row terabyte-scale datasets. We use technologies such as AWS Lambda, Kinesis, ElasticSearch, Redshift, RDS, EMR, AWS Batch, Elastic Beanstalk, Cloud Formation, Docker, Python, and Java to build our data infrastructure.
The Data Science team is responsible for applying data science using our massive datasets to deliver more savings opportunities to consumers and more value for our retail partners. They collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of data scientists, software engineers, data engineers, business analysts, product managers, and other internal customers to find the best opportunities to apply data science in RetailMeNot's business.
Who You Are
- You are an engineering leader that loves data and is eager to lead your team to use data to its fullest.
- You are a technologist and have hands-on experience building data solutions at web scale
- You're a leader who cares about your team members and invests in their growth.
- You have a bachelor’s degree in computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, or related quantitative field or equivalent self-study as well as a strong analytical background
- You have 8+ years experience in data engineering and/or data science
- You have 4+ years experience in engineering/data leadership
- You are passionate about building and mentoring high performing engineering teams
- You are familiar with key elements of the data science ecosystem
- You have experience querying relational databases and independently working with and exploring data
- You apply a pragmatic approach to problem solving, establishing conceptual connections to data sources, understanding relationships among data, and comfort with uncertainties/approximations
- You have great communication and teamwork skills
What You'll Do
- Inspire, lead, and develop teams of software engineers and data scientists who are building innovative solutions that will improve how consumers save money when shopping
- Mentor managers and individuals and guide them to achieve their career goals
- Define organizational OKRs with Product and other partners and goals for the engineering team
- Implement reliable and efficient processes to accelerate development and improve quality
- Guide the technical direction and scaling efforts
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics
Who We Are
- We have an open environment where engineers are given a lot of responsibility and the freedom to make a huge impact
- We have lots of smart people to work with and learn from
- We work on large scale challenges with a variety of technologies
- We have a great open vacation policy
- We'll provide you with food, food, and more food
- We believe in giving prizes, bonuses, and recognition for doing what you enjoy
RewardsWe offer an opportunity to be an integral part of a company that eagerly pursues disruption in its space to continue to drive innovation and lead the competition. Benefits of being an employee of RetailMeNot, Inc. include, but are not limited to the following: - Competitive base & bonus packages; salary negotiable- Long Term Incentive Plan- Performance based rewards & recognition for your hard work and service- Very competitive benefits packages, including best-in-class parental leave- Open & flexible PTO- Cell phone & gym membership reimbursements- Fully stocked break room & onsite catered breakfasts & lunches multiple days/week About UsRetailMeNot, Inc. is a leading digital savings destination connecting consumers with retailers, restaurants and brands, both online and in-store. The company enables consumers across the globe to find hundreds of thousands of digital offers to save money while they shop or dine out. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Information Individuals seeking employment at RetailMeNot, Inc. are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. You are being given the opportunity to provide the following information in order to help us align with federal and state Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action record keeping, reporting, and other legal requirements.