Director of Engineering, Data
Core
Lead a distributed team building recommendation engines, personalization systems, and data infrastructure for a global gaming platform.
Role type
Director of Engineering, Data
Builds
Recommendation engines, personalization systems, data infrastructure, ad tech pipelines
Domain
Gaming, Ad Tech, Machine Learning
Required skills
ML system architecture, team leadership, data platform design, real-time pipeline management, causal inference, privacy-compliant data infrastructure, stakeholder collaboration
Preferred skills
PhD in CS/Stats, ad tech ecosystem knowledge, audience management frameworks
Technologies
Snowflake, BigQuery, Spark, Airflow, dbt, MLFlow, feature stores
Responsibilities
Lead and grow a high-performing distributed team of data scientists and engineers; Define and execute the data science and ad tech roadmap; Architect and manage ML pipelines and experimentation frameworks; Oversee real-time pipelines for ad events; Collaborate with Product and Marketing on audience scoring and LTV models; Ensure scalable, privacy-compliant data infrastructure; Foster engineering excellence and mentor engineers.
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with management responsibilities
