SimpliSafe · 10 hours ago
Senior Director, Data Platform Engineering
Boston, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$220K/yr - $323K/yr
10+ years expSimpliSafe is a technology-driven home security company with a mission to keep Every Home Secure. The Senior Director, Data Platform Engineering is responsible for architecting, building, and operating the core data platform using modern cloud-native engineering practices and ensuring trusted analytics and operational decisioning across the enterprise.
Consumer ElectronicsHome ImprovementManufacturingSecuritySensorSmart Home
Responsibilities
Architect, build, and implement a modern lakehouse platform using Databricks or equivalent technologies, cloud object storage, and best-in-class open-source tooling
Establish and operationalize medallion standards for ingestion, transformation patterns, performance, schema evolution, and data lifecycle management
Design scalable, resilient ingestion and transformation frameworks supporting core enterprise domains (customer, device/telemetry, monitoring events, operations, finance, supply chain, marketing)
Lead migration from legacy pipelines and systems including dual-run strategies and decommissioning
Manage technical debt deliberately and evolve the platform as scale and use cases expand
Drive strategy and execution using partners and internal resources
Drive the execution of enterprise-wide, cross-functional data initiatives by serving as the technical and delivery lead. This includes influencing senior stakeholders and resolving competing priorities
Success in this role requires designing a platform that enables domain-aligned teams to build and own Silver/Gold data products independently, without centralized bottlenecks
Build and scale event-driven and streaming data pipelines for near real-time operational and product use cases
Implement robust, streaming data ingestion architectures with clear reliability and observability standards
Ensure real-time and batch pipelines coexist cleanly with consistent governance hooks, lineage, and quality controls
Own the data platform operating model including intake, prioritization, release management, and engineering standards
Be accountable for platform reliability and data SLAs including incident response and root-cause remediation
Implement production-grade observability and on-call practices
Drive platform cost management and optimization
Build, lead, and scale a high-performing global team of 10–20+ data platform and data engineers
Set a high bar for engineering rigor including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, automated testing, and secure-by-default patterns
Remain hands-on at the architectural level as an escalation point for complex issues
Partner with data owners and governance leaders to enable enterprise governance through platform capabilities such as access controls, lineage, observability, and data quality frameworks
Qualification
Required
10+ years in data engineering, platform engineering, or distributed systems roles
5+ years leading teams delivering enterprise-scale data platforms in production
Proven history modernizing or rebuilding data platforms with measurable outcomes
Strong track record managing third-party partners (onshore and offshore)
Deep hands-on experience with Databricks and/or Snowflake, Spark, SQL, Delta Lake, Data Hub, and cloud object storage
Ability to drive selection around an optimized set of tooling
Experience implementing medallion architectures and scalable transformation frameworks
Strong experience with streaming and event-driven data systems
Solid understanding of cloud security and cost optimization
Enterprise-minded leader able to influence executives and earn credibility with engineers
Pragmatic, delivery-oriented, and comfortable owning production outcomes
Consultative style with clear boundary management
Preferred
Built and operated a modern lakehouse platform in production
Led real-time or event-driven data pipelines at scale
Owned platform reliability and data SLAs
Migrated and decommissioned legacy platforms
Managed cloud data platform costs at scale
Partnered effectively with governance and analytics teams
Led and challenged external consulting partners
Benefits
Free SimpliSafe system and professional monitoring for your home.
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together, give opportunities to network, mentor and develop, and advocate for change.
Participation in our annual bonus program
Equity
Full range of medical, retirement, and lifestyle benefits.
Company
SimpliSafe
SimpliSafe is a home security company that designs, engineers, and sells cameras, smart lock, and wireless security alarm systems.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$387MKey Investors
Sequoia Capital
2025-09-15Acquired
2022-05-06Debt Financing· $200M
2021-04-12Private Equity· $130M
Leadership Team
Hilary Schneider
Chief Executive Officer
Eleanor Laurans
Co-Founder
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