Tessera Data · 13 hours ago
Director of Platform Engineering
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$299K/yr - $352K/yr
15+ years expCheckr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. As the Director of Platform Engineering, you will be responsible for driving the organization's overall platform and infrastructure strategy, guiding the technical vision, and fostering a collaborative culture among engineering teams.
Big DataProperty & Casualty InsuranceInformation TechnologyDatabaseData StorageRisk Management
Responsibilities
Guide the technical vision and strategy for the best-in-class highly scalable, available, and secure platform and infrastructure
Create a broad catalog of services based on capabilities and platforms that can be leveraged by other engineering teams at Checkr
Develop and drive platform architecture practices that encourage common solution elements, patterns, and reuse
Build a cross-collaborative culture between the platform and other engineering teams
Operationalize and manage delivery across the platform engineering team, scaling processes and systems
Foster an action-bias culture for product innovation and delivery, high performance, transparency, and continuous improvement
Work across the engineering team to shape software development to meet Checkr's objectives and key results
Build a diverse, equitable, inclusive culture that helps all members feel like they belong
Partner with product leadership to influence business strategy, especially in your area of ownership
Bring customer centricity to your entire engineering team
Hire, retain, and scale a world-class engineering team team
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated success as a Director+ level in leading, scaling, and retaining a high-performing engineering org of 40 or more engineers
7-10 years of leadership experience leading platform engineering initiatives
15+ years of software engineering experience
Experience with driving successful platform adoption programs, with the ability to demonstrate the business impact of such initiatives
Data-driven mindset: you know that everything built must be measured to understand its impact on the business and drive your teams to build with that in mind
Customer centricity: you understand that customer behavior and sentiment must be well understood to effectively build products for them; this can be understood both through data as well as qualitative discussions with customers
Experience defining and scaling modern products (API, self-service, UX first products)
Highly effective communicator with good people instincts - able to build trust and work well with a diverse group both internally and externally
Willingness to lead in a hands-on, high-performance environment
Organized, self-motivated and detail-oriented
High degree of humility and accountability
Benefits
Learning and development allowance
Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement
100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
Flexible PTO policy
Monthly wellness stipend
Company
Tessera Data
Tessera Data is an IT company that provides valuable people data for informed safety decisions and background checks.
51-200 employees
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