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
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
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
