Ookla Careers - Director Of Engineering - Data Access, Applications

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Base: $175,000 to $213,000; bonus/equity: not spec...
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Backend and data engineering leadership
Design, scale, and operate infrastructure
High-throughput api development
** Ookla is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead its Data Access team, responsible for managing backend and data engineers to enhance the company's enterprise products. The ideal candidate will have extensive software engineering management experience and a strong technical background in APIs and data systems, with a focus on operational excellence and team growth. **

Job Summary

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers across backend software and data engineering disciplines, owning delivery execution and ensuring the team ships reliably.
  • Define and execute technical strategy for our data access layer, driving architectural decisions for high-throughput APIs serving analytical workloads.
  • Build operational excellence through observability, data quality frameworks, and incident management practices, while leading development of geospatial data systems.

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** Ookla is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead its Data Access team, responsible for managing backend and data engineers to enhance the company's enterprise products. The ideal candidate will have extensive software engineering management experience and a strong technical background in APIs and data systems, with a focus on operational excellence and team growth. **

Salary

Base: $175,000 to $213,000; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability benefits, FSAs, 401(k) with company match, ESPP, Flexible Time Off, VTO, paid holidays, family building and caregiving support, Fitness Reimbursement, wellness programs

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Backend and data engineering leadership
  • Design, scale, and operate infrastructure
  • High-throughput API development
  • Data pipeline orchestration
  • Cloud-native architectures on AWS
  • Operational excellence and customer impact

Nice-to-have

  • AI-assisted development tools
  • Curiosity about team effectiveness
  • Building an org from scratch
  • Passion and inspired by possibility

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years software engineering experience
  • 3+ years engineering management experience
  • Managed 8+ engineers
  • Team growth track record
  • Strong technical background in API development
  • Experience with data pipeline orchestration tools

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