Director Of Data

Alpaca

Remote
Competitive salary & stock options; not specified;...
Remote
8+ years in data engineering or analytics
3+ years managing data teams
Deep experience with dbt trino iceberg
The role involves leading a ~15-person data department across Platform Engineering, Analytics Engineering, and Data Science for a global fintech infrastructure company

Job Summary

  • The role involves leading a ~15-person data department across Platform Engineering, Analytics Engineering, and Data Science for a global fintech infrastructure company.
  • You will own the data lakehouse architecture using tools like Trino, Iceberg, Airflow, and dbt while driving partner invoicing accuracy and self-service analytics.
  • Alpaca offers competitive salary, stock options, health benefits, and a monthly stipend of USD $150 via a Brex Card for home-office setup.

Matching Summary

The role involves leading a ~15-person data department across Platform Engineering, Analytics Engineering, and Data Science for a global fintech infrastructure company.

Salary

Competitive Salary & Stock Options; Not specified; Health Benefits; Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 8+ years in data engineering or analytics
  • 3+ years managing data teams
  • Deep experience with dbt Trino Iceberg
  • Hands-on ETL ELT patterns at scale
  • Experience with financial trading data
  • Proficiency in Python and SQL
  • Experience managing distributed remote teams

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with brokerage operations
  • Familiarity with LLM AI tooling
  • Background in compliance analytics
  • Exposure to open-source data catalogues

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years experience in data engineering or analytics
  • 3+ years managing data leads and individual contributors
  • Hands-on experience with CDC batch streaming and reverse ETL
  • Track record of building self-service analytics capabilities
  • Experience with GCP Kubernetes Helm Terraform

Work Rights

Not specified

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