Senior Director, Data Engineering — AI-Driven Platform

Enboarder; San Francisco (CA); Presencial; USD 260.000 - 380.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Slack seeks a Senior Director of Data Engineering to transform its data stack into the foundation for agentic analytics and AI-powered development. You will lead a ~40-person organization spanning infrastructure, ingestion, semantic layers, and data services, partnering closely with Data Science & Analytics as a strategic peer and driving a bold technical vision.

You’ll build real‑time data products, establish AI‑native observability, and own the Data MCP strategy to expose Slack’s data to AI

Formación

• 10+ years in data engineering roles.
• 5+ years in director-level engineering leadership.
• Experience scaling data platforms (ingestion, warehousing, semantic/metrics).
• Strong cross-functional communication with executives.

Responsabilidades

• Own and unify the Data Engineering roadmap across infrastructure, ingestion, data governance, tooling, semantic layer sub-teams.
• Serve as the DRI for data engineering, representing data engineering in leadership planning and resolving cross-team priority conflicts.
• Partner directly with the Data Science & Analytics organization — establishing and running an effective operating model.
• Set data freshness SLAs, warehouse reliability, and cost optimization standards across ingestion and infrastructure teams and ensure the data platform meets those standards and goals.
• Build and scale engineering capacity — hire, develop and retain top EM and senior IC talents.
• Champion a strong data engineering identity and culture.
• Partner with product, infrastructure, and DevXP leadership on cross-cutting initiatives.

Educación

Bachelor's degree in a related technical field

Descripción del empleo

Slack seeks a Senior Director of Data Engineering to transform its data stack into the foundation for agentic analytics and AI-powered development. You will lead a ~40-person organization spanning infrastructure, ingestion, semantic layers, and data services, partnering closely with Data Science & Analytics as a strategic peer and driving a bold technical vision.

You’ll build real‑time data products, establish AI‑native observability, and own the Data MCP strategy to expose Slack’s data to AI