Senior Director of Engineering

Sigma Computing Sigma Computing · Data AI · San Francisco, CA · Engineering

Senior Director of Engineering to lead Core Product Engineering Teams for Sigma Computing, focusing on building the company's core data AI Apps functionality. The role requires strong people management, product orientation, and experience in building platforms for less-technical users, reporting to the SVP of Engineering. The company is an AI apps and analytics platform.

What you'd actually do

  1. Be product oriented as well as a strong people manager, striving for excellence on both fronts.
  2. Train, coach, and hire to grow your team as needed to support company goals, instilling a sense of urgency in its operation.
  3. Work effectively with other functions to build and improve our development and processes.
  4. Communicate plans and status well across the company.

Skills

Required

  • 10 years of engineering management experience of product teams
  • 5 years of organizational management (e.g. 2nd level management experience)
  • strong technical architecture and engineering skills
  • ability to switch between technology paradigms

Nice to have

  • Understands simplicity
  • opinionated and have great product sense
  • curious, love to learn and to dig into new technologies and can pick them up quickly
  • Love working with world-class engineers, product managers, and architects.

What the JD emphasized

  • pushing to build the right things is critical