Director of Engineering

About the Role:

The Director of Engineering at Abacus is a key leadership role across US, India and Nepal, responsible for shaping the technical direction of the organization, ensuring the efficient operation of engineering teams, and driving the development of cutting-edge products and solutions. This role requires a combination of technical expertise, leadership skills, and strategic vision to support the company's growth and success.

Specific Duties include the following:

• Manage a group of Data Engineers in US, India and Nepal and provide technical guidance, mentorship and performance management
• Collaborate with engineering managers, tech leads, cross-functional teams and stakeholders across US, India and Nepal to ensure engineering alignment and architectural principals
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data engineering and software development
• A broad technical understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and data processing platforms/tools (Databricks, Snowflake, Airbyte, DBT)
• Understanding the ecosystem and data lifecycle of data ingestion, transformation, MDM, data decoration and distribution
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation and continuous learning
• Drive innovation and identify opportunities to improve engineering processes
• Collaborate closely with product management and other cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and project priorities
• Oversee the planning, execution and delivery of engineering projects, ensuring the timely and quality completion of the projects
• Monitor and communicate project progress, identify risks and implement mitigation strategies

What Were Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science/Engineering
• Demonstrated track record of successfully managing and scaling engineering teams
• Prior experience managing global teams across different time zones
• 7+ years of experience managing software teams
• 3+ years of data engineering
• Go-getter with a self-starter mindset
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving, organization and prioritization skills
• Be able to work in US Eastern hours 3 days a week, flexible to what the business needs at a given time
• Be able to travel to US at least 3 times a year
• Be able to travel to India and Nepal campus at least once per quarter

Equal Opportunity Employer
As a mission-led technology company that is helping to drive better healthcare outcomes, Abacus Insights believes that the best innovation and value we can bring to our customers comes from diverse ideas, thoughts, experiences, and perspectives. We are dedicated to building diverse teams and providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants. Abacus prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type in regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.Role & responsibilities

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