Director of Engineering, Data

Boulevard is hiring a Director of Engineering, Data to build and lead the technical foundation of its data ecosystem and products. The role owns data infrastructure, governance, and ML capabilities, while leading and growing a data engineering team and ensuring data systems are reliable, secure, performant, and accessible.

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the long-term technical strategy for our data platform, so it stays scalable and reliable as we grow
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of data platform engineers, setting best practices and a culture of excellence
• Partner closely with Product Management, Product Engineering, and the Data Insights team to deliver platform capabilities that power customer-facing data products and internal insights
• Drive architectural decisions for our data systems, balancing current needs with future flexibility and scale
• Set up monitoring, alerting, and operational practices that keep our data systems highly available and performant
• Define and implement data governance policies, security standards, and quality frameworks across the company
• Work with leadership to align the data platform roadmap with business objectives and technical strategy

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in data platform engineering, distributed systems, or infrastructure engineering, with deep expertise building scalable data processing systems
• 5+ years of people management experience, including managing senior engineers and technical leads
• A proven track record building data platforms and ML systems that support both internal analytics and customer-facing data products
• Experience delivering customer-facing reporting, dashboards, and analytics features in collaboration with Product teams
• Strong experience with modern data stack technologies, such as dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, and Kafka
• Deep understanding of data governance, quality frameworks, and security best practices
• A strategic mindset: you translate business goals into technical roadmaps, balancing short-term execution with long-term vision