Director of Engineering, Core Data & Insights
Tegus is the leading market intelligence platform for key decision makers. We power some of the world’s most well-respected institutional investors, corporations, and consultancies through the largest and most comprehensive database of primary and market information. Our products and services enable clients to discover unmatched insights and answers to the most challenging questions they face to help them make better informed decisions. (And because a job description can only contain a fraction of how we operate, click here to learn more about the Tech Team at Tegus!)
To support Tegus’s rapid growth, we are looking to add a director of engineering that will lead our Core Data & Insights group. In this role, you will partner closely with product and our research analyst department to tackle technically challenging and mission-critical projects. This team’s charter includes: (1) ingesting third-party company and financial data sets, structuring and associating it to the Tegus domain model; (2) developing topics and taxonomies to make data more discoverable and understandable; (3) leveraging Natural Language Processing (NLP) / machine learning alongside human analysts to extract valuable insights from all of our content.
Responsibilities
- Direct several full-stack engineering teams in a startup with a fast-paced, Agile environment to support our rapidly evolving business.
- Hire and grow a team of top tier engineers and engineering leaders.
- Partner with the product team to support the department's objectives, including aligning on priorities and goals, organizing your teams to support those priorities and ultimately delivering business results.
- Ensure consistent, timely delivery of high quality software. Tegus values technical leaders that are able to guide architectural and technical decisions, as well as getting hands-on as needed.
- Coach and invest in each person on your team to help them achieve their career goals and to make Tegus's engineering team stronger.
Qualifications
- You have led engineering teams with multiple sub-teams and at least 10-15 people total, in a fast-paced, startup environment using Agile development methodologies. You are a strong software engineer. Even if you aren’t coding regularly, you are able to provide technical thought leadership and code review feedback.
- You are highly organized and a great communicator. With many people doing many things in a dynamic company, strong organizational and communication skills will be required to keep everyone aligned and moving forward.
- You are forward-thinking and able to analyze and anticipate project, technology and team solutions to ensure successful project delivery.
- You have a team-first mentality and you work collaboratively with different stakeholders to set the technical direction for our products, developing easy-to-use solutions for our customers.
- You have deep empathy for users and use it to help build products customers love.
- Bonus if you have experience with machine learning and NLP solutions.
Benefits & Perks
- Remote-friendly - work wherever you're most productive (Note: this position is not currently open to Colorado residents).
- Comprehensive medical and dental plans, plus a 401k match.
- Generous paid parental leave for all parents.
- Unlimited paid vacation and flexible work hours.
- Employer funded long-term disability.
- The opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a thriving growth-stage company and make a big impact on our business.
- Fantastic culture with regular virtual company-wide events, including cooking classes, yoga, meditation and more.
- The option to work from a state of the art office in the heart of Chicago’s Loop featuring standing desks, mother rooms, gender neutral bathrooms and full amenity floor.
- Upon returning to the office, we also offer commuter benefits & a fully stocked kitchen with rotating snacks and beverages.
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