Engineering Manager

About DAT

Job Application Deadline: 10/31/2026

The Opportunity

DAT is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Carrier Network Integrity team in Seattle.

Trust is the backbone of trucking. The Carrier Network Integrity team exists so brokers can book loads with confidence in who they're working with, and carriers find legitimate work without friction. This team owns initiatives to protect the network from fraud and bad actors while making compliance and verification feel effortless, not adversarial. As a new team, much of the charter, roadmap, and ways of working are being defined - you'll take an active hand in shaping all three in close partnership with other functions. For our customers, that means a network where legitimate carriers move freely and bad actors don't get a foothold - setting a new standard for trust in freight.

What You’ll Do

• Build a perspective on the problem space. You’ll play a direct part in shaping the roadmap and determining how the team should get there.
• Use process as a tool, not a job description. You’ll determine the right amount of ritual, influence, and collaboration to produce great outcomes.
• Partner effectively. You’ll understand and empathize with the motivations and concerns of your cross functional partners, and actively collaborate to see broad initiatives succeed beyond your team’s own execution.
• Hold the bar on technical decision-making. You know the difference between a good architecture call and a fast one, and you encourage your team to make the former.
• Invest in people. You’ll give clear, timely, actionable feedback that brings out the best in your reports and your peers. You’ll build development plans, run 1:1s, promote, and manage performance.
• Grow the team. You’ll recruit, interview, and hire great people for your own team and across DAT.

The Skills and Experience You’ll Bring

• People Management: Prior experience directly managing a team of engineers, including hiring, 1:1s, and performance management.
• Technical Background: Prior experience as an engineer or equivalent background in technical IC work.
• Project Delivery: A track record of successful delivery, starting from project conception through delivery.
• Operational Stewardship: Experience balancing new greenfield work with maintenance, managing effective and sustainable on call rotations, and thoughtfully handling tech debt.
• Experience: 8+ total years of experience across IC and management, with 3+ years in direct management. Demonstrated skill matters more than the number, so don't self-select out if your path looks different.

We'd be Extra Excited If:

• You have prior freight or logistics experience
• You’ve solved problems balancing risk decisioning with customer experience

Why DAT?
DAT is an award winning employer of choice.

For starters, we have a hybrid work environment, but we also know what makes a great workplace. We have a time-tested and resolute set of operating values predicated on integrity, mutual respect, open communication, and executing with excellence. These values inform our strategic vision as much as any one of our products does. We’ve been an employer of choice in the Portland metropolitan area for four decades, and within one year of opening our Denver office, DAT was #26 on Built In Colorado’s 100 Best Places to Work In Colorado.

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance
• Parental Leave
• Flexible Vacation Time (FVT)
• An additional 10 holidays of paid time off per calendar year
• 401k matching (immediately vested)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Short- and Long-term disability sick leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Additional programs - Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness
• Free TriMet transit pass (Beaverton Office)
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Work on impactful projects in a cutting-edge environment
• Collaborative and supportive team culture
• Opportunity to make a real difference in the trucking industry
• Employee Resource Groups

For Washington-based candidates, in compliance with the Washington State Pay Transparency Law, the salary range for this role is $208,000.00 - $293,500.00 + target bonus.  DAT considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education and training, core skills, internal equity, and market and business elements when extending an offer.

DAT embraces the value of a diverse workforce, and believes it is a core strength of our company that we encourage those values in every DAT employee, at every level of our organization, regardless of tenure or rank. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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