Exactera has offices in New York City, Tarrytown NY, St. Petersburg FL, London, and Argentina.
Head of Data Engineering- Foundational Data
Compensation: $210,000-$230,000 per year depending on experience.
Generous PTO, Birthdays off, summer Fridays and a robust holiday schedule.
About Us: We are a forward-thinking technology-driven company focused on delivering high-quality solutions to our clients. Our team is collaborative, fast-paced, and driven by excellence. We are looking for a high-performing head of data engineering to champion our data initiatives and optimize the business outcomes of our product suites.
Role Overview:
We are seeking a highly motivated Head of Data Engineering to lead our Foundational Data Team. You will be responsible for identifying new opportunities to generate intelligence from our data using AI, managing third party data sources inclusive of spend and integration, and ensuring reliable and secure data availability to our core product suite. While Exactera has demonstrated excellence in these areas, our tremendous growth necessitates deeper, more specialized focus.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a small team of data engineers to advance our data capabilities through AI and provide reliable data operations for our core product suite.
- Define and champion the strategy for providing data driven intelligence to our products while minimizing risk and cost.
- Spend a majority of your time serving as an individual contributor in defining and executing our AI and data cost mitigation strategies.
- Communicate with senior leadership and ensure reliable, cohesive collaboration between the foundational data team and other product engineering teams.
- Identify opportunities for applying cutting edge technologies to generate new data intelligence.
- Be a champion of common sense and instill a bias for action.
- Solve complex problems and implement scalable solutions using best practices.
- Ensure our data operations exhibit best-in-class reliability, security, integrity and performance.
- Adapt to team culture quickly, demonstrating a positive and collaborative approach, with consistent async communication.
What You Will Need to Succeed:
- 10+ years of demonstrated Data Engineering delivery to business outcomes (both hands on and leadership).
- 5+ years of deep understanding in AI subject areas (ML, GenAI, etc.)
- Ability to inspire a team to be motivated by strong business outcomes.
- A strong understanding of data engineering best practices.
- Extensive experience in data ingestion and migration, with a proven track record of successful ETL implementations.
- Vast experience integrating with multiple disparate data sources, both internal and external to a previous organization.
- Strong background in SQL best practices and data base performance management.
- Experience performing cost benefit analyses when evaluating business decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to get up to speed quickly in new environments and domains.
- High level of self-motivation with a strong delivery mindset.
- Proven track record of collaborating effectively in a team-oriented environment.
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage time effectively under pressure.
What Makes You the Right Fit:
- Runs towards hard problems
- Accountability
- Coachable
- Hungry
- Wants to have an impact
- Still loves to design, code & deliver
- Buy when possible, build when necessary mentality
- Finds a way to get the job done
- Contagiously joyous when solutioning
- Wants to get better every day
Technologies We Are Using:
- Javascript Shop: Node.js, React
- Cloud First System in AWS: AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, Lambda, Fargate, RDS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDb, Kinesis
- Microservices architecture from UI all the way to the infrastructure
- CI/CD: Terraform, CircleCi
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A collaborative team culture with opportunities for career development.
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Ample opportunities to be recognized, build valuable skills, and grow your career.
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Generous vacation policy, including paid parental leave and Summer Fridays.
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Comprehensive health plans with FSA and HSA options.
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401(k) retirement plan.
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Life and disability insurance coverage.
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Supplemental benefits like a dependent care savings plan, pet insurance, will preparation, and an employee assistance program.
About Us:
At Exactera, a FinTech SaaS start-up founded in 2016, we stand at the intersection of human and machine intelligence. Our corporate tax solutions are powered by AI and cloud-based technologies, serving customers worldwide. With over $100 million in funding from Savant Venture Fund and Insight Partners, we are poised for growth. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities for all.
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What We Do
At Exactera, we believe that tax compliance is more than just obligatory documentation. Approached strategically, compliance can be an ongoing tool that reveals valuable insights about a business’ performance. Our AI-driven transfer pricing software, revolutionary income tax provision solution, and R&D tax credit services empower tax professionals to go beyond mere data gathering and number crunching. Our analytics home in on how a company’s tax position impacts the bottom line. Tax departments that embrace our technology become a value-add part of the business. At Exactera, we turn tax data into business intelligence. Unleash the power of compliance. See how at exactera.com
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