Description

We're hiring a Director of Data Engineering to lead our Marketing Technology Data Engineering team. You'll take over ownership of a strong, established senior engineering bench and set technical direction for the data platforms powering marketing analytics, attribution, and activation across the business. This is a director-level role reporting into the Director, Marketing Technology and Engineering, with direct people management of senior data engineers.

What You'll Do

Technical Leadership

Architect, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows
Design and optimize data models across warehouse and lakehouse environments
Partner with data analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality data products
Establish and enforce engineering best practices, code review standards, and documentation norms
Evaluate and champion new data technologies and frameworks

People Management

Directly manage 3+ Senior Data Engineers, providing mentorship, coaching, and career development support
Set clear goals, conduct regular 1:1s,



and lead performance reviews
Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance team culture
Partner with recruiting to grow the team as needed

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work closely with stakeholders across Marketing Technology, Analytics, and Engineering to align on priorities
Represent Data Engineering in planning, budget, and roadmap discussions with senior stakeholders
Own the DE support intake process (e.g., MOpsBot-routed requests) and ensure SLAs are met
Translate business requirements from Marketing, Analytics, and Data Science stakeholders into technical execution plans

What We're Looking For

12+ years of data engineering experience, including significant time in cloud data warehouse/lakehouse architecture
6+ years of people management experience, ideally managing senior/staff-level engineers
Deep proficiency in SQL and Python; solid grasp of dimensional modeling and w

📌 Director, Data Engineering (Hyderabad)
🏢 SalesForce-ad
📍 Hyderabad