Engineering Director, Data

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Transfix, named one of Forbes' "Next Billion-Dollar Startups" in 2018, is the leading freight marketplace that's transforming the $800 billion trucking industry, connecting shippers to a national network of reliable carriers. Fortune 500 companies such as Anheuser-Busch, Unilever, and Target rely on Transfix to handle their most important FTL freight needs. With instant pricing tools, guaranteed capacity, data-driven insights, and reliable service, Transfix is changing the world of transportation one load at a time. Join us, and leave a positive impact on the environment as we help reduce the carbon footprint caused by the 65 billion wasted miles on the road.

Based in New York City, Transfix is backed by top VC firms including New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Canvas Ventures, and Lerer Hippeau.

The problems we solve everyday are real and require creativity, grit, and determination. We are building a culture that challenges norms while fostering experimentation and personal growth. We're hiring team members who are passionate and are energized by the vision to simplify and transform one of the largest and most complex industries through technology, data and a strong commitment to customers.

As the Engineering Director, Data you will lead a team of talented Data Scientists, Engineers, and Analysts to build and evolve Transfix’s core forecasting and matching algorithms and deploy them as production-level services. You’ll enable this cross-functional team to rapidly research, validate, and deploy pricing models, market forecasts, auction bidding strategies, and carrier matching algorithms that make a fundamental impact across our business. Additionally, you’ll lead the strategy for end-to-end data lifecycle (from creation/ingestion to business insights and model training) and reporting tools that power insights and analysis that drive decisions at Transfix every day.

If you’re excited about transforming an industry, being part of an innovative culture, and making a positive impact on the environment, send us your resume.

What you'll do:

  • Set strategy and roadmaps for our Data Science, Data Engineering, and Business Intelligence teams.
  • Collaborate with our Sales, Account Management, Carrier Management, and Finance to align on KPIs and goals.
  • Partner closely with Product teams to deliver cost forecast and bidding models to support effective long-term contract pricing and same day shipment bidding.
  • Create pathways to rapidly develop, validate, and launch new prediction models, enabling a culture of continuous delivery around Data Science.
  • Drive Transfix’s data management strategy and end-to-end lifecycle of data from creation and ingestion through delivery of analytics, insights, and model training.
  • Promote a culture of data-driven decision making by evangelizing and making data and insights easily accessible across the organization.
  • Drive adoption of improved processes and innovative technologies, tools, and data sources.
  • Lead production operations for your software and services, and engrain observability, alerting, and incident response into your development process.
  • Lead a cross-functional group of Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Software Engineers, Reporting Analysts.
  • Build a team that values diversity of background and experience through recruiting, onboarding, and developing talent.

About you:

  • 6+ years experience working as a software engineer or data engineer.
  • 3+ years experience leading and managing highly-performing teams (having responsibility for at least 8 people in your reporting line).
  • You stay informed about modern data engineering tools and concepts, and have worked with a variety, such as SQL, data warehouses, data marts, event pipelines, ETL, workflow managers, schema design, query optimization, and reporting and analysis tools (Looker, Tableau, etc.).
  • You have partnered closely with data scientists and are familiar with concepts such as statistical modeling, machine learning, and advanced analytics.
  • You have a penchant for shipping and instill this in your teams—favoring fast impact and learning over “perfect” solutions.
  • You build trusting and constructive relationships with peers and stakeholders across teams and functions.
  • Strong problem solver who is comfortable devising creative solutions when presented with imperfect data or constraints of time, people, or budget.
  • Mastery in at least one programming language (Python, Ruby, C/C++, Go preferred). 
  • Experience working with a cloud infrastructure provider, e.g. AWS, Google Cloud or Azure.
  • You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, other STEM or quantitative fields, or equivalent professional experience.

To all recruitment agencies: Transfix does not accept unsolicited agency resumes and will not be held responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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Location

Transfix's NYC HQ is steps from the Oculus and Fulton Center, with access to subway train lines. We are close to tons of restaurants, shops. We are on the top floor so have wonderful light and breathtaking views, including a spectacular view of One World Trade from our outdoor rooftop deck!

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