Director of Engineering, Altana
Office located in Brooklyn, New York
Supply chain visibility platform
Job no longer available
Supply chain visibility platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
Office located in Brooklyn, New York
201-500 employees
Company mission
Altana AI's mission is to improve global commerce.
Role
Who you are
- Experience building, leading, and developing best-in-class engineering teams, especially in rapidly scaling environment, and have led or been part of a rapidly scaling organization
- 10+ years of real-world experience developing or managing complex engineering systems
- Track record of success tackling large-scale data engineering, data optimization, and data architecture challenges, particularly in fast-paced ML/AI-enabled products and services
- Conversant in knowledge graphs, federated learning systems, graph algorithms, deep learning, and network analysis
- Experience with large scale data processing systems such as spark, dask/ray, hadoop, etc
- A hands-on leader who leads from the front, and is willing to help the team deliver
- Strong sense of shared ownership and a collaborative disposition
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to navigate up and down the conceptual stack from customer needs to data storage optimizations
- You don’t hesitate to go to the dentist during the work day, but you’re also the person that’s on your laptop working on the team’s hardest problems to relax
- Not required, but a plus if you've worked with supply chain data, company data, have familiarity with B2B economic modeling
What the job involves
- This role will be responsible for managing and optimizing the underlying data, engineering, and infrastructure supporting Altana’s primary product, the Atlas
- Reporting directly to the CTO, you will lead several teams of talented engineers and data scientists responsible for building the core knowledge graph platform, partner integrations and patterns necessary to power the most comprehensive supply chain understanding in the world
- Grow, direct and manage a multi-functional team of software engineers, data engineers, and ML engineers
- Design the organization, process, and tools to achieve the overall goals
- Engage in partnership integration discussions, lead technical design discussions, and product integrations to help expand Altana’s business offerings
- Build both a functional production environment, and foster the environment of experimentation and collaboration to push the boundaries of insight capable on top of the supply chain
- Lead the design, development, and testing of data applications, services, interfaces, ETL processes, reporting, and other workflow initiatives
- Partner with our Founders, CTO, and VP of Machine Learning to design and drive the integration of AI and ML algorithms and methodologies into our platform
- Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture to support the efficient processing of data
- Build, scale, and develop a high-functioning platform engineering team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, problem-solving, and collaboration
Our take
Altana’s platform provides a shared source of truth for the global supply chain. The idea is that this will help businesses and governing powers optimize global commerce which, over the past few years, has shot up on the list of international priorities. With three quarters of businesses reporting recent supply chain disruptions, and governments increasingly concerned with mitigating security threats, data-driven visibility is more sought after than ever before.
Crucially, the platform doesn’t require data sharing to create global intelligence, instead using a federated machine learning approach. This is a nut many big-data companies have been trying to crack, and Altana’s success has attracted interest from top-tier investors like Google Ventures and Floating Point alongside contracts with the UK Department of Business & Trade. A number of other headline enterprises and government agencies are already on the company's customer roster.
With companies looking to recoup some of the $4T reportedly lost in supply chain disruptions over recent years, and the push for global databases getting stronger, logistics startups are having a fruitful investment period. Altana is crafting a remarkable product at a highly marketable time, and with good uptake so far. Backed by substantial funding, Altana is set for a strong few years.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2024
$200m
SERIES C
Oct 2022
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $323.5m
Company benefits
- Competitive base salary: We offer competitive base salaries to recognize the incredible work our employees do.
- Learning & development: We support your development through regular performance check-ins and offer financial support for Learning and Development initiatives.
- Health benefits: We offer full global benefits, including a 100% employer-paid plan and tax-advantaged HSA and FSA options in the US.
- Paid time off: We provide a generous PTO policy, including paid sick time, to support your well-being in and out of the office.
- Equity program: We instill ownership by offering competitive new hire equity grants, plus the opportunity to gain more equity along the way.
- Parental leave: We offer up to 26 weeks of fully paid parental leave to support you and your family.
Company HQ
Financial District, New York, NY
Leadership
Raphael Tehranian
(Co-Founder & COO)Previously an analyst with J P Morgan, pivoting to engagement at Cleantech Group and then corporate tech strategy with Suncor Energy. After a spell as an investor at Fuller Smith, spent time with global supply chain analytics company Panjiva as a management advisor.
Peter Swartz
(Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer)An MIT grad in political science who went on to work as Head of Data Science at Panjiva.
Evan Smith
(Co-Founder & CEO)A Yale economics graduate with experience in renewables at Imperium Renewables and Verno Systems, the latter of which they co-founded. Served as a partner at Fuller Smith, before moving on to work in a management advisor role at Panjiva.
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