Director of Software Engineering, DAT
$200-230k
Offers Employee Stock Purchase Plan
More information about location
Digital freight marketplace
Job no longer available
Digital freight marketplace
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$200-230k
Offers Employee Stock Purchase Plan
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver actionable information and solutions that help customers succeed.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in a leadership role, ideally managing multiple product-facing teams
- Technical Expertise: Strong background in web and middle tier technologies (node.js, java, graphql, react), software development, and modern engineering practices
- Leadership Skills: Proven experience in developing high-performing teams, fostering inclusive culture, and promoting a growth mindset
- Project Management: Skilled in agile methodologies, resource allocation, and balancing long-term and short-term business priorities
- Collaboration: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a track record of successfully collaborating across departments
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
What the job involves
- As the Director of Engineering, you will lead and inspire five product-focused engineering teams responsible for delivering high-quality, scalable, and impactful solutions for our freight brokers
- You will work closely with product management, design, and other cross-functional partners to align technical initiatives with business goals and drive the roadmap forward
- This role will provide strategic and tactical guidance, ensuring that teams are empowered, efficient, and driving results for our customers
- Team Leadership & Development:
- Lead, mentor, and support a talented group of engineering managers and individual contributors across five teams
- Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and improvement to promote the professional growth of team members
- Collaborate with engineering managers to set team goals, conduct performance reviews, and identify skill gaps
- Strategic & Technical Vision:
- Partner closely with product management, design, and other stakeholders to develop and implement engineering strategies aligned with business objectives
- Contribute to the technical roadmap, ensuring scalability, reliability, and high-performance standards
- Advocate for best engineering practices, including code quality, testing, monitoring, and CI/CD
- Project & Resource Management:
- Prioritize and allocate resources effectively across projects, balancing team capacity and business needs
- Ensure project deadlines and milestones are met by implementing efficient project management processes and removing roadblocks
- Drive operational excellence through process improvements, KPI tracking, and data-driven decision-making
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Build strong relationships with cross-functional leaders and promote collaboration between engineering, product, design, and other departments
- Act as an engineering representative in executive meetings to advocate for technical initiatives and resource needs
- Align engineering objectives with overall company goals, adapting to changing priorities and market needs
- Innovation & Problem-Solving:
- Drive a culture of innovation by encouraging teams to explore new technologies and solve complex problems creatively
- Champion technical initiatives that enhance product functionality and the user experience
- Promote experimentation and iterative development, ensuring teams are focused on delivering value quickly
Our take
DAT Freight & Analytics operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America, deploying freight-matching and analytics solutions to companies all across the freight logistics industry. At its core, the company exists to help businesses optimize their freight operations and achieve pricing power over a hyper-dynamic marketplace.
The company derives its data from the millions of freight matches powered by its platform, as well as a database of market transactions. This enables it to provide transportation brokers, carriers, industry analysts and other organizations with clear and actionable insights into market trends.
Having been a market leader for over 40 years, the company has grown from being a single bulletin board at a gas station in Oregon to seeing its technology deployed to millions of end users. DAT has been consistently focused on R&D and the expansion of its offering, including by acquisitions such as that of the freight-matching Convoy Platform.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Remote/hybrid flexibility
- 20 days PTO from day one, plus 10 paid holidays annually
- Wellness allowance
- Parental leave
- Career development paths
- Leadership training, mentorship programs, education reimbursement & industry certifications
- Performance bonuses & annual merit increases
- Immediate 401(k) matching
- Stock purchase program
- Premium health coverage, plus dental & vision
- Mental health support
- FSA/HSA options
- Life insurance
Company HQ
Denver Tech Center, Greenwood Village, CO
Leadership
Jeff Clementz
(President and CEO)Formerly CEO and President at Shift, SVP/GM of Marketplace and Partner Operations at Walmart (where they spent 6 years) and VP/MD for Australian and NZ at PayPal (where they spent 12 years).
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