Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering

AI can be a powerful tool for good in the world at Altana we apply AI to the world's largest organized body of supply chain data to power a more resilient, more secure, and more sustainable model of global commerce. Our customers connect to the Altana network to build resilience for critical industries and infrastructure, automate and safeguard cross-border trade, transform insurance underwriting, protect national security, combat modern slave labor, disrupt fentanyl trafficking, and ensure that their products are sustainable.

Altana is backed by leading investors and used by the world's most important organizations, including Lloyd's, Maersk, multiple government agencies across the US, UK, EU, Singapore, and Australia, General Atomics, Boston Scientific, and more. We are building a global platform connecting the public and private sectors into an AI-powered network for building trusted supply chains. We operate in accordance with our values : we focus on value creation, not capture; we foster diversity and embrace difference; we embrace reality; we get things done; we amaze our clients. When you join Altana, you'll be joining a vibrant, collaborative team working together to solve complex problems with the potential for global societal impact.

The Opportunity at Altana

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 VP of Engineering, 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.

Your Responsibilities

• 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

About You

US Salary Range and Benefits

$180,000 - $231,000 USD

The salary range, to the extent specified for this role, is a good faith statement of the minimum and maximum levels of the annual based salary for the position. The base salary offered to a successful candidate will depend on a wide range of compensation factors, including, but not limited to, work experience, education and / or training, critical skills, and / or business considerations. Competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Altana's total compensation package. Altana also offers either a discretionary bonus or a variable compensation plan depending on the role. Additionally, Altana offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including :

The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.

Why It's Great To Work At Altana

At Altana, we believe that a diverse workforce enables greater creativity, performance, and adaptability. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome you to join us as you are. Our employment opportunities and decisions are based on business needs and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, family care or medical leave status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations in the areas in which we operate. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, in any situation.

Offers related to employment at Altana will come from an Altana.ai email address. We will never ask for payment as part of the interview or onboarding process.