Director of Data Engineering
Ruggable · Los Angeles, California, United States
Posted 13 days ago · $200,000 - $240,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 13 days Ruggable's roles stay open a median of 14 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 88% of Ruggable's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Ruggable
- low 1 stale, 0 reposted of 8 open
- Hiring momentum
- 21 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Ruggable's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Ruggable.
About this role
As the Director of Data Engineering at Ruggable, you will lead a team of data engineers while also contributing hands-on to the design and optimization of scalable data infrastructure. Your role will involve establishing a multi-year data strategy, enhancing data governance, and ensuring the effective use of data across the organization. You will also mentor your team, manage budgets, and collaborate with AI/ML teams to support data-driven initiatives.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Ruggable as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years in data engineering or related fields
- 3-4+ years leading, managing, or mentoring engineering teams
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent practical experience
- Track record of building and executing multi-year data strategy and roadmaps
- Proven success balancing strategic vision and communication with hands-on code development and architectural design
- Deep hands-on background in modern data platform architecture: cloud data warehouses/lakehouses
Nice to have
- Experience building or maturing data governance programs
- Infrastructure-as-code practices
- Familiarity with streaming/real-time data architectures
- Understanding of design and delivery of feature stores, vector databases, or retrieval-augmented architectures
- Establishing AI-specific safety metrics
What you get
- $200,000 - $240,000 per year base salary
- An annual bonus percentage that varies based on level of role
- Employer matching (up to 3% of base salary) for company sponsored 401K plan
- Competitive compensation and benefits packages
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work options
- The role requires both strategic and hands-on responsibilities, which may be demanding
- The company is venture-backed, which may imply a fast-paced and evolving work environment
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Listed by Ruggable on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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