Director of Data & Analytics Engineering

Director of Data & Analytics Engineering ABOUT MUX Mux is video for developers. Our mission is to democratize video by solving the hard problems developers face when building video: video encoding and streaming (Mux Video), video monitoring (Mux Data), and more. Video is a huge part of people’s lives, and we want to help make it better. We’re committed to building a healthy team that welcomes diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want people who care about our mission, are ready to grow, believe in our values (from Be Human to Turn Customers Into Fans), and want to improve the people around them. You’ll join a tight-knit team https://mux.com/team/ with experience at places like Google, YouTube, Twitch, Reddit, Zencoder, Fastly, and more. Our founders previously started (and sold) Zencoder, an early leader in cloud video technology, and authored Video.js, the biggest HTML5 video player on the web. We organize Demuxed https://demuxed.com/, the premier conference for video engineers in the world.  We’re backed by top investors like Coatue, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, and Y Combinator. You’ll get to work with amazing companies: hundreds of startups, plus Strava, Patreon, Vimeo, Robinhood, PBS, and Equinox. Customers, large and small, love working with us and love our team. We are building something big together. We’d love to hear from you! ABOUT THE ROLE We're seeking an exceptional Director of Data & Analytics Engineering to architect the future of data at Mux. This is a unique player-coach role for someone who loves being hands-on with data engineering and analytics while also setting strategic direction and building a high-performing team. You'll split your time between driving critical technical projects yourself and leading a small team of data professionals to transform how Mux captures, models, and leverages data across the organization. You'll lead the charge to modernize our data architecture, establish robust governance frameworks, and leverage emerging AI capabilities to democratize data access across the company. This role reports directly to the CFO and partners closely with Product, Engineering, FinOps, and GTM leadership to ensure data is a strategic asset that drives business outcomes. This is specifically for someone who thrives as a player-coach—someone who can design data architecture in the morning and write dbt models in the afternoon, who loves mentoring a small team while staying close to the technical work. This is not a role for someone looking to build and manage a large organization; it's for someone who wants to drive impact through a combination of hands-on technical excellence and strategic leadership. Preference for candidates in the San Francisco Bay Area. WHAT YOU'LL DO DATA ARCHITECTURE & STRATEGY (50%) - Develop and execute comprehensive data strategy for capturing, storing, and utilizing data across product, marketing, operations, and finance - Design and implement modern, scalable data pipelines that enable reliable insights - Redesign core data models to support new product launches and evolving business complexity - Establish and enforce data contracts to prevent unexpected schema changes and downstream failures - Lead technical deep-dives to resolve complex data issues and drive continuous improvement DATA GOVERNANCE & SECURITY - Build robust data governance frameworks including policies, standards, ownership models, and change management processes - Implement comprehensive dbt testing strategy with focus on data contract validation and primary key uniqueness - Collaborate with security teams to establish controls around data access, usage, privacy, and regulatory compliance - Drive incident response and root cause analysis for data quality issues BUSINESS SYSTEMS & INTEGRATION - Oversee selection, implementation, and optimization of core business systems (NetSuite, Salesforce, Hubspot, billing systems) to maximize efficiency and ROI - Own strategic roadmap for da ... (truncated, view full listing at source)