Director of Engineering

The role

The Director of Engineering will lead and scale the R&D team. This hands-on role involves contributing to codebases and ensuring the scalability of a unified DataOps platform.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership and participate in coding, architectural design, and problem-solving
• Lead, mentor, and grow the R&D engineering team
• Instill ownership, accountability, and a builder mindset within the engineering organization
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical and organizational challenges
• Collaborate with Product and cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Optimize engineering processes, methodologies, and tools
• Contribute to reducing the technical and operational load on current leadership

Required qualifications

• 7+ years in software development
• 3-5 years in an engineering leadership role (e.g., Director, Senior Manager, or Group Lead managing a team)
• Proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js, React, Python
• Deep understanding of high-performance SQL/NoSQL database design and K8S
• Experience working with message queue technologies (e.g., Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ)
• Experience having scaled or built R&D teams in startup environments
• Comfortable with ambiguity, quick execution, and high accountability
• Strong ownership and leadership in managing teams and driving technical solutions through code
• Open communicator who actively gives and receives feedback

Nice to have

• Previous experience building Data platforms or tools (e.g., ETL, Reverse ETL, Catalog, Observability)
• Mastery of cloud platforms, especially AWS, including extensive experience architecting solutions using a broad range of AWS services
• Demonstrated humility and a strong hunger to build, not just to manage

About the company

Matia is building a unified platform for the DataOps revolution to streamline data management. The company was named one of the Top 50 Most Promising Startups in Israel for 2026.