# Director, Data Engineering at Squire Technologies

- Company: Squire Technologies
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator, CRV and ICONIQ.
- Company website: http://getsquire.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $230K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-23
- Apply by: 2026-11-07
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/getsquire/6e699191-2d4a-4630-86fe-e6cfd87d7c2d
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/squire-technologies-director-data-engineering/

## About the role

At SQUIRE, trusted data turns information into action - powering everything from company-wide reporting and automation to the AI capabilities shaping our next chapter. We're hiring a Director, Data Engineering to build and lead our Data organization through a player-coach model, spending approximately half your time hands-on in the code and the other half developing engineers, setting technical direction, and owning the organization’s strategy.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years in data or software engineering, including 4+ years managing engineers
- Experience building and leading a multidisciplinary data organization (data, ML, analytics, software) of 5+ people
- Advanced SQL and Python skills, along with strong MDM fundamentals, with the technical depth to lead by example
- Hands-on experience with Snowflake (or equivalent), dbt, and an orchestration tool such as Airflow, Dagster, or Prefect, beyond just an architectural understanding
- Direct experience setting AI and LLM enablement strategy and building with LLM tooling
- Comfortable operating at Director scope ( owning budgets, advocating for roadmaps, and translating technical tradeoffs for non-technical stakeholders ) while remaining directly involved in technical execution

Tags: Product, Design, and Engineering