Director of Data Engineering (Remote - US)

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of Fortis Games. We are currently looking for a Director of Data Engineering in the United States.

We are seeking a visionary engineering leader to drive the strategy, development, and evolution of a large-scale, real-time data platform that serves millions of users. In this role, you will lead a multidisciplinary team, build scalable data pipelines and analytics infrastructure, and enable game teams to ship features faster with minimal backend friction. You will translate business priorities into technical solutions, define platform vision, and establish best-in-class developer experiences. The position requires strong leadership, expertise in distributed systems, and a focus on reliability, cost efficiency, and compliance. This is a high-impact role offering the opportunity to shape both technology and company-wide platform practices.

Accountabilities

• Lead and grow the Platform Engineering team, fostering technical excellence, ownership, and player-focused solutions.
• Define and execute the long-term platform vision and short-term delivery plan, aligned with company priorities.
• Partner with Product, Game Development, and Analytics teams to ensure the platform meets evolving needs.
• Drive architectural decisions for large-scale, real-time data processing and storage systems, leveraging tools such as Redpanda, Flink, ClickHouse, and Iceberg.
• Establish and track key platform metrics including uptime, ingestion latency, developer onboarding time, and operational costs.
• Automate workflows and remove operational bottlenecks to maximize engineering productivity.
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, developer experience, and compliance with data privacy regulations.

• Proven leadership managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams responsible for large-scale, real-time platforms.
• Expertise in distributed data processing, storage systems, and pub/sub messaging platforms (Kafka, Redpanda, etc.).
• Deep understanding of developer experience, self-service architecture, and platform-as-a-product principles.
• Ability to align long-term architecture vision with short-term delivery milestones.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and business teams.
• Experience balancing performance, cost, and speed of delivery in complex systems.
• Hands-on experience building scalable cloud-native platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and integrating analytics stacks.
• Knowledge of data privacy and compliance regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).

• Competitive salary and equity opportunities.
• Remote-first culture with collaboration across global teams.
• Opportunity to work on high-impact, large-scale platforms.
• Leadership role in a fast-growing, innovative company.
• Professional development and growth opportunities.
• Inclusive and diverse workplace, committed to equity and belonging.

Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching.

When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.
🔍 Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements.
📊 It compares your profile to the job’s core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.
🎯 Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.
🧠 When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.

The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias—focusing solely on your fit for the role. Once the shortlist is completed, it is shared directly with the company that owns the job opening. Their internal hiring team then makes the final decision and handles next steps, such as interviews or assessments.

Thank you for your interest!

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