US-REMOTE Remote (Global) Employment USD 170,000 – 200,000 / year

Instructure is hiring a Director, Data & Analytics Engineering

Responsibilities

  • Define and manage a long-term data platform roadmap that aligns infrastructure, tooling, and staffing with strategic business goals.
  • Manage and develop two high-performing teams in Data Engineering and Analytics Engineering, fostering collaboration, feedback, and clear career progression.
  • Design and oversee scalable data pipelines for both batch and real-time processing across ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and delivery layers.
  • Promote strong analytics engineering practices, including semantic modeling, standardized dbt frameworks, data contracts, and metrics governance.
  • Collaborate with Data & Decision Science, Product, Finance, and Commercial teams to deliver reliable, self-service data solutions that meet business needs.
  • Ensure the data platform operates reliably with defined SLAs, monitoring, observability, and incident response protocols, treating it as a product serving internal users.
  • Lead evaluations of third-party tools and vendors across the modern data stack, including cloud data warehouses, orchestration, cataloging, transformation, and reverse ETL platforms.
  • Establish and enforce standards for data quality, documentation, and governance to ensure trust and consistency across the organization.
  • Advocate for AI-assisted development by integrating coding assistants and LLM-powered tools like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Claude to improve productivity and reduce manual effort.
  • Design intelligent data pipelines using AI-native techniques such as LLM-generated documentation, anomaly detection, automated data quality checks, and root-cause analysis.
  • Develop prototypes for natural language interfaces that convert NL queries to SQL and enable AI-driven business intelligence tools for non-technical users.
  • Build foundational infrastructure to support AI and machine learning initiatives, including feature stores, vector databases, model metadata systems, and evaluation datasets.

Benefits

  • Competitive pay and inclusion in the company ownership program to align employee success with company performance.
  • Flexible work model with remote, hybrid, and in-office options based on role, team, and location.
  • Generous paid time off, including local holidays and a company-wide break in late December to encourage rest and recovery.
  • Comprehensive wellness and mental health support programs.
  • Access to learning and development resources, including professional growth tools and tuition reimbursement.
  • Provision of necessary technology and equipment to enable high-performance work.
  • Employee recognition through the Motivosity platform.
  • Inclusive culture emphasizing support, belonging, and meaningful team connections.

Compensation

Competitive compensation with participation in the ownership program for all full-time employees

Work Arrangement

Remote (Worldwide)

Team

Lead and grow two high-performing teams—Data Engineering and Analytics Engineering

Other

  • All hires must successfully complete a background check as part of the onboarding process.
  • Candidates may be required to confirm their legal name, current physical location, valid contact number, and residential address, in compliance with local data privacy regulations.
  • Any misrepresentation of personal or professional details will lead to immediate disqualification from the hiring process.
About company
Instructure
Instructure creates intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers. The company builds solutions like Canvas LMS and the wider Instructure Learning Platform.
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Department Engineering
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Posted 2 months ago