Senior Director, Software Engineering

Mars United Commerce

full-time

Posted on: 9/5/2025

Location: Utah • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $132,715 - $172,520 per year

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About the role

Lead a distributed team of software engineers, data engineers, and BI developers
Serve as a technical advocate and organizational buffer—protecting the team from the effects of working in a large company
Act as liaison between the business and engineering technical leaders to give additional context to architectural and business considerations
Provide hands-on technical redundancy across Google Cloud Platform (GCP): setting up Google Groups, managing IAM permissions, roles, and service accounts, monitor resources and associated spend
Collaborate with technical leaders, product leaders, analytics users, and other data organizations to prioritize technical efforts with business outcomes in mind
Build a strong engineering culture rooted in collaboration, clean code, and continuous improvement
Recruit, mentor, and retain top-tier engineering talent
Navigate organizational and architectural trade-offs, balancing long-term integrity with pragmatic business needs

10+ years of software engineering experience
3–5 years managing engineering teams
Strong experience leading across functions: backend, data pipelines, and BI/reporting tools
Demonstrated success managing distributed teams across time zones and functions
Must reside within a commutable distance from the Mars United Commerce Lehi, UT location
Deep familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), especially with IAM
Experience setting up Google Groups, managing IAM permissions, roles, and service accounts, and monitoring resources and spend
Has experience navigating complex or bureaucratic environments while maintaining agile team health
Understands how to balance long-term architectural integrity with pragmatic business needs
Passionate about building teams, not just shipping code
Familiarity with Python, TypeScript/Vue.js, SQL
Experience with BigQuery, dbt, Looker, and legacy systems in Azure
Experience with DevOps tools such as GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, and some Terraform
Bonus: Familiarity with marketing or martech systems (e.g., customer data platforms, attribution modeling, campaign orchestration)
Bonus: Background in data privacy, security policies, and compliance