Director - Engineering

February 15

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Muck Rack

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Muck Rack’s Public Relations Management (PRM) platform enables thousands of organizations including Google, Knight Foundation, Pfizer, Golin, Zapier and Duolingo to build trust and tell their stories through earned media. Its media database curates hundreds of millions of data points to help PR teams find journalists, podcasters and content creators, generate coverage, monitor news and prove the value of their work. Journalists use Muck Rack’s free tools to showcase their portfolios, analyze news about any topic and measure the impact of their stories.

Public Relations • Media Relations • Journalism • Computer Software • PR Software

201 - 500 employees

💰 $180M Series A on 2022-09

📋 Description

• Muck Rack is the leading SaaS platform for public relations and communications professionals. • We’re looking for a visionary and experienced director, engineering to lead our Platform and DevOps functions. • Reporting directly to the VP of engineering, the successful candidate will oversee the technical vision and strategy for our platform. • Responsible for the design, deployment, maintenance of our robust infrastructure, and championing automation, resilience, observability, and other best practices. • This role will involve fostering a security-first mindset, managing budgets, and liaising with stakeholders across departments. • The director will build, mentor, and guide a high-performing and multi-disciplinary team in a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and operational excellence.

🎯 Requirements

• You’re a builder and a leader: This is crucial. Engineering Directors must be experienced leaders who can build and manage high-performing teams. • You’re data-driven: Absolutely essential for Muck Rack. The platform is data-centric, and the Engineering Director needs to understand how data is used to drive product decisions and measure success. • You’re customer-focused: You want to understand the customer’s needs and prioritize development efforts accordingly. • You thrive in a fast-paced environment: Muck Rack is a growing company, and things change quickly, but not without a purpose. • You’re passionate about our mission: If you are genuinely excited about Muck Rack's mission and the value it provides to PR professionals.

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote Work, Forever. We’re a fully distributed team and have pledged to remain that way. • Transparent Compensation. We offer competitive geo-neutral pay in the U.S. and review compensation at least once annually. • Health & Wellness. Muck Rack provides comprehensive health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for employees and their families. • PTO and Family Benefits. Our team enjoys 4+ weeks of off-the-grid PTO, paid sick/mental health days and 13 paid holidays. • Personal & Professional Development. We grow talent by creating internal pathways for advancement and promotion. • Culture of Inclusion. We know that diverse perspectives breed innovation and help us better serve our customers. • Customer-First. Founder-controlled means we have the freedom to be nimble, highly collaborative and innovative.