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VP of Data Engineering

Remote - US

About Sayari: 

Sayari is a risk intelligence provider that provides the public and private sectors with immediate visibility into complex commercial relationships by delivering the largest commercially available collection of corporate and trade data from over 250 jurisdictions worldwide. Sayari's solutions enable risk resilience, mission-critical investigations, and better economic decisions. 
 
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Sayari’s solutions are trusted by Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, and government agencies, and are used globally in over 35 countries. Funded by world-class investors, with a strategic $228 million investment by TPG Inc. (NASDAQ: TPG) in 2024, Sayari has been recognized by the Inc. 5000 and the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 as one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States and was featured as one of Inc.’s “Best Workplaces” for 2025.

Position Description

We are actively seeking a highly accomplished and experienced Vice President of Software Engineering to spearhead the development and evolution of our critical data product. This pivotal role is central to extending and solidifying our core data moat—a strategic differentiator that underpins Sayari's market leadership. The successful candidate will assume comprehensive ownership of the entire data lifecycle, encompassing data acquisition, extraction, harmonization, and persistence/packaging.

The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record of successfully scaling complex data platforms, demonstrating a deep understanding of architectural patterns and best practices. Furthermore, a strong background in harmonizing disparate datasets using cutting-edge machine learning (ML) and Generative AI (Gen AI) techniques is essential. This role offers significant latitude for innovation, encouraging the exploration and implementation of novel solutions to complex data challenges. The team supporting this vital function is primarily based in the United States.

Job Responsibilities

  • Lead Data Engineering Strategy: Define and execute the technical vision for a scalable, high-performance data product utilizing Generative AI, advanced entity resolution, and unstructured data harmonization.
  • Team Leadership: Recruit, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team of engineers, fostering personal growth and technical excellence.
  • Product  Delivery: Drive end-to-end data product delivery—ensure on-time, high-quality releases that align with product goals and company OKRs, leveraging a scaled agile process. 
  • Architecture & Technology Oversight: Oversee architecture decisions, with a hands-on approach to evaluating tradeoffs across frameworks, pipelines, languages, etc.
  • Collaboration: Partner with product, and infrastructure teams to deliver  reliable solutions. Partner with sales and customer success to identify future opportunities and to gather data product feedback (particularly quality).
  • Innovation: Stay ahead of emerging technologies in GenAI, knowledge graphs, NLP, and machine learning. Foster a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement.

Required Skills & Experience

  • Engineering Leadership: 8+ years in software engineering management, with at least 3 years at the VP or senior director level. This experience should be in a relevant domain such as enterprise software/data products, cybersecurity, core search/DB platforms, or third-party risk management.
  • Predictable Delivery: Experience in various software development processes/practices for delivering predictability and with quality. 
  • Data/SaaS Expertise: Deep experience building and scaling cloud-native data products on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • Data Engineering Acumen: Broad understanding of entity resolution, data normalization, information extraction, and harmonizing unstructured data sources.
  • AI & NLP: Practical experience working with Generative AI models in a production environment.
  • Programming Proficiency: Capable of code review in Scala, Python, Go, Java, or similar programming languages.

Leadership Qualities

  • Motivational Leader: Ability to drive, hold accountability, motivate, encourage, and coach/mentor teams.
  • Collaborative: Skilled in working laterally across the organization, actively listening to feedback from sales, customer success, and directly from customers.
  • Emotionally Intelligent: Possesses high emotional intelligence and the ability to form strong peer relationships to foster teamwork.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (advanced degree preferred).

 

Work Location:

  • This position is remote with about 15% travel. Preference to EDT/CDT/MDT timezone so there is maximum collaboration with East Coast, UK, EU, and Israel. 

 

The target base salary for this position is $300,000-$335,000 plus bonus and equity. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including location, local market variances, candidate experience and expertise, internal peer equity, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Benefits: 

  • 100% fully paid medical, vision, and dental for employees and their dependents
  • Generous time off; we observe all US federal holidays, close our office for a winter break (12/24-12/31), in addition to granting 18 PTO days and 10 sick days
  • Outstanding compensation package; competitive commissions for revenue roles and quarterly bonuses for non-revenue positions
  • A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Eligibility to participate in additional benefits such as 401k match up to 5%, 100% paid life insurance (up to $100,000 coverage),, and parental leave
  • A collaborative and positive culture - your team will be as smart and driven as you
  • Limitless growth and learning opportunities
 
Sayari is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply. We believe diversity and inclusion mean our team members should reflect the diversity of the United States. No employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status, genetics, or political affiliation. We strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.

Pay Range

$300,000 - $335,000 USD

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