Director of Data Engineering

About Taskrabbit:

Taskrabbit is a marketplace platform that conveniently connects people with Taskers to handle everyday home to-do’s, such as furniture assembly, handyman work, moving help, and much more.

At Taskrabbit, we want to transform lives one task at a time. As a company we celebrate innovation, inclusion and hard work. Our culture is collaborative, pragmatic, and fast-paced. We’re looking for talented, entrepreneurially minded and data-driven people who also have a passion for helping people do what they love.

Together with IKEA, we’re creating more opportunities for people to earn a consistent, meaningful income on their own terms by building lasting relationships with clients in communities around the world.

• Taskrabbit is a remote-first company with employees distributed across the US and EU
• 5-time Best Places to Work in 2022 by BuiltIn. Including Best Companies in SF, Best Mid-Sized Companies, and Best Benefits
• DataBird journal’s “Best Places” Best Companies for Diversity, #1 2019 and 2020
• DataBird journal’s “Best Places” Best Companies for Women, #4 2019 and #1 2020

Join us at Taskrabbit, where your work will be meaningful, your ideas valued, and your potential unleashed!.

This is a Hybrid role with the expectation that employees will begin working 2 days per week in our dedicated office space in San Francisco or New York City starting in September of 2025. 

About the Role

Data is the lifeblood of Taskrabbit, and we are looking for a visionary leader to join as our Director of Data Engineering. In this critical role, you will own the data infrastructure that powers our entire business. You will be responsible for hiring, coaching, and directly managing the Data Engineering and Analytics Engineering teams, guiding them to design and build high-scale, reliable systems that ensure data accuracy, availability, and trustworthiness.

As the Director of Data Engineering, you will be the senior-most engineer in the data organization, responsible for setting the vision, strategy, and standards for our data platform. You will implement best-in-class data warehousing practices, manage data governance, and create robust processes for data monitoring, alerting, and anomaly detection. You will partner closely with leaders across Data Science, Machine Learning, Product, and Engineering to define your team's roadmap, prioritize high-impact work, and deliver against timelines with high-quality software. This is a strategic role that requires a blend of deep technical expertise, strong leadership skills, and a passion for building the foundational systems that enable a data-driven culture.

What You'll Work On:

• Team Leadership & Development: Build, coach, and scale a high-performing, geographically distributed team of data and analytics engineers, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and accountability.
• Strategic Vision & Roadmap: Proactively drive the vision for Taskrabbit's data platform. Define and execute a strategic roadmap that aligns with our broader data strategy and company objectives, focusing on scalability, reliability, and efficiency.
• Engineering & Architectural Excellence: Promote data engineering best practices (CI/CD, coding, testing, observability, security) for maintainable, high-quality solutions. Lead data model design and define data warehousing best practices, overseeing foundational improvements.
• Enable Self-Service Analytics: Champion and oversee the development of a semantic layer to provide a single source of truth for key business metrics, empowering teams across the company with self-service analytics capabilities.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Build strong, collaborative relationships with Data Scientists, Product Managers, and Software Engineers to understand their evolving data needs and deliver robust solutions.
• Operational Excellence: Define and manage SLAs for all critical datasets and production processes. Implement and oversee a comprehensive observability strategy, including monitoring, alerting, and data quality checks.
• Establish and Oversee Data Governance & Compliance: In collaboration with the Information Security Committee, establish and enforce data lifecycle management policies, including data retention and disposal procedures. Lead initiatives to ensure the data platform meets and maintains compliance with global regulations.
• Ensure Data Reporting Correctness and Accuracy: Implement a robust data quality framework to guarantee accurate, consistent, and reliable data for reporting and analysis. This involves defining data quality metrics, automating monitoring and alerting, and establishing rapid issue resolution processes.
• Innovation & Modernization: Keep up with industry trends, including advancements in AI and machine learning, and continuously identify new tools and methodologies to improve our data platform and processes.

Your Areas of Expertise:

We welcome applicants from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Below gives you a sense of how we're thinking about what you'll need to be successful in the role.

• 5+ years of experience as a data engineering leader, with a proven track record of scaling, managing, and building high-performing, geographically distributed data teams.
• 2+ years of experience establishing and enforcing data lifecycle management (such as data retention policies and data disposal procedures).
• Demonstrated experience in leading data initiatives for compliance, including working with regulations like GDPR, CCPA, or similar, and supporting organizations in successfully achieving and maintaining certifications such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001.
• Skilled in coaching and leading other engineers, with the ability to provide deep technical guidance when needed.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with a bias for action and the ability to proactively drive complex projects to completion, and effectively communicate the business value of technical initiatives to stakeholders across the organization.
• Experience leading a data organization through the implementation of security and compliance initiatives. 
• Deep experience with modern cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP) and data warehouse technologies like Snowflake.
• Expertise in SQL, data modeling, and at least one scripting language (e.g., Python).
• Experience with modern data stack tools such as dbt, Airflow, and BI/visualization tools like Looker or Sigma.
• Experience with or a strong understanding of semantic layer technologies (e.g., dbt Semantic Layer, LookML) is a significant plus.
• Expertise in Agile/Lean software development methodologies.
• BA/BS in Computer Science, Math, Physics, or another technical field.

Compensation & Benefits:

At Taskrabbit, our approach to compensation is designed to be competitive, transparent and equitable. Our total compensation consists of base pay + bonus + benefits + perks.

The base pay range for this position is $181,000 to $252,000. This range is representative of base pay only, and does not include any other total cash compensation amounts, such as company bonus or benefits. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above, and will be determined by factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, qualifications, geography, and level.

You’ll love working here because:

• Taskrabbit is a Remote-First Company. We value flexibility and choice but also stay committed to regular in-person connection.
• The People. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented, supportive, smart, and kind leaders and teams -- people you can be proud to work with!
• The Diverse Culture. We believe that we make better decisions when our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate. Women make up half of our leadership team and our diversity representation is above that of the tech industry average.
• The Perks. Taskrabbit offers our employees with employer-paid health insurance and a 401k match with immediate vesting for our US based employees. We offer all of our global employees generous and flexible time off with 2 company-wide closure weeks, Taskrabbit product stipends, wellness + productivity + education stipends, IKEA discounts, reproductive health support, and more. Benefits vary by country of employment. 

Taskrabbit’s commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

An Active Commitment to Equity within our Company and Platform.

We are an inclusive community where all who share our mission and values belong. Our anti-racist culture actively strengthens the knowledge, understanding, and awareness of underrepresented experiences and our ongoing allyship commitment. Our diverse team represents the communities we serve, breaking down systemic barriers, and transforming lives- one action at a time.

Taskrabbit is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military/veteran status, or disability status. Taskrabbit is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. 

Taskrabbit will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. 

Taskrabbit will never use text or chat applications to conduct interviews. We have a thoughtful and interactive interview process that includes an initial recruiter phone screen and several video-based interviews with our hiring teams. Communications will always be conducted by taskrabbit.com domain names.