About DAT

DAT is an award-winning employer of choice and a next-generation SaaS technology company that has been at the leading edge of innovation in transportation supply chain logistics for 44 years. We continue to transform the industry year over year, by deploying a suite of software solutions to millions of customers every day - customers who depend on DAT for the most relevant data and most accurate insights to help them make smarter business decisions and run their companies more profitably. We operate the largest marketplace of its kind in North America, with 227 million freight posts in 2021, and a database of $126 billion of annual global shipment market transaction data. DAT is headquartered in Denver, CO. We have a second campus in the Portland, OR area, where we got our start four decades ago, and we have additional offices in Springfield, MO, and Bangalore, India. For additional information, see www.DAT.com/company.

The Opportunity

AT DAT, Our leaders optimistically share future possibilities to inspire and motivate others toward their full potential. We expect our employees to find ways to embrace positive change, be curious and challenge the status quo, and provide solutions to unmet problems. Joining DAT means joining a culture focused on fostering development, building genuine connections, recognizing each other’s strengths and sharing in successes.

Lead multiple backend engineering teams responsible for providing core services including real time search to DATs’ millions of external customers.  In collaboration with application development teams and our product management organization, the manager will be accountable for sustaining a highly scalable platform or services that satisfies customer expectations for security, usability, and availability.

What You’ll Do

• Leads development core backend services that enables DAT to provide a next-generation SaaS technology experience in transportation supply chain logistics.
• Builds a team that will succeed in a fast-paced scaled agile environment and meet the needs of our customers and business partners.
• Collaborates with architecture, service development, and application development teams in the on-going evolution of our external identity solutions.
• Sustains a highly available and resilient core backend services through the application of modern technology service management principles.
• Be a driver for the adoption of modern application architectures and deployment models as a stakeholder in our application modernization and cloud adoption programs.
• Supports development of strategy, vision and roadmap implementation of core business services like realtime search.
• Develops strong working relationships with other leaders in the information technology organization by providing continuous assistance and thought leadership.
• Educates, coaches, and mentors a team on technical, interpersonal, and team dynamics, company policy & procedures, and other topics.
• Takes an active role in fostering a culture of learning and excellence.

The Skills and Experience You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
• 7+ years of relevant engineering experience
• 5+ years of people management experience, managing engineers
• 3+ years of people management experience, managing managers
• Experience with large scale backend service deployments. ElasticSearch, Flink, and Spark experience is a plus.
• Experience building and operating large scale, distributed systems
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development and technology management life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations; Agile a plus.
• Previous hands-on experience with a major cloud platform, such as AWS or Azure.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Passion for people management and mentorship.
• Proven track record of building and managing high performing engineering teams.
• Interest in continuous learning and improvement
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In compliance with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the minimum salary for this role is  $160,000.00 benefits. The maximum compensation for this role can vary significantly depending on your job-related skills and experience. DAT considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education and training, core skills, internal equity, and market and business elements when extending an offer.

DAT embraces the value of a diverse workforce, and believes it is a core strength of our company that we encourage those values in every DAT employee, at every level of our organization, regardless of tenure or rank. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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