Director of Backend Engineering

Chartbeat helps content creators to pique and keep their audience’s attention. It is most well known for the real-time analytics that help 80% of the top publishers in the US and ~50,000 media sites in over 60 countries around the world. Chartbeat works with content creators to align them around the right audience development goals and give them the data they need to adapt when it matters. Chartbeat proves the monetizable value of quality content over clickbait.

We hire smart people. Super smart people. The kind of people who are as eager to learn every single day as they are to teach every single day. With a firm commitment to diversity, we hire for unique approaches to problem solving and uncommon ways of thinking, regardless of that person’s race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. Because these kinds of people are the ones who build something new, something bold the world has never seen before. They are the people you’ll stay thirty minutes after work is done to talk with, just so that you can hear what they think about data. Or journalism. Or the multiverse. Or dogs. We have a team full of those people. Because when you gather a group of diverse, kind, thoughtful people like that -- like ours -- work isn’t work. It’s a challenge; it’s a thrill -- and it’s usually pretty fun.

* Leading a team of 10-15 Engineers, including regular 1:1’s and career growth * Hiring new engineers and representing Chartbeat in the greater engineering community * Move fast * Help make our development practices better and reduce friction from idea to deployment * Mentor engineers and set the stage for personal growth

**Are leading a team of problem solvers** * Leading engineers is not just a step up the ladder, it’s a passion. It’s about helping people do their best work, and inspiring a team to inspire each other. It’s about developing processes that foster creativity. It’s about providing the kind of feedback that helps an engineer grow. It’s not about managing, it’s about leadership. **Are a versatile and passionate technologist** * We are a dynamic and flexible team, so when you come aboard, you will be leading a team that is busy building products. Your role will be to advise, coach, facilitate and occasionally pitch-in. * Our backend is mostly built in Python, with key parts in Clojure, Java, C, and Lua. We use MySQL, MongoDB, Riak and RedShift as data stores, along with Apache Kafka and RabbitMQ. Everything is hosted in Amazon AWS. You don't need to already have experience with this tech, you need to WANT experience with it. As you can imagine, with around 12M concurrent visitors at peak hours every day, we see a LOT of data. You'll have no shortage of challenges to solve.