Job Description

Overview

Sayari is a risk intelligence provider that delivers 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 is trusted by Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, and government agencies and is used globally in over 35 countries. The company has been recognized by Inc. 5000 and the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 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 moata 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 team supporting this vital function is primarily based in the United States.

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. 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.

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 deliveryensure 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.

Skills & Experience

Required Skills & Experience:

• Engineering Leadership: 8+ years in software engineering management, with at least 3 years at the VP or senior director level in domains such as enterprise software/data products, cybersecurity, core search/DB platforms, or third-party risk management.
• Predictable Delivery: Experience delivering software with processes that emphasize predictability and 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 languages.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• 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 for collaboration with East Coast, UK, EU, and Israel.

Pay Range

$300,000$335,000 USD

Benefits

• 100% fully paid medical, vision, and dental for employees and their dependents
• Generous time off; we observe all US federal holidays, a winter break closure (12/24-12/31), plus 18 PTO days and 10 sick days
• Competitive compensation package; quarterly bonuses for non-revenue roles and commissions for revenue roles
• A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Eligibility to participate in benefits such as 401k match up to 5%, 100% paid life insurance (up to $100,000), and parental leave
• A collaborative and positive culture with a team that is smart and driven
• Opportunities for growth and learning

Sayari is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply. We prohibit 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 encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.

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