Director of Engineering

Lead the engineering force behind Gallup’s analytics.

As director of engineering at Gallup, you’ll lead the managers and teams behind Gallup Access to transform how organizations understand and improve their workplaces. You’ll hire and develop exceptional engineering talent and guide your teams to produce innovative data-driven solutions that serve our customers and our growth. If you’re passionate about leading people to deliver complex, meaningful data projects, explore your future at Gallup today.

What You’ll Do

• Lead engineering managers and senior engineers, guide their career development, and oversee the team’s resourcing and performance management strategy
• Operationalize the Product Operating Model, and collaborate closely with product, design and data teams to ship solutions that are technically sound and user-centric
• Guide our push into next-generation reporting and business intelligence, with a focus on search and generative AI
• Oversee design, development and maintenance of scalable data pipeline and architectures for batch and real-time processing
• Own data governance to ensure our data are high-quality, secure and handled responsibly
• Define and track measurement systems that reflect engineering’s impact on revenue growth, product success and client satisfaction
• Build strong feedback loops and stakeholder relationships
• Stay current with trends in data engineering, cloud computing, AI and machine learning

What Makes You Stand Out

• Transformational leadership: You’ve successfully led engineering culture shifts through ambiguity and change.
• Startup experience: You’ve worked at startups and guided company transitions that relied on your agility and commitment to take them to the next level.
• Strong product orientation: You are passionate about analyzing and using data to drive product development and improve the customer experience.
• Operational expertise: You’ve implemented engineering strategy and execution across product lines and moved big data systems and AI/ML projects into production.
• Player-coach style: You inspire and develop talent while contributing to outcomes.

What You Need

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related field required
• At least eight years of software engineering experience required
• At least five years leading engineers in a Product Operating Model required
• At least five years managing engineering teams of 12 or more people required
• At least one year of leadership experience as a manager of managers required
• Proven ability to solve complex data processing challenges required
• Experience building and running big cloud data systems required; AWS is a plus
• Ability to align engineering work to customer value and business outcomes required
• Availability to travel to Gallup’s Omaha, Nebraska, office 25% of the time required
• When not traveling, a commitment to working on-site at a local Gallup workspace in San Francisco at least three days a week required
• Eligibility to work in the U.S. required; this position is not eligible for employment-based visa sponsorship

What You’ll Experience

• Mission-driven work: Make a meaningful difference for organizations, governments and individuals with your unique contributions, commitment to service and exceptional outcomes.
• Engaged teams: Join world-class managers, highly productive colleagues and knowledgeable mentors who are enthusiastic about their work.
• Learning opportunities: Focus on continuous growth by developing your strengths, feeding your curiosity, challenging conventional thinking and experimenting.
• Brand strength, startup energy: Thrive in an innovative culture backed by a trusted brand.
• A collaborative environment: Work where your ideas, perspectives and experiences are welcome and valued.

Learn more about life at Gallup.

Gallup offers a robust benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life and other insurance options; a fully vested 401(k) retirement savings plan with company matching; an employee stock ownership program; mass transit reimbursement; family-building benefits; an employee assistance program;