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Director of Engineering – Data Platform

Location: Atlanta, GA

The Director of Engineering – Data Platform at NICE is responsible for leading and managing the engineering teams that design, build, and maintain the company’s data platform. This role ensures the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and reliable data solutions that support NICE’s products and services

Key Responsibilities

Lead the Data Platform engineering organization, ensuring alignment with company goals
Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of data platform components
Manage resource planning, delivery milestones, and overall product quality
Ensure system capacity planning and operational support for the data platform
Establish and enforce development standards, tools, and methodologies
Integrate customer and business requirements into engineering efforts
Stay current with data-related technologies such as Snowflake, Kafka, Flink, Iceberg, Postgres, AWS S3, and OpenSearch
Manage vendor relationships and third-party implementations
Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (Master’s preferred)
12+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on data platforms
6+ years of management experience in large-scale environments
Proven expertise in data technologies and large-scale distributed systems
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Experience with Agile/SCRUM methodologies

Preferred Experience

Building horizontally scalable solutions using containers, microservices, and big data technologies
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and open-source data tools
Track record of delivering high-quality software products on time

About NiCE

NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE) software products are used by 25,000+ global businesses, including 85 of the Fortune 100 corporations, to deliver extraordinary customer experiences, fight financial crime and ensure public safety. Every day, NiCE software manages more than 120 million customer interactions and monitors 3+ billion financial transactions.

Known as an innovation powerhouse that excels in AI, cloud and digital, NiCE is consistently recognized as the market leader in its domains, with over 8,500 employees across 30+ countries.

NiCE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, neurotype, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.

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