Director, Data Engineering

<div class="content-intro"><p>At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call <em>the Veracyte way</em> – it’s about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions. </p> <p>Our Values:</p> <ul> <li><strong>We Seek A Better Way</strong>: We innovate boldly, learn from our setbacks, and are resilient in our pursuit to transform cancer care</li> <li><strong>We Make It Happen</strong>: We act with urgency, commit to quality, and bring fun to our hard work</li> <li><strong>We Are Stronger Together</strong>: We collaborate openly, seek to understand, and celebrate our wins</li> <li><strong>We Care Deeply</strong>: We embrace our differences, do the right thing, and encourage each other</li> </ul> <p> </p></div><h3><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Position:</span></h3> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The Director of Data Engineering will lead the design, development, and evolution of our enterprise data platforms to empower scientific, clinical, operational, and commercial teams with trusted, actionable data. This role will oversee the architecture and engineering of modern data lake and lake house environments on AWS, ensuring scalable, secure, reliable, and efficient data solutions that support Veracyte’s mission. You will partner cross-functionally to shape the future of our data ecosystem while developing and mentoring a high-performing engineering team.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> This position is based out of our San Diego office (hybrid).</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Responsibilities</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Lead the strategy, roadmap, and execution for data engineering across cloud-native data lake and lake house architectures on AWS</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Oversee ingestion, transformation, quality, governance, and orchestration pipelines supporting analytics, ML, bioinformatics, and operational workloads</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Drive architectural decisions for scalable, high‑availability systems using AWS services such as S3, Glue, Athena, Lambda, and related technologies like Snowflake.</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Establish and enforce data engineering best practices, including CI/CD, testing frameworks, observability, lineage, and documentation</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Partner with data science, analytics, product, clinical, and software engineering teams to deliver reliable, well-modeled data products</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Ensure platform security, compliance, and data privacy through policies, tooling, and close collaboration with Security and IT</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Manage, grow, and mentor a team of data engineers and architects, fostering an inclusive, collaborative culture aligned with our values</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Evaluate emerging technologies and guide modernization initiatives to improve scalability, cost efficiency, and performance</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business and scientific needs into scalable and maintainable data solutions</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Own operational excellence for all production data pipelines, including monitoring, incident response, and SLA management</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Who You Are:</span></h3> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Required Qualifications</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> 10+ years of experience in data engineering or related fields, including 5+ years building large-scale data architectures</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Demonstrated expertise designing and operating data lake and lake house architectures on AWS</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Hands-on experience with modern ETL/ELT frameworks, distributed data processing, and orchestration tools</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Strong proficiency with SQL, Python, and data modeling for analytical and operational workloads</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams, including hiring, performance management, and career development</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Deep understanding of data governance, data quality, security, and privacy controls</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners in a fast-paced environment</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into understandable terms</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Preferred Qualifications</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Experience in biotech, life sciences, diagnostics, or other regulated data environments</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Background working with scientific, clinical, or laboratory data pipelines</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Familiarity with ML/AI workflows and supporting MLOps platforms</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Experience with cost optimization strategies for large-scale AWS data systems</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Expertise in designing reusable data products or domain-oriented architectures</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Knowledge of metadata management, lineage tooling, and data catalog platforms</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">#LI-Hybrid</span></span></p> <p> </p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience, skillset, geographic location, industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.</span></p></div><div class="title">Pay range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$234,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$253,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p> </p> <h3><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What We Can Offer You</span></h3> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Veracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions. We are thrilled to be recognized as a 2024 Certified™ Great Place to Work<sup>®</sup> in both the US and Israel - a testament to our dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring workplace where passion meets purpose.</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">About Veracyte</span></h3> <p>Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company whose vision is to transform cancer care for patients all over the world. We empower clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our Veracyte Diagnostics Platform delivers high-performing cancer tests that are fueled by broad genomic and clinical data, deep bioinformatic and AI capabilities, and a powerful evidence-generation engine, which ultimately drives durable reimbursement and guideline inclusion for our tests, along with new insights to support continued innovation and pipeline development. For more information, please visit <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.veracyte.com%2F&esheet=54340020&newsitemid=20251015446872&lan=en-US&anchor=www.veracyte.com&index=5&md5=4d48386b00ece1531372e2e593d7cd2d">www.veracyte.com</a> or follow us on <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fveracyte%2F&esheet=54340020&newsitemid=20251015446872&lan=en-US&anchor=LinkedIn&index=6&md5=234cba826cb637f449d2722139f551ef">LinkedIn</a> or <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fveracyte%3Fs%3D11&esheet=54340020&newsitemid=20251015446872&lan=en-US&anchor=X+%28Twitter%29&index=7&md5=20ead95735af622bf261b20735515b66">X (Twitter)</a>.</p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Veracyte, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Veracyte participates in E-Verify in the United States. View our <a href="https://www.veracyte.com/privacy-statement-for-california-residents/" target="_blank">CCPA Disclosure Notice</a>.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak">If you receive any suspicious alerts or communications through LinkedIn or other online job sites for any position at Veracyte, please exercise caution and promptly report any concerns to <a class="fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" href="mailto:careers@Veracyte.com" target="_blank">careers@veracyte.com</a></span></strong></span></p></div>