Engineering Leadership (Director of Engineering)
Mixpanel
External ApplicationSan Francisco, CAHybridFull Time
$320,000 - $400,000 / year
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About the Role
Mixpanel (29,000+ customers including Workday, Pinterest, LG) is seeking a Director of Engineering (posted as 'Engineering Leadership'), reporting directly to the CTO, responsible for all of Product Engineering. The Director will own the core analysis experience that product managers and engineers rely on daily, the growth infrastructure that brings new builders into the product, and the platform capabilities that let teams test and ship with confidence. Hybrid in San Francisco. Salary: $320,000–$400,000 USD (total target cash compensation).
Requirements
• 10+ years of engineering experience; 4+ years leading engineering teams of 50+, including experience managing managers.
• Proven track record building and shipping customer-facing web applications at scale.
• Experience building AI-powered products in production — not as an add-on, but as a core part of the product.
• Strong collaboration with product managers and designers on meaningful user-facing work.
• Strong judgment in technical tradeoffs, with lessons learned to back it up.
• Evidence of leadership through influence, alignment, and growing others.
• Skilled at navigating ambiguity, making tradeoffs, and bringing clarity to complex org structures.
• High ownership, accountability, and product instinct.
• Uses AI to do better work: curious, discerning, and practical about it.