Director, Data Insights & Engineering

Mudflap serves the $800B trucking industry, the backbone of the U.S. economy. Our market-leading payment products help truckers save thousands of dollars on fuel (their #1 business expense), while providing our fuel stop partners with access to new, hard-to-reach customers. We’re a fast-growing marketplace business looking for a new customer-obsessed teammate to join us on this exciting journey.

As the Director, Data Insights & Engineering, you will sit inside our core technology organization, but serve cross-functional stakeholders across the business including the executive team.

We are looking for a person who leads with humility, curiosity, and purpose. Someone with clarity of thought, an ability to integrate and analyze a great deal of information, the inspiration to spark new ideas, and the organizational skills to oversee multiple complex and concurrent projects.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience in data at startups with meaningful scale. This is a managerial role but also requires deep technical expertise in the data engineering/science/analytics realm.

This role is based in Palo Alto, CA and involves a hybrid work approach, balancing in-office collaboration with the ability to work remotely.

Expectations (In this role, you will):

Lead the applied data science, engineering, & analytics function at Mudflap, supporting key decisions across product development, marketing, risk, and finance

Hire and mentor world-class talent, primarily data analysts, engineers, and scientists

Drive process improvements to improve both the quality and quantity of insights we are able to deliver

Drive best practices around experiment design and implementation around the company to enable rapid testing and learning

Work closely with product engineering leadership to evolve our data pipelines, warehouse, and related systems to facilitate accurate and efficient delivery of insights

Act as a thought partner for data-savvy individuals located outside of the core data team

Exhibit enthusiasm about sharing and adopting best practices with your team

Be flexible--you understand the needs of a startup

Be detail-oriented, a fast learner, and scrappy

Experience (What we look for):

Hands-on experience with complex relational datasets; you’ve encountered databases with hundreds of tables and limited documentation, and aren’t intimidated. Between experimenting yourself and striking up conversation with others across the company, you’ve never met a Postgres (or Snowflake) instance you didn’t like

Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional stakeholders; you’re able to prioritize competing requests effectively by leveraging a strong fundamental understanding of the business environment you’re operating in

Knowledge and enthusiasm for emerging trends in the data analytics space; you try new tools and are comfortable evaluating open source platforms, vendor pitches, etc

Demonstrated managerial acumen; you’ve built a team before, are comfortable hiring and developing folks with a wide variety of experience profiles

Strong written and verbal communication skills; you’re comfortable making a presentation to the leadership team as well as documenting processes for your teammates

Perks and Benefits (What we offer):

Competitive salary and equity in a high-growth startup

Multiple health benefit options

Responsible Time Off

401(k) matching

Opportunities and support for major career growth

Annual Company offsite event (Mudfest!)

The salary range for this role is $225,000 - $275,000. This information reflects a base salary range for this position based on current market data, which may be subject to change as new market data becomes available. The candidate's skills, experience, and other relevant factors will determine the exact compensation.

Company Overview (Who we are):

Mudflap is on a mission to transform the trucking and logistics industry by leveling the playing field for owner operators and small fleets. Backed by top-tier venture investors, including QED, Matrix Partners, Commerce Ventures, NFX, and 500 Startups and included in the Forbes Fintech 50 list, Mudflap offers fleet fuel management solutions. Our core team hails from Disney, Uber, Procore, DoorDash, Google, Meta, Capital One, Affirm and Brex.

Here are the core values that we believe in and look for in new teammates:

Be Customer Obsessed: We deeply understand customer needs and put our customers at the center of everything we do

Make it Count: Act like an owner by focusing on the impact of your work

Find a Way: Be a creative problem solver who pushes past roadblocks to win for our customers and our teammates

Sweat the Details: We keep our standards high and achieve them by paying attention to every detail

Be Curious: Use a growth mindset to question assumptions, take calculated risks and stretch the boundaries of what’s possible