Graphicacy

Director Of Data Visualization Engineering

Graphicacy, a mission driven data visualization, is recruiting an entrepreneurial Director of Data Visualization Engineering.

The ideal candidate for this role will be a leader with a passion for data visualization. They will have the technical competencies and leadership skills to match creative ideas with technical engineering and development solutions. They will be capable of both guiding our developers by setting technical and growth strategies, with a focus on innovative data visualization, while at the same time utilizing their own engineering skills to build and create cutting-edge interactives for Graphicacy's clients.

We are a dynamic team that works fast as such, we want to work with people who are forward-thinking, self-motivated and excited about new opportunities.

About the Role:

• Lead by example by consistently pushing innovative solutions for a team of engineers; ensuring excellent and beautiful work that brings client visions to life.
• Maintain a pulse on cutting-edge data visualization and engineering trends.
• Take ownership of technical and development solutions to ensure delivery of superior products and solutions from technical discovery to production.
• Help manage a wide range of overlapping projects, including setting budgets, schedules and milestones to meet client timelines and deliverables.
• Recruit and retain a strong, diverse, entrepreneurial, and mission-driven team.
• Work with Graphicacy's leadership team to build and maintain working relationships with existing clients and strive to expand the universe of Graphicacy's business and client base.

About You:

• Passion for, and experience and interest in data visualization, information graphics and familiarity with a range of full-stack technologies. Graphicacy manages a range of projects built on Angular, Vue, and React.
• 5-7 years of relevant data visualization experience, including but not limited to experience with visualizations and web-based interactives, geospatial, and/or visual story-telling.
• Ability to weigh the pros and cons of technical solutions based on resource and time constraints to help clients understand what solutions are possible.
• Thorough understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle and experience in Agile, DevOps, or iterative SDLCs.
• Experience managing and growing fast moving teams of full stack developers.
• Experience working with AWS/Azure/Google Cloud.
• Experience communicating with designers and handling designer assets.
• Experience using AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, and other services to implement serverless and microservice architecture.
• Strong experience building web services.
• Experience in developing scripts and scripting languages.
• A proven track record of innovating with an entrepreneurial business acumen.
• A knack for partnering and collaboration with colleagues and team leaders to improve business processes, systems and overall business operationalization.
• Strong strategic thinking, planning, organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with managing or leading teams in the federal government contracting space pertaining to data visualizations or analytics products and services.

We are looking for a smart, passionate person, and do not expect that every applicant has experience in everything we listed above. If you are interested in the role, but worried you don't meet all our criteria, apply anyway. Demonstrate your creative thinking, problem solving skills, and ability to learn on the job, with projects in your portfolio, and in your cover letter.

Graphicacy is a mission-driven data visualization and design studio in Washington, DC, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles.

Graphicacy partners with clients to tell engaging stories with data. Graphicacy's team combines storytelling, thoughtful human-centered design and deep technical capabilities to build and deploy strategic, data-rich digital projects. Graphicacy's team has created data visualizations and websites for top-tier organizations and companies, domestically and internationally, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the World Bank, the Center for American Progress, the Anti-Defamation League, and many others.

Graphicacy is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity of ideas, experiences, and cultures, and we strongly encourage applicants from a wide array of backgrounds and communities to apply. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or medical condition.

Graphicacy Benefits:

This is a full-time position with a competitive salary commensurate with experience. Generous benefits include medical, dental, vision and life insurance, retirement matching, and equity in the company. We also offer our team flexible and liberal leave policies to ensure a healthy work-life balance.