Engineering Leadership

About Mixpanel Mixpanel turns data clarity into innovation. Trusted by more than 29,000 companies, including Workday, Pinterest, LG, and Rakuten Viber, Mixpanel’s AI‑first digital analytics help teams accelerate adoption, improve retention, and ship with confidence. It combines product and web analytics, session replay, experimentation, feature flags, and metric trees for comprehensive insight.

The Director of Engineering, reporting directly to the CTO, will be responsible for all of Product Engineering. You’ll own the core analysis experience that product managers and engineers rely on daily, the growth infrastructure that brings new builders into the product and keeps them there, and the platform capabilities that let teams test and ship with confidence. Success is measured by revenue and retention.

• Lead multiple engineering teams across different product areas. This role is for someone who develops people seriously and holds a high bar for execution.
• Build an AI‑first product analytics platform for the next generation of software.
• Hire well, coach deeply, and build a culture where engineers feel ownership and pride in what they ship.
• Shape direction alongside Product and Design, turning big ideas into focused execution without losing quality.
• Set the technical bar. Empower tech leads with clarity and trust, and protect the systems your teams own.
• Identify and deliver strategies that create real value for customers and the business.
• Drive technical strategy, including evolving foundational capabilities to support the long‑term product vision.
• Partner with Design, Product, and GTM to bring product capabilities to market.

• 10+ years of engineering experience; 4+ years leading engineering teams of 50+ and managing managers.
• Proven track record building and shipping customer‑facing web applications at scale.
• Experience building AI‑powered products in production as a core part of the product.
• Strong collaboration with product managers and designers on meaningful user‑facing work.
• Strong judgment in technical trade‑offs, with lessons learned to back it up.
• Evidence of leadership through influence, alignment, and growing others.
• Skilled at navigating ambiguity, making trade‑offs, 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.

• Product teams operate as autonomous pods, with engineering, product, and design working side by side on clear goals, with direct access to customer feedback, usage data, and business metrics.
• We start with customer problems, reason from first principles, and aim for simple solutions to complex problems.
• Engineering owns execution, quality, and operations. No project managers, QA teams, or separate SREs. Ownership stays with the people building.
• We value written thinking, dashboards, and demos over slide decks. We work openly using Slack, Git Hub, Mixpanel, Notion, Figma, and Zoom.
• Our team is distributed across North America with strong clusters in San Francisco and New York.

The amount listed below is the total target cash compensation (TTCC) and includes base compensation and variable compensation in the form of either a company bonus or commissions. Variable compensation type is determined by your role and level. In addition to the cash compensation provided, this position is also eligible for equity consideration and other benefits, including medical, vision, and dental insurance coverage.

Mixpanel Compensation Range: $320,000 – $400,000 USD

• Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care
• Mental Wellness Benefit
• Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Volunteer Time Off
• Additional US Benefits:
  Pre‑Tax Benefits including 401(K), Wellness Benefit, Holiday Break

• Make Bold Bets:
  We choose courageous action over comfortable progress.
• Innovate with Insight:
  We tackle decisions with rigor and judgment—combining data, experience, and collective wisdom to drive powerful outcomes.
• One Team:
  We collaborate across boundaries to achieve far greater…