Description
About Mixpanel ================
Mixpanel is a digital analytics platform that helps teams accelerate adoption, improve retention, and ship with confidence. It has over 29,000 customers, including Workday, Pinterest, LG, and Rakuten Viber.
About the Team ==============
Mixpanel Engineering is a small, fast-moving team focused on delivering real value to customers. We build powerful AI-powered product analytics while obsessing over clarity, simplicity, and delight. Engineers here own problems end to end. You can move across the stack to ship impact without being blocked by silos or heavy process.
Product innovation drives our business, and product engineering teams own that responsibility. The Infrastructure group focuses on high-scale customer data, operating as a force multiplier for the broader company as it moves toward an AI-first product. It comprises of four teams, Data Foundation, Query Engine, Data Storage and Data Activation.
Responsibilities ===============
Lead and build AI-first product experiences from inception to global scale.
Lead an engineering team and grow its scope over time. This role is for someone who loves developing people and unlocking their potential.
Build an exceptional team by hiring well, coaching deeply, and creating a culture where engineers feel ownership and pride in what they ship.
Shape direction alongside Product, turning big ideas into focused execution and helping teams move fast without losing quality.
Set the technical bar and protect the system. Depending on level, this may mean hands-on technical leadership or empowering tech leads with clarity and trust.
Requirements ============
10+ years engineering experience; 4+ years leading engineering teams
Experience building and running infrastructure supporting real-world, customer-facing web applications.
Experience building and using AI-powered products in production environments.
Proven collaboration with product managers and designers on meaningful infrastructure.
Strong judgment in technical tradeoffs, backed by lessons learned.
Evidence of leadership through influence, alignment, and growing others.
Director candidates must have experience managing managers.
Skilled at navigating ambiguity, making tradeoffs, and bringing clarity to complex org structures
High level of ownership, accountability, and product intuition
Additional Resources ====================
Engineering Life Page
Engineering Blog
Compensation ==========
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.
Our salary ranges are determined by role and level and are benchmarked to the SF Bay Area Technology data cut released by Radford, a global compensation database. The range displayed represents the minimum and maximum TTCC for new hire salaries for the position across all of our US locations.
Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, job-related skills, qualifications, and other factors. If you have questions about the specific range, your recruiter can share this information.
Mixpanel Compensation Range $279,000-$377,000 USD
Benefits and Perks =================
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
Culture Values ==============
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 impact than any of us could accomplish alone.
Candor with Connection: We build meaningful relationships that enable honest feedback and direct conversations.
Champion the Customer: We seek to deeply understand our customers’ needs, ensuring their success is our north star.
Why choose Mixpanel? ================
We’re a leader in analytics with over 9,000 customers and $277M raised from prominent investors: like Andreessen-Horowitz, Sequoia, YC, and, most recently, Bain Capital. Mixpanel’s pioneering event-based data analytics platform offers a powerful yet simple solution for companies to understand user behaviors and easily track overarching company success metrics.
Conclusion ========
Choosing to work at Mixpanel means you’ll be helping the world’s most innovative companies learn from their data so they can make better decisions. Mixpanel is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.