Muck Rack is the leading SaaS platform for public relations and communications professionals. Our mission is to enable organizations to build trust, tell their stories, and demonstrate the unique value of earned media. Muck Rack’s AI-powered, comprehensive, and integrated platform streamlines the PR workflow to help businesses generate positive media coverage, monitor mentions to manage brand reputation, and analyze PR’s impact on business outcomes. By combining media database, monitoring, and reporting into one dynamic platform, we empower teams to collaborate seamlessly, pitch effectively, and analyze results faster and more efficiently.
Founder-controlled, fully distributed, and growing sustainably, Muck Rack has received several awards for its unparalleled culture and product from organizations like Inc., Quartz, G2, and BuiltIn. We value resilience, transparency, ownership, and customer devotion, and infuse these values into everything we do.
Muck Rack’s Engineering team powers a platform that is meaningfully changing how journalists, PR pros, and marketers around the world work. We’re looking for a visionary and experienced director, engineering.
Reporting directly to the VP of engineering, the successful candidate will have oversight of and make significant contributions to the technical vision and strategy for our platform, ensuring its efficiency, stability, and scalability.
What you’ll do:
- Define the technical vision and strategy for our application development efforts.
- Collaborate with, SVP of Engineering, and other technical leaders to align the platform's strategic goals with the company’s objectives.
- Lead and mentor teams of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Own the technical roadmap for the Muck Rack experience, aligning it with the overall product strategy and business objectives. We're not just building features; we're building solutions that move the needle for our customers and the business.
- Drive the design, development, and implementation of high-quality software solutions, ensuring they meet performance, scalability, and security requirements.
- Collaborate closely with product management, design, and other stakeholders to define product requirements and deliver exceptional user experiences.
- Champion engineering best practices, including code reviews, testing, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD).
- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify areas for improvement and drive optimization efforts. We're serious about measuring our impact and using data to guide our decisions. We track how our work affects our customers and the business, and we use those insights to make things even better.
- Contribute to the overall engineering strategy and help shape the future of our technology stack. We're not afraid to experiment with new technologies and find better ways to build our platform.
- Manage team resources effectively, including hiring, onboarding, and performance management.
- Focus on iterative development and continuous delivery: We break down projects into smaller, manageable pieces so we can ship value to customers frequently. We're always looking for ways to improve our development process and deliver updates quickly.
- Outcome-driven development: We define clear goals and measure the impact of our work. We're not just building features; we're building solutions that achieve specific outcomes for our customers and the business.
If the details below describe you, you could be a great fit for this role:
- You're a builder and a leader: This is crucial. Engineering Directors must be experienced leaders who can build and manage high-performing teams.
- You're data-driven: Absolutely essential for Muck Rack. The platform is data-centric, and the Engineering Director needs to understand how data is used to drive product decisions and measure success, internally and externally.
- You're customer-focused: You want to understand the customer's needs and prioritize development efforts accordingly.
- You thrive in a fast-paced environment: Muck Rack is a growing company, and things change quickly, but not without a purpose. You should be comfortable with leading change and leading through change.
- You're passionate about our mission: If you are genuinely excited about Muck Rack's mission and the value it provides to PR professionals will be more engaged and motivated, we want to get to know you.
Interview Overview
Below you'll find an outline of the interview plan for this role. Please note that this is what we expect the process to look like; we may ask you for supplemental information or require an additional step before making a final decision.
- 30 min interview with a member of our Talent Team
- A 1 hour video interview with the hiring manager
- Peer interviews with the Platform and DevOps team
- 30 min Q&A with the hiring manager
- Final call(s) with executive team member(s)
Salary
In the US, the base salary for this role is between $200,000 and $221,000, depending on skills and experience. Total compensation for this role consists of base salary and a quarterly bonus plan. We take a geo-neutral approach to compensation within the US, meaning that we pay based on job function and level, not location. For all other countries, we have competitive pay bands based on market standards.
Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors. We recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated with you as a candidate.
Remote Work, Forever. We’re a fully distributed team and have pledged to remain that way forever. We offer employees a full home office setup, phone & internet reimbursement, and a monthly coworking membership. We build culture through virtual and in-person team bonding opportunities including team lunches, friendly competitions, and celebratory events!
Transparent Compensation. We offer competitive geo-neutral pay in the U.S. and review compensation at least once annually to ensure internal equity and alignment with the external market. Depending on the role, we offer either a standardized bonus program or attainable commission structure and an opportunity to earn equity in the company. All employees are eligible for our 401(k) plan* with employer contributions.
Health & Wellness*. Muck Rack provides comprehensive health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for employees and their families. We offer a high-deductible health plan with 100% premium coverage for individuals, as well as a range of other plan options. Our team also has access to 24/7 Virtual Care, an Employee Assistance Program, employer-funded HSA contributions, and other pre-tax benefits. Team members have access to a quarterly wellness stipend and a free Headspace subscription.
PTO and Family Benefits. Our team enjoys 4+ weeks of off-the-grid PTO, paid sick/mental health days and 13 paid holidays, which can be exchanged for additional PTO with our "Holiday Swap Program." We also provide up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
Personal & Professional Development. We grow talent by creating internal pathways for advancement and promotion. Muck Rack conducts bi-annual performance reviews, hosts team-wide workshops, and offers management training and leadership training opportunities. We also provide unlimited subscriptions to L&D platforms including Coursera & O’Reilly, as well as 2 additional days of PTO to dedicate to learning and development.
Culture of Inclusion. We know that diverse perspectives breed innovation and help us better serve our customers. We are committed to ensuring employees feel their identities are valued and that people of all backgrounds and points of view are treated equitably.
Customer-First. Founder-controlled means we have the freedom to be nimble, highly collaborative and innovative, building forward-thinking products that enable 3,000+ companies around the world to build trust, tell their stories and demonstrate the unique value of earned media.
*These benefits are specific to US-based employees. In some, but not all, cases we are able to offer equivalent benefits to employees located outside of the United States.
While we are a fully distributed team, we do have limitations on where we can hire and maintain a list of acceptable working locations based on job function. If we are unable to hire in your current location for the role for which you applied, you will be notified via email. While we enjoy many benefits as a permanently distributed and remote company, we cannot always support relocation or extended travel and have guidelines in place to ensure compliant work away from your designated permanent residence.
If you're excited about an opportunity at Muck Rack but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the requirements of the role outlined here, please don't let it stop you from applying. We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we want to hear from you. You may be a great fit for this role or another position on our team. We deliberately encourage individuals from all backgrounds, including race, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability status to apply for positions. We are an equal opportunity employer and we're committed to a fair and consistent interview process and candidate experience.
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What We Do
Muck Rack’s Public Relations Management (PRM) platform enables PR teams to work together to find the right journalists for their stories, send customized pitches, build meaningful relationships with the media, monitor news and quantify their impact.
Thousands of organizations, including Taco Bell, Pfizer, Golin, International Committee of the Red Cross, Knight Foundation and more use Muck Rack to take their communications to the next level.
Why Work With Us
Founder controlled, fully distributed, and growing sustainably, we have the freedom to build forward-thinking products, put our customers first, and offer an inclusive culture that welcomes diverse perspectives.
We enjoy the flexibility to work where we’re most productive and stay connected no matter where we’re located.
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