Director of Data & Intelligence Platform
Frontline Wildfire Defense
California, USA
USD 187k-216,200 / year
Posted on Nov 18, 2025
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Director of Data & Intelligence Platform
Location: While this role is remote, this role requires the candidate to be located in the PST area.
About Frontline Wildfire Defense
Founded in 2017 by landscape ecologist and fire mitigation expert Harry Statter, Frontline developed the first fully integrated wildfire defense system to stop the leading cause of home loss in wildfires: ember-driven ignition. The system combines exterior sprinklers, full-coverage design, and connected software for remote monitoring and response, allowing homes to protect themselves long after families evacuate or infrastructure fails.
Proven effective during the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, 96% of homes with Frontline systems survived. That success has earned top industry recognition, including Frontline being recognized as one of TIME’s Best Inventions 2025 in the Green Tech category and receiving the PCBC Gold Nugget Award for “Most Innovative Housing Concept” and the Best of IBS Award for “Best Home Technology.”
As wildfires grow hotter and more frequent, our vision is to give people the tools and strategies to live safely with fire. We’re building a mission-driven team creating real-world solutions in wildfire safety and climate tech.
About This Opportunity
As the Director of Data & Intelligence Platform, you will own the architecture, implementation, and reliability of Frontline’s data platform. You’ll lead the development of data pipelines, geospatial systems, and analytics that transform environmental and system data into actionable insights and data products. This role is both strategic and hands-on: you’ll work cross-functionally to design scalable data systems while building and mentoring a small team to execute on high-impact projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of scalable, secure data infrastructure for ingesting and managing real-time telemetry, geospatial, and environmental data.
- Build and maintain data pipelines, APIs, and visualization layers supporting internal analytics and customer-facing intelligence products.
- Implement best practices for data governance, quality, and monitoring across cloud and edge systems.
- Collaborate with software, firmware, and product teams to ensure high-quality data flows across devices, services, and applications.
- Develop geospatial and analytical tools that support decision-making, automation, and risk assessment.
- Manage the data roadmap, balancing near-term product support with long-term platform scalability.
- Recruit, mentor, and develop data engineers and GIS specialists; set clear technical standards and delivery goals.
Qualifications
Must-Have:
- 7+ years of experience in data engineering, platform, or analytics roles, with at least 2+ years leading technical teams.
- Expertise in building data systems using cloud-native technologies (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker).
- Deep understanding of geospatial data and tools (PostGIS, GDAL, QGIS, or similar).
- Experience with time-series and telemetry data (e.g., TimescaleDB, InfluxDB, Prometheus).
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python, including experience with data pipeline frameworks (e.g., Airflow, dbt, or equivalent).
- Proven ability to design and maintain robust data architectures supporting real-time and batch workloads.
- Strong cross-functional communication skills; able to translate between technical and business needs.
- Self-starter comfortable in a mission-driven, high-growth environment.
Nice-to-Have
- Experience with environmental, satellite, or IoT datasets.
- Familiarity with data APIs and real‑time service design.
- Exposure to Elixir/Phoenix, PostgreSQL, or distributed systems.
- Understanding of applied ML or analytics for environmental data.
- Background in high‑growth or early‑stage technology companies.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary Range: $187,000-$216,200 DOE
- Company-provided cell phone and laptop computer
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
- 401(k) Plan
- Flexible time off policy + 10 paid holidays per year
- Join a passionate, mission-driven team making a real difference!
- And much more!
Join Our Mission!
If you're excited about building technology that protects homes and families from wildfire disasters, we want to hear from you! Apply today and become part of a fast-growing team with purpose and innovation at its core.
Diversity and inclusion are essential values at Frontline. We know we'll do our best and most impactful work when we feel represented, and we belong. We encourage talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.