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About DAT DAT Freight & Analytics is an award-winning employer of choice and a next-generation SaaS technology company that has been at the leading edge of freight and logistics innovation for nearly five decades. Founded in 1978, DAT operates the largest freight marketplace in North America — processing 250 million+ load posts annually and maintaining one of the largest repositories of freight market transaction data in the world. On a defined path to $1 billion in revenue, DAT deploys a suite of software solutions, machine learning models, and intelligent automation tools that help brokers, carriers, and shippers price freight accurately, source capacity, reduce risk, and operate more efficiently. With nearly 700 teammates across offices in Denver, CO; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Springfield, MO; Toronto, ON; and Bangalore, India, DAT combines the credibility of a multi-decade market leader with the drive of a company that is not done disrupting the industry it helped build. For more information, visit www.DAT.com Job Application Deadline: 10/31/2026 The Opportunity DAT is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our FinTech Product team in Seattle. The FinTech engineering team is at the heart of revolutionizing financial services for truckers. We build robust, fault-tolerant systems that make real-time decisions and manage money flows with bank-grade reliability. Our technology transforms the accounts receivable process through intelligent automation and visualization, multiplying our operations team's effectiveness. For our customers, we craft intuitive, trustworthy applications that set a new standard for financial services. What You’ll Do Build a perspective on the problem space. You’ll play a direct part in shaping the roadmap and determining how the team should get there. Use process as a tool, not a job description . You’ll determine the right amount of ritual, influence, and collaboration to produce great outcomes. Partner effectively . You’ll understand and empathize with the motivations and concerns of your cross functional partners, and actively collaborate to see broad initiatives succeed beyond your team’s own execution. Hold the bar on technical decision-making. You know the difference between a good architecture call and a fast one, and you encourage your team to make the former. Invest in people. You’ll give clear, timely, actionable feedback that brings out the best in your reports and your peers. You’ll build development plans, run 1:1s, promote, and manage performance. Grow the team. You’ll recruit, interview, and hire great people for your own team and across DAT. The Skills and Experience You’ll Bring People Management: Prior experience directly managing a team of engineers, including hiring, 1:1s, and performance management. Technical Background: Prior experience as an engineer or equivalent background in technical IC work. Project Delivery: A track record of successful delivery, starting from project conception through delivery. Operational Stewardship: Experience balancing new greenfield work with maintenance, managing effective and sustainable on call rotations, and thoughtfully handling tech debt. Experience: 8+ total years of experience across IC and management, with 3+ years in direct management. Demonstrated skill matters more than the number, so don't self-select out if your path looks different. We'd be Extra Excited If: You are a strong product thinker as well as engineering leader You have prior freight or logistics experience You have prior experience with financial systems Why DAT? DAT is an award winning employer of choice. For starters, we have a hybrid work environment, but we also know what makes a great workplace. We have a time-tested and resolute set of operating values predicated on integrity, mutual respect, open communication, and executing with excellence. These values inform our strategic vision as much as any one of our products does. We’ve been an employer of choice in the Portland metropolitan area for four decades, and within one year of opening our Denver office, DAT was #26 on Built In Colorado’s 100 Best Places to Work In Colorado. Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance Parental Leave Flexible Vacation Time (FVT) An additional 10 holidays of paid time off per calendar year 401k matching (immediately vested) Employee Stock Purchase Plan Short- and Long-term disability sick leave Flexible Spending Accounts Health Savings Accounts Employee Assistance Program Additional programs - Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness Free TriMet transit pass (Beaverton Office) Competitive salary and benefits package Work on impactful projects in a cutting-edge environment Collaborative and supportive team culture Opportunity to make a real difference in the trucking industry Employee Resource Groups For Washington-based candidates, in compliance with the Washington State Pay Transparency Law, the salary range for this role is $208,000.00 - $293,500.00 + target bonus. DAT considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education and training, core skills, internal equity, and market and business elements when extending an offer. DAT embraces the value of a diverse workforce, and believes it is a core strength of our company that we encourage those values in every DAT employee, at every level of our organization, regardless of tenure or rank. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) #LI-RF1 #LI-hybrid

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DAT is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our FinTech Product team in Seattle.
What You’ll Do
Build a perspective on the problem space. You’ll play a direct part in shaping the roadmap and determining how the team should get there.
Use process as a tool, not a job description . You’ll determine the right amount of ritual, influence, and collaboration to produce great outcomes.
Partner effectively . You’ll understand and empathize with the motivations and concerns of your cross functional partners, and actively collaborate to see broad initiatives succeed beyond your team’s own execution.
Hold the bar on technical decision-making. You know the difference between a good architecture call and a fast one, and you encourage your team to make the former.
Invest in people. You’ll give clear, timely, actionable feedback that brings out the best in your reports and your peers. You’ll build development plans, run 1:1s, promote, and manage performance.
Grow the team. You’ll recruit, interview, and hire great people for your own team and across DAT.
The Skills and Experience You’ll Bring
People Management: Prior experience directly managing a team of engineers, including hiring, 1:1s, and performance management.
Technical Background: Prior experience as an engineer or equivalent background in technical IC work.
Project Delivery: A track record of successful delivery, starting from project conception through delivery.
Operational Stewardship: Experience balancing new greenfield work with maintenance, managing effective and sustainable on call rotations, and thoughtfully handling tech debt.
Experience: 8+ total years of experience across IC and management, with 3+ years in direct management. Demonstrated skill matters more than the number, so don't self-select out if your path looks different.
You are a strong product thinker as well as engineering leader
You have prior freight or logistics experience
You have prior experience with financial systems
Why DAT? DAT is an award winning employer of choice.
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance
Flexible Vacation Time (FVT)
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Short- and Long-term disability sick leave
Flexible Spending Accounts
Health Savings Accounts

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