Director – Engineering Management

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and expand a distributed team of over 15 senior engineers.

• Establish performance standards, manage talent development, and oversee resource planning and escalations.

• Define KPIs for sprint velocity, deployment predictability, software stability, and release quality.

• Standardize internal documentation practices, technical design reviews, and knowledge sharing across teams.

• Supervise estimation processes and mandate automated testing and unit coverage baselines.

• Take ownership of high-level architectural decisions, system design, and technical roadmaps.

• Promote modular architecture and shared component libraries across various platforms.

• Validate technical proposals, data models, and architectural patterns before they are implemented in sprints.

• Engage in high-stakes code reviews to enforce standards for security, performance, and maintainability.

• Ensure compliance with US healthcare regulations, including HIPAA, internal operating rules, and client policies.

• Advocate for secure SDLC practices and proper handling of PHI.

• Identify, audit, and address technical debt and vulnerabilities in infrastructure.

• Collaborate with Product and Project Management to convert commercial roadmaps into engineering releases.

• Act as the primary technical representative for executive stakeholders and client leadership.

• Work alongside the CEO on technical strategy, evaluations of technology stacks, and organizational scaling initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• 8–12+ years of progressive experience in software engineering.

• 3+ years in a dedicated engineering management or technical leadership position.

• Proven experience in managing distributed development teams of 10–15+ engineers across North America and Europe.

• Background in a high-growth product company or a prestigious custom enterprise software consultancy.

• Experience in establishing shared component frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and organization-wide quality metrics.

• Strong architectural expertise in PHP (mandatory).

• Familiarity or experience with Python and/or .NET.

• Knowledge of contemporary JavaScript architectures, specifically React or Angular.

• Advanced experience in designing and optimizing relational databases, including PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, or MySQL.

• Practical architectural experience with AWS or Azure, containerization, and modern DevOps/Git workflows.

• Understanding of OWASP and related regulatory standards.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Ability to implement centralized standards while maintaining developer autonomy.

• Experience in presenting architecture and technical roadmaps to executives of enterprise clients.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a relevant technical field, or equivalent experience.

• Must possess legal authorization to work and reside in the United States or Europe.

• Must align core daily working hours for morning overlap with European engineering teams.

• Willingness to travel to the United States quarterly following onboarding.

🏝️ Benefits

• Quarterly executive meetings and engineering offsites held in the United States.

• All travel and accommodation expenses covered for the final in-person interview in the United States.