Director of Engineering

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily operations and advancement of the engineering department.

• Guide and mentor engineers and technical leads.

• Identify and nurture high performers and potential technical leaders.

• Tackle performance issues promptly and directly.

• Manage the engineering recruitment and onboarding processes.

• Foster accountability for engineering output across various teams.

• Track capacity, commitments, dependencies, and associated risks.

• Address cross-team dependencies, conflicting priorities, and delivery obstacles.

• Promote the use of AI-assisted development methods throughout coding, testing, documentation, automation, and the development lifecycle.

• Enhance developer efficiency, team productivity, software quality, and responsible AI practices.

• Collaborate with the Product team regarding capacity, feasibility, risk, trade-offs, roadmap, and prioritization.

• Translate product priorities into achievable engineering commitments.

• Communicate potential risks and act as an escalation point for delivery, staffing, and organizational concerns.

• Build trust while gaining insight into team structures, processes, strengths, constraints, and challenges.

• Establish regular one-on-ones, maintain leadership visibility, and monitor delivery risks, team health, and organizational capacity.

• Suggest enhancements to execution, planning, staffing, team organization, and ownership delineations.

• Minimize the operational involvement of the SVP of Engineering.

• Develop a predictable, transparent, and high-performing engineering organization.

• Report directly to Alan Spadoni, SVP of Engineering.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in leading and developing engineers across various product teams.

• Background in performance management, recruitment, and career development.

• Experience in leading technical leads and senior engineers.

• Adequate technical knowledge to grasp engineering trade-offs and gain the trust of seasoned developers.

• Track record of enhancing organizational effectiveness while preserving a robust engineering culture.

• Capability to drive the adoption of AI-assisted development and assess its impact on developer productivity, quality, or delivery.

• Must have legal authorization to work in the United States.

• Should effectively address performance issues, delivery risks, staffing shortages, ownership boundaries, and organizational challenges.

🏝️ Benefits

• Two medical plan options available.

• Full coverage for employee dental and vision insurance premiums.

• HSA seed funding provided.

• Company-funded short-term and long-term disability insurance.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Access to telemedicine services.

• Wellness benefit of $400 per year.

• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Fourteen paid company holidays.

• Paid parental leave.

• Volunteer days offered.

• 401(k) plan with a 4% company match and immediate vesting.

• Fully remote work environment.

• Monthly remote work reimbursement totaling $600 per year.

• Annual in-person company kickoff event.

• Opportunities for growth and professional development.

• Supportive team culture that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.

• Bonus opportunities available.