Director of Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Costa Rica.

📋 Description

• Establish the product and engineering vision that directs software development priorities across all teams.

• Develop the long-term technology vision and collaborate with business leadership on technology strategy.

• Stay abreast of industry trends and identify innovative technologies that could disrupt the market.

• Make conclusive decisions regarding technology adoption and determine the engineering technology stack.

• Set architectural principles and evaluate high-level architectural decisions.

• Supervise software delivery across engineering teams and oversee development timelines.

• Facilitate communication and collaboration with external technology providers and manage dependencies.

• Establish quality standards and supervise testing tools, infrastructure, monitoring systems, and disaster recovery plans.

• Formulate security policies and compliance objectives while managing the technology budget.

• Collaborate with legal and security teams on matters of security and compliance.

• Inspire, motivate, and develop engineering teams and their leaders.

• Initiate training, mentorship, and talent management programs.

• Cultivate a future engineering talent pipeline.

• Define engineering metrics, track productivity trends, prioritize process enhancements, and communicate process updates.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in software engineering, with significant leadership experience in engineering teams and departments.

• Demonstrated success in establishing technical vision and architectural principles across multiple teams or an entire engineering organization.

• Strong background in selecting and assessing technology stacks, as well as managing complex external technology dependencies and vendor relations.

• Profound understanding of software quality, testing infrastructure, and monitoring practices on a large scale.

• Experience in defining and managing security policies, compliance programs, and technology budgets.

• Excellent leadership abilities with a proven record of building high-performing engineering teams and talent pipelines.

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills when collaborating with senior business leadership on product and technology timelines.

• Strategic thinking with the capability to align technology decisions with business goals.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Over 10 years of progressive software engineering experience, including more than 3 years in a senior engineering leadership position.

• Experience leading engineering teams within a global, distributed organization (preferred).

• Familiarity with cloud-native and AI/ML-adjacent technology stacks (preferred).

• Proven history of scaling engineering teams and organizations during periods of rapid growth (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Inspiring Mission and Culture.

• Meaningful Work.

• Competitive market salary.

• Quarterly variable compensation.

• Hybrid Working Model.

• Comprehensive medical coverage.

• Group life insurance.

• Opportunities for personal development and growth.