Director of Engineering

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

📋 Description

• Supervise the performance and output of various engineering teams, ensuring that projects are executed efficiently and align with the company's objectives.

• Provide guidance and mentorship to engineering managers and senior technical staff.

• Collaborate with the VP of Engineering and senior leadership to shape the engineering strategy and roadmap.

• Facilitate the ongoing agentic transformation of systems and processes.

• Oversee large-scale, complex engineering projects, including prioritization, resource allocation, and risk management.

• Promote innovation centered on agentic loop engineering, software, and systems architecture.

• Encourage continuous improvement and uphold technical excellence.

• Work in partnership with product management, design, operations, and other departments to ensure cohesive business execution.

• Act as the engineering liaison with other business units.

• Build, scale, and nurture engineering talent.

• Set and monitor engineering KPIs while reporting progress, performance, and issues to senior leadership.

• Enhance engineering workflows, development processes, and tools.

• Apply best practices in agile development, software quality assurance, and deployment pipelines.

• Recognize and alleviate technical risks while resolving complex technical challenges.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is required; a Master’s degree is preferred.

• Over 10 years of experience in software engineering or related technical roles.

• More than 5 years of experience in leadership positions, ideally at the director or senior manager level.

• Demonstrated success in leading multiple engineering teams and delivering complex, high-impact projects.

• Strong technical expertise with extensive knowledge of software development, systems architecture, and cloud technologies.

• Exceptional leadership, communication, and strategic thinking abilities, with a talent for aligning technical efforts with business goals.

• Familiarity with agile methodologies, continuous integration, and modern DevOps practices.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities.

• Capacity to manage and resolve intricate technical challenges.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with executive leadership and non-technical stakeholders to drive business outcomes.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work.

• Generous home office setup stipend.

• Annual home office upgrades.

• Monthly internet/phone stipend.

• Comprehensive health benefits, including five plan options, with some fully covered by HiddenLayer.

• Vision insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• 401(k) offerings.

• Unlimited and flexible time off for salaried employees.

• 15 paid company holidays.

• Dedicated learning and development fund for training, conferences, certifications, and industry events.

• Equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.