Director of Engineering

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the Engineering division and manage all engineers across two teams directly.

• Report directly to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

• Collaborate with the Product team to ensure timely execution of initiatives, maintaining quality and consistency.

• Mentor, coach, and develop engineers through regular one-on-one meetings, providing constructive feedback and growth discussions.

• Assign appropriate Tech Leads to each initiative.

• Cultivate the pool of Tech Leads to ensure continued distribution of ownership.

• Identify and address risks that span multiple initiatives, such as staffing shortages, conflicting priorities, and delivery setbacks.

• Play a role in recruitment by sourcing, securing, and onboarding new engineers.

• Engage in technical contributions through architecture evaluations, technical debt assessments, and addressing scaling issues.

• Take responsibility for execution related to processes, feature delivery, and quality assurance.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven advancement from a technical position to a leadership role, with experience managing multiple engineering teams in a fully remote setting.

• Served as the primary engineering leader within a group, or nearly so; comfortable being the sole manager without subordinate layers.

• Extensive technical expertise in at least one component of Prismatic's technology stack; capable of engaging in architecture and scoping discussions credibly.

• Established partnership with the Product team on project scope, estimation, and delivery commitments.

• Experience in managing remote teams effectively.

• Exceptional written communication skills.

• A strong sense of accountability, a proactive approach, a desire to empower team members, and the ability to achieve success collectively.

• Background in various roles at a scaling SaaS startup.

• Bonus: familiarity with AI-enabled software development.

• Bonus: experience with products aimed at developers.

• Bonus: experience with high-scale SaaS platforms.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity.

• Remote work opportunities throughout the US.

• Company kick-offs and mid-year meetings held twice a year.

• Unlimited and flexible paid time off (PTO).

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees and their dependents.

• Company-funded life insurance.

• Short-term disability insurance.

• Long-term disability insurance.

• 401(k) plan with a 4% company match through Empower.

• Provision of computer and technology equipment.

• $1,000 setup stipend for new hires.