Director of Engineering – Integrations

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

📋 Description

• Plan team capacity and recruitment: define roles, manage the hiring process, conduct interviews, make hiring decisions, and oversee onboarding procedures.

• Conduct regular team meetings and one-on-one sessions.

• Provide leadership oversight and manage performance for technical leads.

• Organize team-building initiatives.

• Manage personnel matters, including dismissals, promotions, leave authorizations, bonuses, and compensation.

• Conduct regular performance evaluations, address performance-related issues, and develop Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs).

• Facilitate regular grooming sessions.

• Assign and track engineering tasks.

• Provide technical validation through code reviews, quality assessments, and release authorization; act as an escalation point for critical issues.

• Guide architectural design and make technical decisions for integration projects.

• Define and uphold team-wide engineering standards.

• Oversee infrastructure architecture and security for distributed systems that handle sensitive payroll, financial, and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data in SOC 2-compliant environments.

• Lead the design and implementation of systems for monitoring data quality to ensure payroll accuracy.

• Supervise project planning, execution, and ensure timely completion.

• Prioritize tasks, track improvements in business metrics, and identify potential blockers.

• Represent the engineering team in client-facing technical discussions.

• Telecommute/Work-From-Home within the U.S.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Engineering, Aviation Technology, or a related technical field along with five years of experience as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or Backend Developer.

• Familiarity with PII compliance frameworks and secure coding principles.

• Proficiency in:

• Python development, distributed backend architecture, API design, and performance optimization.

• Relational databases.

• Major cloud platform deployment.

• Experience in:

• Designing authorized data extraction systems; including API reverse-engineering, browser automation, and anti-automation mitigation in compliant, user-authorized environments.

• Handling sensitive financial data.

• Implementing observability systems.

• Monitoring data quality with alerting mechanisms for production environments.

• Implementing data validation and verification techniques, including heuristic or statistical methods for cross-source data validation of financial information.

• Leading technical projects from design through to release.

• Establishing and enforcing engineering standards, code review workflows, and development best practices.

• Engaging in cross-functional collaboration to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

• Conducting technical interviews.

• Utilizing the Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP).

• Working with LLM-based autonomous agents and workflows for data processing.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Flexible work hours and telecommuting options.

• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

• Supportive work environment with a focus on team collaboration.