Director, Engineering Management

Director, Engineering Management

Job ID: 26DIRENG501 Department : Engineering Reports To : Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Collaborators : Product Management, Project Management, Client Stakeholders Type : Fully Remote Location: Accepting candidates residing in the United States or Europe only Core Hour Overlap: Required daily alignment to ensure strong morning overlap with European engineering teams (e.g., US Eastern/Central mornings or European late afternoons/evenings). Travel Requirements: Quarterly executive meetings in the United States; final interview stage conducted in person within the United States.

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are seeking a Director, Engineering Management to serve as our primary software engineering lead. This role bridges high-level technical strategy with disciplined execution, directly overseeing a distributed team of 15+ senior engineers across North America and Europe.

Reporting directly to the CEO and partnering with Product and Project Management, you will establish modern engineering standards, guide architectural decisions, ensure high-fidelity delivery, and foster a culture of accountability and transparency.

The ideal candidate brings strong architectural acumen alongside pragmatic people management. While this is not a day-to-day coding position, it demands recent, hands-on architectural experience with modern web, cloud, and mobile architectures. You must be comfortable conducting code reviews, establishing shared component libraries for multi-product scalability, and maintaining security and compliance as core tenets of system design.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Engineering Leadership & Delivery

Lead, mentor, and scale a distributed organization of 15+ senior engineers, setting performance benchmarks, managing talent growth, and handling resource planning and escalations. Establish clear key performance indicators (KPIs) focused on sprint velocity, deployment predictability, software stability, and release quality. Eliminate 'black box' engineering practices by standardizing internal documentation, technical design reviews, and cross-team knowledge sharing. Oversee team estimation processes to ensure predictable scoping that incorporates automated testing and unit coverage as mandatory baseline standards.

System Architecture & Technical Rigor

Own high-level architectural decisions, system design, and technical roadmaps aligned with business objectives. Drive modular architecture and shared component libraries to optimize code reuse, consistency, and performance across all platforms. Validate technical proposals, data models, and architectural patterns prior to sprint implementation. Actively participate in high-stakes code reviews to enforce security, performance, and maintainability standards.