Director of Engineering

What You’ll Do

• Own engineering execution and outcomes across multiple product engineering teams.
• Lead, coach, and develop Engineering Managers and senior ICs, building a strong leadership bench and healthy team culture.
• Set technical direction and standards for user-facing systems, balancing long-term quality with delivery speed.
• Partner deeply with Product and Design to shape roadmaps, define scope, and translate product vision into shippable plans.
• Drive delivery excellence, ensuring teams prioritize effectively and consistently deliver high-impact work.
• Guide architectural decisions for front-end and full-stack systems with a pragmatic, product-minded approach.
• Champion quality, performance, and reliability, including testing strategy, operational readiness, and on-call health.
• Leverage AI to accelerate both delivery and product impact from developer tooling and workflows to AI-powered product experiences that drive user value.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders and executives, surfacing progress, risks, and tradeoffs early and thoughtfully.
• Navigate ambiguity and shape strategy in evolving product areas, defining the engineering approach where the playbook doesn't yet exist.

Who You Are

Required:

• Proven experience leading multiple product engineering teams in a product-led, consumer-facing environment.
• Strong technical foundation in modern web development and architecture (TypeScript, React, GraphQL, AWS).
• Deep understanding of how to ship and scale user-facing products with a high bar for UX, performance, and polish.
• Comfortable operating across levels — from org design and strategy to critical technical and delivery decisions.
• Strong instinct for connecting engineering execution to business metrics — you think in terms of conversion, retention, and revenue impact, not just shipping features.
• A collaborative, empathetic leader with strong cross-functional communication skills.
• Delivery-oriented with excellent instincts for prioritization, sequencing, and tradeoff management.
• Thrives in ambiguous, high-opportunity spaces where the strategy is still being shaped.
• Curious and AI-forward, actively using automation and LLM tools to boost team effectiveness.

Nice to Have:

• Experience building products for creators, small businesses, or independent sellers — particularly around helping them grow or monetize.
• Exposure to commerce, subscription systems, or monetization surfaces.
• Track record of scaling teams through periods of rapid product growth while maintaining quality.

Compensation: Base salary targeted at $300,000-$325,000 for roles based in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Final offers depend on multiple factors including location, experience, expertise, and role scope.