# Director, Engineering - Platform & App

**Company:** [AgentSync](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/agentsync)
**Location:** Denver, CO
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $235k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Go, Java, SSO, OIDC, multi-tenant authentication, identity and access management, API Design, ai-assisted development, uat, Jira, dependabot, vulnerability remediation, payment integrations, nipr, SDLC
**Posted:** 2026-08-03

> Leads platform and application engineering teams responsible for identity, authentication, APIs, onboarding, and partner integrations. The role requires 10+ years managing backend or platform teams, hands-on Go or Java expertise, and experience with AI-assisted development, security, compliance, and disciplined release processes.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead and grow front-end and backend engineering teams responsible for platform and application delivery.
- Own delivery against timeline, scope, and quality from concept through general availability.
- Lead AI transformation across development by embedding AI-assisted tooling and practices throughout the SDLC.
- Manage a development manager overseeing a customer operations engineering team.
- Drive the technical roadmap for identity and access, including SSO, multi-organization membership, and account linking.
- Partner with the CTO and Product to translate strategy into an executable engineering roadmap.
- Oversee payment and commissions integrations from API design through production support.
- Establish and enforce UAT and release processes, including environment promotion approvals.
- Own security posture and remediate dependency and vulnerability alerts within SLA.
- Partner with Support and DevOps to triage production issues and prioritize the Jira backlog.
- Represent engineering in external and industry forums, including the NIPR Company Advisory Board.
- Report roadmap, risk, and delivery status to engineering and business leadership.

## Requirements
- 10+ years of experience managing backend or platform engineering teams, ideally in B2B SaaS, insurtech, regtech, or another compliance-heavy domain.
- Experience integrating AI-assisted development tools and practices into engineering workflows, with measurable improvements in velocity or quality.
- Ability to operate effectively amid ambiguity and organizational change while maintaining delivery excellence.
- Experience shipping through a UAT and release process and running a disciplined vulnerability remediation program.
- Direct experience with identity and access management, including SSO/OIDC, multi-tenant authentication, and account or organization membership models.
- Experience with systems involving regulatory compliance, licensing, or financial data.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration with Product, Support, DevOps, Security, Professional Services, and Sales.
- Hands-on technical background in Go and/or Java backend services, with the ability to review architecture and unblock engineers.
- Clear written and verbal communication across distributed teams.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience with insurance producer licensing, appointments, or contracting workflows.
- Experience integrating third-party payment processors or commission and compensation systems.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary: **$235,000-$250,000**.
- Quarterly company bonus program.
- Equity in the form of stock options.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with employer-paid premiums for eligible plans.
- Employee Assistance Plan, life and AD&D insurance.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan and HSA employer contributions.
- Flexible PTO and 12 paid holidays.
- 12 weeks of parental leave with a return-to-work stipend.

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