Director, Engineering

What you’ll be doing

• Lead, recruit, and mentor multiple teams of engineers, architects and engineering managers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and psychological safety.
• Partner closely with senior leaders in Product Management and Design to define a compelling product vision and execute a multi-year roadmap.
• Own and manage the operational rhythm of your organization, establishing metrics and processes to ensure engineering excellence and predictable delivery.
• Represent your teams and strategy in senior leadership forums and company-wide reviews, translating technical progress into data-driven narratives.
• Partner with finance teams to manage budget cycles and control costs for your groups.
• Build strong relationships with other engineering leaders and stakeholders across the organization to ensure alignment and drive complex, cross-functional projects to completion.
• Driving strategic adoption of AI tooling and automation within engineering processes to unlock velocity improvements.

What you’ll bring to the role

• 12+ years of experience in software development, with a proven track record of leading high-performing engineering organizations, including experience managing other managers.
• Experience with public cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and container orchestration technologies like Kubernetes is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated success in collaborating with product and design counterparts to build and execute a long-term, customer-focused roadmap.
• Exceptional coaching and mentoring skills, with a passion for developing engineering talent at all levels.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a large, globally distributed organization.

Nice-to-haves

• Acquaintance in IAM standards like OAuth, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, and governance workflows.
• Strong architectural judgment in building distributed systems, APIs, SDKs, and developer-focused integration frameworks.
• Experience shaping roadmaps for cross-app identity security, expanding integration catalogs, and strengthening enterprise-grade extensibility.
• Partnering with security and AI teams to secure agent-driven interactions and deliver high-reliability services.