Director of Engineering

About Us

Come join a fast-growing, remote-first technology company building modern AI-driven infrastructure products for enterprise users!

Job Details

High-growth, profitable SaaS company transitioning into an AI infrastructure platform is seeking a highly technical and strategic engineering leader to oversee Engineering operations and partner cross-functionally with Product, Finance, and executive leadership.

This is effectively a “Head of Engineering” role with ownership of Engineering leadership, organizational structure, technical direction, and operational execution. The company is evolving from a SaaS solution into foundational infrastructure for AI agents within the data industry.

Please note: This position is 60-70% technical, and 30-40% cross-functional management.

Key Responsibilities:

Engineering Leadership

• Lead and manage a globally distributed Engineering organization of ~16 team members.
• Own Engineering execution, systems thinking, technical direction, and team structure.
• Operate as a strategic and conceptual leader rather than a purely execution-focused Engineering Manager.
• Help define and scale the next phase of the company’s Engineering organization following a recent executive restructuring.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner closely with:
  • Product
  • Finance
  • Executive leadership
  • Operations
• Own Engineering budgeting responsibilities and communicate regularly with Finance leadership.
• Collaborate heavily with Product teams and broader business stakeholders.

Technical & AI Initiatives

• Maintain strong technical credibility while operating strategically.
• Drive AI adoption and Engineering productivity initiatives using tools such as Claude, Cursor, and related AI workflows.
• Help guide API/infrastructure strategy, particularly within enterprise or regulated environments.
• Provide leadership across backend/platform technologies (.NET preferred, but Go, Java, and similar backend).
• The ideal candidate is a Director of Engineering who has been working for a Series A/B, $5-$25M annual revenue startup, whom has remained highly technical but has learned cross-functional management skills, as well - and whom is ready for a change and grow in a new startup environment.

Must Have:

• 5–15 years professional Software Engineering experience
• MUST EITHER BE (1) Currently working as a Director of Engineering for startup company (Series A/B, ~$5-$25M annual revenue)
• OR (2) Currently working as a Director of Engineering for a larger organization, and been in this role for ~1-2 yrs
• 1+ year of experience working on AI-related features (LLM)
• Experience using Restful APIs for infrastructure
• Current or previous startup experience (Series A/B, ~$5-$25M annual revenue)
• Currently, owns the budget for an Engineering team
• Works with/collaborates directly with a Product team

Preferred:

• Regulated industry experience (financial services, banks, etc.)
• Snowflake, Databricks, or dbt

Why join us?

• Opportunity to join during a foundational transformation into an AI infrastructure company.
• Leadership role with high visibility and major influence on future organizational structure.
• Profitable business with established enterprise customers.
• Building infrastructure intended to power AI agents across the data industry.
• Significant opportunity to shape platform architecture and engineering culture during a major inflection point.