Undisclosed · 1 day ago
Director of Engineering
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expThe company is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead high-performing engineering teams and deliver scalable, reliable software products. The role involves owning engineering delivery, team growth, and technical excellence while partnering closely with Product, Design, and Data teams.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Lead multiple engineering teams to deliver roadmap commitments with high quality and predictable timelines
Establish planning discipline across squads (estimations, sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives)
Translate product strategy into execution plans, milestones, and resourcing needs
Balance scope, timelines, and technical constraints while maintaining team health
Identify and remove blockers; proactively manage dependencies across teams
Create visibility via clear status reporting, delivery metrics, and risk management
Improve release management practices to support safe, frequent deployments
Guide system design decisions for scalability, performance, reliability, and maintainability
Partner with Staff/Principal Engineers to define architecture standards and review processes
Drive technical debt strategy and ensure it’s prioritized alongside product work
Strengthen engineering quality via coding standards, testing strategy, and code review culture
Ensure systems are designed with security, privacy, and compliance requirements in mind
Champion platform improvements (observability, CI/CD, infrastructure, tooling)
Align technical roadmap with business growth and product evolution
Hire, coach, and develop engineering managers and senior engineers
Build succession plans and leadership bench strength across teams
Implement career ladders, performance cycles, and competency frameworks
Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous learning
Improve team engagement and retention through thoughtful management practices
Support healthy engineering rituals (design reviews, postmortems, knowledge sharing)
Create inclusive, collaborative team environments that scale
Strengthen reliability through incident management, postmortems, and SLO/SLA practices
Implement monitoring and alerting best practices to reduce downtime and improve response
Drive continuous improvement in SDLC efficiency (lead time, cycle time, deployment frequency)
Ensure appropriate documentation, runbooks, and onboarding materials exist
Partner with Security/IT to support audits, access controls, and compliance initiatives
Improve performance testing, load testing, and capacity planning disciplines
Standardize engineering KPIs and use them to guide decisions
Partner with Product to define scope, prioritize tradeoffs, and align on outcomes
Collaborate with Design to ensure high-quality UX and execution
Work with Data/Analytics teams on instrumentation, experimentation, and measurement
Align with Customer Success/Support on feedback loops and incident escalation processes
Communicate progress, risks, and technical tradeoffs to executive stakeholders
Influence roadmap decisions with technical insights and long-term thinking
Qualification
Required
8–12 years of software engineering experience, including 3–5+ years in leadership roles
Proven track record shipping complex products/platforms and scaling systems
Experience managing managers and building multi-team execution processes
Strong judgment in prioritization, tradeoffs, and decision-making under constraints
Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and distributed systems
Expertise in CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and production operations
Familiarity with microservices, APIs, databases, and event-driven architectures
Working knowledge of security best practices and privacy/data handling considerations
Ability to evaluate new tools/tech pragmatically and drive adoption
Execution-focused: builds predictability and delivers outcomes
People-first leader: develops talent and builds strong culture
Systems thinker: improves processes and technical foundations
Clear communicator: aligns stakeholders and sets expectations early
High bar for quality while moving fast
Preferred
Experience in B2B SaaS, AI/ML products, fintech, or regulated domains
Experience leading distributed or global engineering teams
Exposure to platform modernization, scaling infra, or cloud cost optimization
Background working closely with product-led growth or enterprise sales motions
Company
Undisclosed
Financial Services
Founded in 2016US
10001+ employeesFunding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Sean Blanton, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Member of the Management Board
Jeff Saginor
Chief Technology Officer
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