BuildOps · 21 hours ago
Director of Engineering, FinancialOS
Los Angeles, California
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$196K/yr - $262K/yr
10+ years expBuildOps is a technology startup focused on providing innovative software solutions for commercial contractors. As the Director of Engineering for FinancialOS, you will be responsible for the engineering strategy and execution of a unified financial layer, ensuring the platform delivers reliable and auditable financial outputs while leading a high-performing team.
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Responsibilities
Develop and implement an engineering strategy that delivers FinancialOS as a platform capability used across BuildOps
Build, lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of managers and senior ICs to execute on the FinancialOS vision
Establish engineering standards, operating rhythms, and best practices appropriate for high-stakes financial correctness and platform adoption
Partner with Product Management and other engineering leaders to align sequencing, tradeoffs, and adoption across the broader BuildOps ecosystem
Drive the architectural vision for FinancialOS, including a financial subledger that ensures every dollar-impacting event becomes a validated, period-aware, reversible, auditable transaction before syncing to an ERP
Lead platformization of money behavior across modules by centralizing financial services like tax, rounding and precision, currency treatment, and validation to eliminate inconsistent outcomes
Drive standardization across pricing and cost definitions, configuration, and coding and segment structures so financial outputs remain consistent and ERP-ready across all workflows
Define, track, and report key engineering and platform metrics including reliability, correctness, delivery velocity, and incident rates
Establish a quality bar appropriate for financial systems including traceability, deterministic behavior, safe correction flows, and robust validation
Continuously improve how the organization ships and operates as a platform engineering function
Work closely with QA, Product, Customer Success, and Integrations teams to ensure FinancialOS is adopted cleanly and delivers real customer outcomes
Foster a culture of innovation, clarity, and accountability while operating across multiple teams and priorities
Ensure the platform reduces reconciliation burden by producing clean, predictable ERP-ready financial outputs that align operations and accounting
Build with the realities of construction financials in mind, including out-of-order costs, corrections, accruals, and strict ERP requirements
Qualification
Required
10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading managers and teams in a high-growth SaaS or technology company
Proven track record defining architecture for complex, scalable systems including distributed systems, microservices, and cloud infrastructure
Demonstrated success building and scaling platform teams where multiple product teams depend on shared services and contracts
Strong understanding of accounting-grade transaction systems including immutable history, auditability, validation, period controls, and safe correction and reversal patterns
Experience delivering or partnering closely on ERP and accounting integrations, with an obsession for correctness, predictability, and reduced reconciliation
Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to align cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
Benefits
Generous equity grant, become an owner in our company!
Macbook computer provided
A comprehensive benefits package
Flexible PTO and hybrid work schedules
Work from home stipend
Hubs in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Raleigh with hybrid work schedules and lunch provided for in-office days
Company events like BBQs and team-building activities, both in-person and virtual
Fast-paced, collaborative, and dynamic work environment
Opportunities for growth and career advancement
Chance to work with cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions
The chance to get in on the ground floor and build something truly groundbreaking for ourselves and our amazing customers
Company
BuildOps
BuildOps provides a software platform for modern commercial contractors.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$225.8MKey Investors
Meritech Capital PartnersN47Fika Ventures
2025-03-21Series C· $127M
2023-05-18Series B· $50M
2022-05-24Series A· $43M
Leadership Team
Alok Chanani
CEO
Duncan Grazier
Chief Technology Officer
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