Director, Engineering

Job Description

• This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Director, Engineering in the United States. This leadership role offers the opportunity to shape the future of a fast-growing digital product environment serving millions of passionate users worldwide. The position combines strategic planning, people leadership, and hands-on technical guidance across web, mobile, backend, and data systems. You will lead and scale a high-performing engineering team while collaborating closely with product, design, editorial, analytics, and marketing stakeholders. The role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, agile organization and enjoys balancing technical excellence with business impact. You will play a key role in defining engineering roadmaps, driving innovation, and fostering an inclusive and collaborative team culture. This is a highly visible position with meaningful influence on product direction, technical strategy, and organizational growth.
• Accountabilities: Lead, mentor, and grow a multidisciplinary engineering team across web, iOS, Android, backend, API, database, and analytics systems. Define technical strategy, engineering roadmaps, and team structures aligned with long-term business objectives and product priorities. Drive hiring initiatives with a strong focus on diversity, inclusion, and building high-performing teams. Oversee software delivery processes to ensure scalable, reliable, and high-quality product development in a fast-paced agile environment. Make key decisions regarding architecture, infrastructure, scalability, and technology investments to support continued growth. Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, editorial, marketing, and data teams to execute innovative product initiatives. Stay close to the codebase while supporting technical discussions, product ideation, and engineering best practices. Conduct regular performance reviews, provide coaching and feedback, and support career development for engineers. Continuously improve team workflows, development processes, and operational efficiency across engineering functions. Contribute to broader organizational initiatives related to hiring, technical branding, culture, and inclusion. Requirements: 8+ years of experience leading and managing engineering teams within fast-paced technology organizations. Proven experience overseeing the development of both web and mobile applications across iOS and Android platforms. Strong leadership skills with the ability to scale teams, drive performance, and foster a collaborative engineering culture. Solid understanding of modern software architecture, infrastructure scalability, and agile delivery methodologies. Experience working with technologies such as JavaScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, GraphQL, PHP, MySQL, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch, and AWS environments. Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical involvement and product collaboration. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with experience partnering across multiple business functions. Passion for mentoring engineers, improving team processes, and supporting professional growth and development. Experience evaluating technical trade-offs and prioritizing initiatives based on business impact and operational needs. Benefits: Competitive annual base salary ranging from $240,000 to $260,000 USD. Eligibility for additional compensation components such as annual bonuses and restricted stock programs. Comprehensive healthcare coverage including medical, dental, and vision plans. Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and company-matching 401(k) retirement plan. Generous paid time off including vacation, sick leave, and paid parental leave. Tuition reimbursement and ongoing professional development opportunities. Flexible and collaborative work environment within a high-growth organization. Opportunity to work on impactful digital products with a talented and mission-driven team.
• How Jobgether works: We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team. We appreciate your interest and wish you the best! Why Apply Through Jobgether? Data Privacy Notice: By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Jobgether will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy and share relevant information with the hiring employer. This processing is based on legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR). You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, objection) at any time. #LI-CL1
• We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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