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Director, Engineering
Location
United States
Posted
6 days ago
Salary
$175K - $328K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Director, Engineering
Rithum
• Oversee and manage multiple software engineering teams, ensuring they are working efficiently and are aligned with organizational objectives. • Provide mentorship and career development opportunities to engineering managers and senior engineers, helping them grow as leaders. • Lead efforts to recruit, hire, and retain top engineering talent – to ensure we build high-performing, diverse teams that collaborate effectively. • Foster an environment where teams feel pride and ownership in their product and Rithum as a whole. Create and nurture a positive, inclusive, and innovative engineering culture that aligns with company values and promotes teamwork, diversity, and collaboration. • Encourage an attitude of proactive responsibility (find problems before the client does), and a sense of ownership and urgency in resolving client-facing production problems quickly. Create a culture where people don't just point out problems but also become a part of the solution. • Develop and communicate the long-term technical vision and strategy that aligns with the company’s business goals. Work with C-level executives to translate business needs into actionable engineering plans. • Collaborate with product management to develop and prioritize the engineering roadmap, ensuring resources are allocated effectively to meet project deadlines and business priorities. • Plan and manage the engineering budget, ensuring efficient use of resources while balancing project needs and cost constraints. • Assure education, awareness, and adherence of your team to Rithum software development processes and standards, including Scrum agile development, automated testing, internationalization, usability, scalability, and service-oriented architecture initiatives. • Continuously assess and refine development processes to increase efficiency, reduce bottlenecks, and improve collaboration between engineering and other teams. • Oversee the design and development of advanced software solutions that scale across hundreds of servers and meet aggressive fault tolerance standards. • Regularly communicate progress, technical challenges, and project outcomes to the executive team, providing insights that guide broader business strategy. • Ensure that all stakeholders, including product, operations, and business leaders, are aligned on technical initiatives and that expectations are managed effectively. • Interface with key clients, partners, and external stakeholders when necessary, providing technical insight and ensuring smooth delivery of software products.
Job Requirements
- 10+ years' experience in software development.
- Proven capabilities in building and retaining engaged, high-performing software development teams.
- Experience managing the entire software development lifecycle of SaaS applications at scale.
- Evidence of navigating a fast-paced, dynamic industry (like e-commerce) and delivering products that gain market share.
- Demonstrated experience driving AI adoption within engineering organizations, including generative AI development tools, AI-assisted workflows, and engineering best practices.
- Experience leading large-scale platform modernization initiatives, including cloud-native architectures, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
- Exceptional written and spoken English
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision benefits: Affordable health care plans and company HSA contributions, starting on Day 1
- A 6% 401(k) match
- Competitive time off package with 20 days of Paid Time Off, 9 Company-Paid holidays, 2 paid floating holidays, 7 paid sick days, 2 Wellness days, and 1 Paid Volunteer Day; at 3 years of service PTO increases to 22 days, and at 5 years it increases to 25 days
- 12 weeks primary caregiver leave & 4 weeks secondary caregiver leave
- Accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
- Pet insurance
- Legal assistance and identity theft insurance plans
- Life insurance 2x salary
- Access to the Calm app and the Employee Assistance Program
- $65/month Remote work stipend for internet
- Culture and team-building activities
- Tuition assistance
- Career development opportunities
- Charitable contribution match up to $250 per year
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