Director, Engineering in United States at Jobgether
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.