Senior Director, Engineering

Role overview

Senior Director of Engineering for a high-growth AI-native SaaS platform. You will lead engineering for a critical product area spanning customer-facing analytics, data ingestion systems, and the foundational infrastructure used daily by enterprise customers.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the engineering organization responsible for core platform capabilities (data systems, analytics, and customer-facing workflows).
• Define and execute product and engineering roadmaps with predictable delivery and high-quality releases aligned to business priorities.
• Drive platform modernization toward an AI-native architecture (automation, agent-based workflows, improved system intelligence).
• Oversee multi-team execution and ensure alignment across engineering managers, engineers, and cross-functional partners.
• Improve customer outcomes by reducing time-to-value, increasing reliability, and enhancing usability.
• Partner with Product, GTM, and Customer Success to align delivery cadence with business expectations.
• Establish engineering practices for scalability, data modeling, and multi-tenant system design.
• Lead hiring, team development, and performance management; raise engineering standards.
• Promote a culture of execution, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 10+ years of engineering experience, including leadership of multiple teams in SaaS or enterprise software.
• Proven experience managing large, customer-facing engineering organizations at scale.
• Track record shipping complex products in fast-paced, iterative environments.
• Deep understanding of system architecture for data-heavy, scalable platforms.
• Experience aligning technical delivery with business outcomes in partnership with Product and GTM.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational and technical transformation (modernization/re-architecture).
• Strong leadership, communication, and decision-making in high-growth environments.
• Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on operational execution.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with AI tools and experience integrating AI-driven practices into engineering workflows.

Benefits

• Competitive salary: $238,000–$280,000 (based on experience).
• Equity participation in a high-growth technology company.
• Fully remote within the United States.
• Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision, majority employer-paid), plus fully paid life insurance and disability.
• 401(k), flexible vacation, and paid sick leave, parental leave, and additional personal time off.
• Work-life balance and wellbeing support.