Director of Engineering

Moxie

. Lead Moxie's Engineering organization as its day-to-day leader .

Posted 10/16/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $207,000 - $253,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in engineering leadership, focusing on AI strategy, organizational design, and performance metrics. Proven ability to lead large engineering teams, implement operational improvements, and drive technical execution in software development.

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Engineering LeadershipAI Strategy ExecutionKPI Development Using DORASystem Design KnowledgeAgile and DevOps Methodologies

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringAI Systems DevelopmentPerformance MetricsOrganizational DesignArchitecture ReviewEngineering ProcessesAgile MethodologiesScrumSREDevOps

Soft Skills

Coaching Engineering ManagersCross-Team CollaborationProblem-SolvingCommunicationLeadership

Industry Keywords

Health TechVertical SaaSSoftware Development LifecycleTechnical RoadmapCapacity Tradeoffs

Tech Stack

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About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead Moxie's Engineering organization as its day-to-day leader
Own delivery, organizational health, manager development, staffing, and engineering operating strategy for roughly 60 engineers
Lead AI strategy and execution across the product and software development lifecycle
Partner daily with the Head of Engineering and Product leadership through the Product and Engineering operating cadence
Become the first escalation point for cross-team delivery, staffing, and execution issues
Own engineering delivery end to end
Refine Engineering performance and health measures using Linear, DORA, and reliability metrics
Implement concrete operating improvements and use KPIs to drive action across teams
Assess AI usage and drive AI or agentic initiatives into production
Embed AI-assisted development into the Engineering operating model
Set an opinionated technical roadmap and allocate capacity across product delivery, architecture, platform investment, reliability, developer productivity, and technical debt
Guide architecture and the AI roadmap while remaining close to technical work
Develop and coach Engineering Managers and staff engineers
Shape engineering organization design, staffing, hiring strategy, and technical execution

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of software engineering experience
5+ years in engineering leadership
At least 3 years leading managers and technical leaders
Experience running a 30–60 person engineering organization through multiple Engineering Managers
Experience setting a consistent management bar, developing and coaching Engineering Managers, and handling performance, staffing, and organizational design decisions
Experience building KPI systems using DORA, cycle time, and reliability metrics
Experience partnering with Product leaders to surface risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs
Proven experience building production AI and agentic systems
Experience shipping AI in a product or software development lifecycle with standards for evaluations, observability, security, and cost
Strong system design, software design patterns, and engineering processes and principles knowledge
Comfort with agile, scrum, SRE, and DevOps
Experience reviewing and designing architecture
Experience making capacity tradeoffs between feature delivery and platform investment
Experience building and shaping engineering organizations, including hiring strategy, people management, SDLC maturity, and organizational design
Experience working closely with founders and senior technical leaders
Health tech or vertical SaaS experience is a plus
Must be based in the United States and authorized to work there; visa sponsorship question included in application

Benefits

Comp & perks

Stock/equity: 0.068%–0.092%
Bonus: 10% target
Generous health, dental, and vision coverage
Competitive salary
Remote work arrangement
Interview accommodations available upon request