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Director – Engineering Management
Serious Development. Lead, mentor, and scale a distributed organization of 15+ senior engineers .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading and mentoring distributed engineering teams while establishing performance benchmarks and managing resource planning. Proficient in architectural decision-making, technical roadmaps, and ensuring compliance with US healthcare regulations.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Engineering ManagementArchitectural Mastery Of PHPCI/CD Pipeline EstablishmentRelational Database DesignAWS Or Azure Experience
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Hard Skills
Software EngineeringArchitectural DesignTechnical Roadmap DevelopmentAutomated TestingUnit Coverage BaselinesRelational Database OptimizationPHPPythonModern JavaScript FrameworksContainerization
Soft Skills
LeadershipCommunicationMentoringCollaborationProblem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
AWSAzurePostgreSQLMS SQL ServerMySQLGitCI/CD ToolsOWASP StandardsSecure SDLC PracticesComponent Libraries
Industry Keywords
HIPAA ComplianceUS Healthcare LawTechnical Debt RemediationDistributed Development TeamsHigh-Growth Product Company
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAngularAWSAzureJavaScriptMS SQL ServerMySQLPHPPostgresPythonReactSDLCSQL.NET
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead, mentor, and scale a distributed organization of 15+ senior engineers
- Set performance benchmarks, manage talent growth, and handle resource planning and escalations
- Establish KPIs for sprint velocity, deployment predictability, software stability, and release quality
- Standardize internal documentation, technical design reviews, and cross-team knowledge sharing
- Oversee estimation processes and require automated testing and unit coverage baselines
- Own high-level architectural decisions, system design, and technical roadmaps
- Drive modular architecture and shared component libraries across platforms
- Validate technical proposals, data models, and architectural patterns before sprint implementation
- Participate in high-stakes code reviews enforcing security, performance, and maintainability standards
- Ensure adherence to US healthcare law, including HIPAA, internal operating rules, and client compliance policies
- Promote secure SDLC practices and secure PHI handling
- Identify, audit, and remediate technical debt and infrastructure vulnerabilities
- Partner with Product and Project Management to translate commercial roadmaps into engineering releases
- Serve as the principal technical voice for executive stakeholders and client leadership
- Partner with the CEO on technical strategy, technology stack evaluations, and organizational scaling plans
Requirements
What you’ll need- 8–12+ years of progressive software engineering experience
- 3+ years in a dedicated engineering management or technical leadership role
- Experience directly managing distributed development teams of 10–15+ engineers across North America and Europe
- Experience in a high-growth product company or high-caliber custom enterprise software consultancy
- Experience establishing shared component frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering-wide quality metrics
- Strong architectural mastery of PHP (required)
- Proficiency or exposure to Python and/or .NET
- Familiarity with modern JavaScript architectures, specifically React or Angular
- Advanced experience designing and optimizing relational databases, including PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, or MySQL
- Hands-on architectural experience with AWS or Azure, containerization, and modern DevOps/Git workflows
- Working knowledge of OWASP and regulatory standards
- Exceptional written and verbal English communication skills
- Ability to implement centralized standards while preserving developer autonomy
- Experience presenting architecture and technical roadmaps to enterprise client executives
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent
- Must be legally authorized to work and reside in the United States or Europe
- Must align core daily working hours for morning overlap with European engineering teams
- Willingness to travel to the United States quarterly after onboarding
Benefits
Comp & perks- Quarterly executive meetings and engineering offsites in the United States
- All travel and accommodation expenses covered for the final in-person interview in the United States