Associate Director - Engineering

What You'll Do

Technology & Architecture Leadership

• Define and drive the engineering roadmap aligned with business goals and product vision
• Lead architecture and infrastructure decisions for scalable, secure, and high-performing systems
• Ensure product stability, scalability, and system health across multiple environments

Team Building & Execution Management

• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of 15–25 engineers (backend, frontend, devops, AI)
• Hire exceptional talent, establish best practices, and foster a culture of accountability and innovation
• Oversee day-to-day engineering execution and delivery against sprint goals and product milestones

Innovation & Product Collaboration

• Work closely with Product & Design to rapidly develop and iterate on product features
• Collaborate with AI/ML teams to productionize computer vision and LLM-based capabilities
• Champion a bias-for-action culture where experimentation and speed are valued

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Act as the tech bridge between product, sales, customer success, and operations
• Set KPIs, conduct sprint retros, and manage progress reporting for leadership and stakeholders
• Contribute to shaping company-wide technology strategy and long-term scaling decisions

What You Must Have

• 10+ years of engineering experience, with 3–5+ years in engineering leadership roles
• Strong experience building and scaling distributed systems, APIs, and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
• Proven ability to ship products at scale in high-growth, high-velocity environments
• Familiarity with AI/ML workflows and productizing LLMs or Computer Vision solutions
• Expertise in modern tech stack: Node.js, Python, React, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, K8s
• Strong engineering fundamentals and architecture design sensibilities
• Experience leading teams through change, ambiguity, and 0-to-1 product builds
• Excellent communication and people management skills