Director of Software Engineering

This is a senior leadership opportunity for a builder who enjoys bringing order to complexity while keeping momentum high. You will lead a growing engineering organization that supports multiple consumer-facing products built on large, fast-moving data systems

Director of Software Engineering Benefits and Compensation:

• Total compensation range: $180,000–$200,000
• Health, dental, and vision insurance through Aetna
  • Company covers the majority of the base employee plan cost
• 15 days of paid time off annually (vacation, personal, and sick)
• Paid major holidays
• 401(k) with full 4% company match
  • 100% of the first 3% and 50% of the next 2%
  • Fully vested immediately upon contribution
• Benefits begin the first of the month following your start date
• 401(k) eligibility begins 30 days after start date
• Hybrid or remote work option with preference for Eastern or Central time zones

Director of Software Engineering Requirements & Qualifications

Must haves:

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with 3–5+ years in technical leadership
• Proven ownership of system architecture across multi-product environments
• Deep experience with AWS including RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, VPC, S3, and IAM
• Strong command of TypeScript, Node.js, React, and React Native
• Hands-on expertise with high-volume data systems:
  • PostgreSQL performance tuning and schema design
  • OpenSearch indexing and scaling
  • MongoDB document modeling
• Experience designing and stabilizing ETL pipelines, ingestion workflows, and distributed job systems
• Demonstrated accountability for uptime, reliability, observability, and incident prevention
• Ability to lead engineers of mixed seniority while setting clear standards and expectations
• Comfortable remaining hands-on roughly 20–30% of the time through code reviews, prototyping, and incident triage
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to translate technical risk into plain English

Director of Software Engineering Preferred Background & Skills

Nice to have:

• Experience supporting mobile applications at scale
• Background in high-data-volume consumer products
• Experience scaling shared databases or leading database separation initiatives
• Familiarity with marketplace, pricing data, or collectible-related platforms
• History of introducing structure without slowing teams down
• Leadership style that earns trust through clarity, competence, and follow-through