Director of Engineer (fulltime | Remote)

As Director of Engineering, you will join and lead a growing team focused on transforming the way out-of-home (OOH) advertising assets are connected with programmatic ad tech platforms across the broader digital advertising ecosystem. You will be leading ~4 full-stack teams (full-time employees, and offshore) supporting growth across 2 business pillars. This role requires the leadership skills and vision to build and optimize engineering practices and manage and mentor a team of engineers, with an eye for scale and continuous improvement. Additionally, this role requires excellence across the technical spectrum and the desire to contribute hands-on to building products, dive deep into advertising and the ad tech ecosystem, and creative thinking. You will be expected to span a number of different roles, with your time roughly focused on: 50% Product Delivery & Technical Implementation Work with Product and executive stakeholders to build market-leading products Implement product features, driving technical and quality practices Implement andor build tools to improve Testing, Deployment, Automation Develop and evangelize standards for coding, data, tooling, operations 25% Staff & Organizational Development Recruit, retain, and grow outstanding engineering talent Proactively identify skill and experience needs, recruiting or developing staff to fill Work with each engineer, to provide continuous feedback, and support growth 25% Partner Management Partner Evangelism, Integration, Testing, and Support Drive creation of appropriate technical documentation Drive processes for discovering, managing, and resolving issues and incidents We'd love to hear from you if you have: 10+ years of full-stack software engineering experience with a track record of building and operating distributed systems at scale 4+ years of experience managing multiple teams and individuals Experience managing products and teams across multiple locationstimezones Experience working with offshore teams is a plus Strong capabilities of observation, analysis, synthesis Excellent written and oral communication skills Experience shepherding early-stage products through multiple iterations Passion and expertise in agile engineering practices and building DevOps culture Proven experience working with customers and stakeholders at the highest level Experience working with demand side platforms (DSP) and supply side platforms (SSP) BABS in Computer ScienceEngineering, Mathematics, or related fields Some technology and tools we use: Python, Django, Javascript, React, gRPC as the main languages and frameworks of choice AWS Lambda, Kubernetes for running our applications Postgres, S3, Elasticsearch, Dynamo, Snowflake as data stores Spark, Airflow, and Iceberg for data processing Your first 30 days: Learn and understand corporate, departmental and team goals Gain a good understanding of the career ladder and resources available for a manager Work with the Product team to have a clear understanding of the product roadmap Identify and incorporate tools needed for working on the transaction processing platform Diagnose and troubleshoot production application issues Meet the team and schedule 1:1s with direct reports Meet the stakeholders and schedule 1:1s with business counterparts Your first 60 days: Gain a good understanding of the our landscape Createmanage lightweight processes to help the teams function better Pair with team members on committed initiatives Work collaboratively with other engineering teams and incorporate best practices Work with stakeholders and formulate delivery plans for key initiatives Your first 90 days: Provide technical leadership in the development team. Promote and drive innovation in technologies, processes, and tools. Deliver projects on time and budget, ensuring quality standards are met Mentor and develop team members, provide constructive feedback on design and code quality and build an inclusive culture with high performing teams. Baseline career status and trajectory for direct reports and start thinking about avenues of career growth Help define and enforce development practices, including unit tests and code reviews. Develop a deep understanding of the business environment and strategy Interview Process 1 or 2 preliminary phone screens of 45 min each meeting: Hiring Manager VP of Engineering Development team (to gauge problem solving skills) Virtual onsite that consists of 4-5 rounds (45 mins each) spread across 1 or 2 days meeting: Stakeholders (like Operations & Partnerships) Product Team Engineering Team (to gauge technical architectural skills) Hiring Manager Sr Director of Engineering Final Round: Executive Round (optional) Benefits of working at here: Startup culture, focused on developing innovative solutions at a fast pace Opportunity to own meaningful work streams and drive real impact for the business Comprehensive health benefits Commuter benefits 401k with match Equity incentives Generous time off: 20 PTO days, sick days, and Summer Fridays Monthly cell phone and annual work-from-home stipends We Give Back program with charity donation matching Flexible hybrid work environment (2 days in office, 3 days remotefrom home, though we are currently completely remote) Opportunity to grow, have fun and be part of a fast-growing company changing the face of an industry Direct access to work with and learn from an experienced management team, passionate about the business and the development of our employees

Created: 2025-01-14