Partner with C-Level executives as a key operational leader, driving innovation and advancing AXS’ engineering strategy.
Define the engineering roadmap, balancing long-term vision with near-term priorities across product development, infrastructure, security, and compliance.
Oversee engineering execution to ensure delivery of high-quality, scalable software products that meet productivity, growth, financial, and roadmap objectives.
Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of end-to-end engineering processes, with clear KPIs to measure and drive excellence.
Build and empower high-performing global teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Collaborate with Product, Ticketing Strategy, Sales, Operations, AEG, and other partners to ensure strong outcomes and alignment.
Drive operational effectiveness through best practices, disciplined execution, and process improvements that increase productivity and reduce inefficiencies.
Translate business goals into actionable engineering initiatives, ensuring technical direction is aligned with organizational priorities.
Provide clear communication and progress updates to the CTO and senior leadership.
Manage operating budgets and resources effectively, ensuring financial accountability and sustainable growth.

Requirements

Proven Leadership: 14+ years in high-growth technology, including 11+ years leading large engineering teams with a focus on operational excellence and consumer-facing applications.
Consumer & E-Commerce Scale: Experience building and supporting complex, high-volume systems that deliver seamless user experiences under tight time constraints.
Strategic Execution: Demonstrated success defining and delivering technology roadmaps, managing multiple projects end-to-end, and scaling engineering organizations.
Technical Depth: Strong background across modern frameworks (.NET, React, Node, Swift, Kotlin) and scalable cloud platforms (preferably AWS).
Performance & Security: Expertise with CDNs, caching, edge security, dynamic routing, CI/CD, test automation, and SRE practices to ensure high reliability.
Data & Real-Time Systems: Skilled in designing scalable data platforms, working with enterprise databases (Oracle, DynamoDB, Snowflake, etc.), and leveraging event-driven architectures for personalization and analytics.
Agile & Operational Excellence: Deep knowledge of Scrum/Kanban with a proven ability to optimize processes, define KPIs, and improve delivery at scale.
Global Team Leadership: Success leading distributed, diverse teams worldwide, building collaborative, innovative, and high-performance cultures.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Strong ability to partner with Product, Design, Marketing, and Operations to align engineering execution with customer and business goals.
Vendor & Outsourcing Management: Proven experience managing third-party vendors and outsourcing partnerships, ensuring quality, accountability, and alignment with strategic goals.

Benefits

medical, dental and vision insurance
paid holidays
vacation and sick time
company paid basic life insurance
voluntary life insurance
parental leave
401k Plan (with a current employer match of 3%)
flexible spending and health savings account options
wellness offerings

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

.NETReactNodeSwiftKotlinAWSCDNsCI/CDtest automationSRE practices

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationinnovationcommunicationstrategic executionoperational excellenceprocess improvementteam buildingcross-functional collaborationvendor management