Director of Engineering

Business Wire

full-time

Posted on: 10/9/2025

Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $240,000 - $265,000 per year

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About the role

Lead Engineering’s direction and execution, ensuring high standards of code quality across the organization, the effectiveness of SDLC processes, and overall operational excellence.
Collaborate closely with stakeholders, team managers, and leadership to design projects and milestones. Provide essential input for Business Wire’s technical and product direction.
Closely oversee project execution and ensure on-time deliverables.
Actively contribute to architecture and technical direction discussions.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship, developing a culture of ownership and accountability.
Ensure effective communication and collaboration between Engineering, IT, Product and other functional areas.
Maximize the effectiveness of teams by identifying and removing roadblocks, implementing process improvements, providing actionable feedback, and increasing technical maturity across the organization.
Identify resource and knowledge gaps as well as deficiencies across the organization. Develop and oversee the implementation of solutions for addressing the issues.

10+ years of experience in software development with a focus on SaaS-based enterprise software.
Significant experience in distributed microservice architecture as well as GitOps frameworks.
7+ years of experience building and managing software engineering teams.
Proven experience as a technology leader who has overseen complex enterprise software projects and has a deep understanding of software development processes and technologies.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate with diverse teams.
Up-to-date with current technologies to inform decision-making and technology adoption with focus on AWS services and modern programming languages such as Node.js, Typescript, GoLang, Python 3, or others.
Proven experience leading a variety of engineering functions including development, QA, project management and others.
Proactive in identifying problems and opportunities and developing creative solutions.
Effective in the planning and oversight of engineering projects with ambitious timelines.

Benefits

Ability to work remotely
Excellent health benefits that begin on your first day of employment
$100 monthly fitness allotment, a tuition reimbursement program, and enhanced mental health resources
401(k) plan with generous company match, and annual profit sharing contribution (subject to company performance)
PTO, Floating Holidays, Wellness Day Off, Birthday Day Off, and more!

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