FormAssembly

Director of Engineering

FormAssembly

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudLaravelMySQLPHP

About the role

  • Lead and coach multiple engineers across several teams building SaaS applications in PHP/Laravel
  • Help facilitate Agile ceremonies and ensure teams are applying Agile best practices pragmatically
  • Guide architectural discussions, ensuring scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions in a cloud-native (AWS) SaaS environment
  • Assist driving adoption of DevOps best practices including CI/CD, automation, observability, and reliability
  • Encourage a growth mindset through coaching, mentoring, and constructive feedback
  • Protect team health and product quality by making tough trade-offs — including when to say “no.”
  • Build and maintain a culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement
  • Partner closely with Product Managers and Product Owners to align priorities, set goals, and deliver customer value
  • Partner with other leaders to align on long-term engineering strategy and architecture
  • Demonstrate agency, take ownership of identifying and addressing issues and attempt to present solutions
  • Value code quality, maintainability, and effective communication
  • Demonstrate a growth mindset and openness to giving and receiving feedback

Requirements

  • Excellent planning, communication, and collaboration skills; you understand how to help teams grow
  • Strong background in web application architecture and SaaS systems
  • Experience leading Agile teams, with deep knowledge of Agile frameworks and practices
  • Demonstrated ability to coach engineers and technical leads
  • Experience working with AWS cloud infrastructure and modern DevOps practices
  • Ability to balance technical trade-offs with business priorities
  • 7+ years in software engineering, with at least 3+ years in a leadership role
  • Strong understanding of PHP/Laravel, MySQL, and modern web stacks
  • Previous work in distributed/remote-first teams
  • US Based with US Citizenship
  • Nice to have: Experience scaling web applications that handle high traffic or large data volumes
  • Nice to have: Experience with real-time data processing
  • Nice to have: Hands-on knowledge of API development, and containerization
  • Nice to have: Eastern/Central US Timezone Preferred