Highspot

Senior Director, Engineering

Highspot

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Washington

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Salary

💰 $266,000 - $329,609 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

ClojureCloudJavaPythonRubySDLCSparkTypeScript

About the role

  • Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing organization of engineers and managers, setting the technical vision and execution strategy for our AI-driven Training and Coaching products.
  • Effectively collaborate with key partners in your product area, including Designers, Product Managers, and TPMs
  • Uphold and build upon Highspot’s culture, ensuring that Engineering is a welcoming, inclusive place, and that we not only meet our DE&I goals but lead Seattle’s tech industry with our commitment to diversity
  • Bring your technical expertise to bear as you work to manage the evolution of Highspot’s software; ensure that our architecture and stack are optimized to keep pace with the demands of hyper-growth; position your product area (and support adjacent product areas) for continued high-availability, security and reliability across multiple worldwide data centers
  • Deeply understand the strategic value and the market opportunity of your product area; leverage your expertise to define KPIs and growth plans for your organization
  • Create a collaborative environment where all levels of engineers can contribute in meaningful ways
  • Partner with the Services team to understand what drives customer joy in your product area and ensure your team works to address customer concerns in a timely manner
  • Advocate for the tools, process, and resources the core dev team needs to enable their ongoing success and unlock their ability to innovate
  • Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of the managers and engineers on your team
  • Define clear roles and responsibilities that ensure efficient decision-making, careful analysis of trade-offs, and a responsible balance of strategic business objectives, unique customer needs, operational necessities, and product quality
  • Ensure architects, stakeholders, and SMEs are appropriately involved in decisions
  • Ensure decisions are communicated within and outside team
  • Enforce accountability through empathetic, relevant, and objective performance targets and timely feedback and coaching
  • Advise the broader Product leadership team on the relative costs and benefits of various projects competing for Engineering resources

Requirements

  • Minimum of 10 years in senior engineering leadership roles, including managing engineering managers, and recent experience in the B2B SaaS industry
  • An academic background in Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent experience
  • Extensive experience developing and scaling cloud-native applications and infrastructure
  • Experience in product domains related to AI/ML, learning management systems, data analytics platforms, or conversational intelligence is a significant plus
  • Proven success in attracting and retaining top engineering talent from diverse backgrounds
  • Proven success as a partner and collaborator who prioritizes the success of the team over individual aspirations
  • Entrepreneurial spirit, priding yourself on getting things done with a high level of quality
  • Previous experience designing and building software products at scale
  • Deep understanding of the SDLC for SaaS applications
  • Working knowledge of modern object-oriented and functional programming languages
  • Experience building software in languages such as TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Java and Clojure