Director of Engineering

SEON

Director of Engineering at SEON managing software engineering strategies for fraud prevention and AML compliance. Leading teams and driving objectives with a hybrid work approach.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and execute our software engineering strategy to drive business objectives and empower engineering teams.
Establishing software engineering standards across the SEON platform for our engineering teams to ensure consistency and usability.
Build and develop a team of software engineer leaders, provide clear expectations (1:1s, constant feedback, individual career planning, goal setting, etc.)
Lead the team’s recruitment efforts to ensure we can meet our growth objectives
Collaborate with product teams in planning, dependency management, risk management
Resolve knowledge and process gaps
Help to implement and propose development process improvements to make the team’s work more efficient
Work directly with Product Managers, Architects, and your peer Engineering Managers to explore and deliver the best value to our customers and provide visibility on the progress of the ongoing projects
Help the team grow with mentoring on both technical and non-technical skills and performance management.
Be an excellent steward of our engineering culture and encourage knowledge sharing
Operate as a thought partner and leader to Technology and GTM leadership, identifying risks and opportunities to shape our products

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience as an Engineering Leader responsible for delivering products, core services, or comprehensive features
Experience managing mostly remote teams in multiple timezones
Background of being a hands-on software engineer. Including, but not limited to development within a leading cloud platform (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure), development operations, and testing frameworks
Comprehensive technical expertise in delivering a B2B SaaS product with a track record of managing a globally distributed, multi-disciplined software engineering team
Strong understanding of how web services and SaaS applications work
Exceptional service orientation and ability to lead change using positive and collaborative methods; removes barriers, acts with a sense of urgency, and leads by example
Experience with growing, coaching, mentoring, and providing feedback to the engineers in the team including under challenging situations
Demonstrated history of leadership in managing high-impact software engineering projects, preferably in a SaaS startup/scaleup environment.
Lead with empathy and trust, the ability to give constructive criticism
Strong communication and collaboration skills across multiple levels, from detailed technical designs with engineering to broad product initiatives with key business stakeholders
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Project management experience
Business Professional English Required
A degree in Computer Science, similar field, or equivalent experience working in the industry
Experience in highly agile startup-like environments.

Benefits

Comp & perks

flexibility
hybrid schedule

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringcloud platform developmentdevelopment operationstesting frameworksB2B SaaS product deliveryweb servicesproject managementagile methodologiessoftware engineering standardsperformance management

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationcritical thinkingproblem-solvingservice orientationempathytrustfeedback

Certifications

degree in Computer Scienceequivalent experience