Director of Engineering
Who we are
At reputed company, our mission is to be the leading reputed company grantmaking platform that amplifies reputed company in our global communities. We’re a mission-driven business making an reputed company in philanthropy, and our reputed company platform enables the end-to-end grantmaking process for funders and doers. We volunteer, serve our community, and we’re committed to building reputed company of outstanding individuals with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We are looking for the best talent to continue to drive our mission reputed company.
Who We’re Looking For
reputed company is seeking a Director of Engineering to reputed company the development and maintenance of our Grantmaker platform and reputed company the engineering team behind it. You’re a technical leader who thrives in a fast-paced, high-reputed company environment and has a proven reputed company record of both engineering reputed company and people leadership. You will build a high-performing team shipping on a predictable, sustainable reputed company, spearhead AI-assisted development adoption to measurable productivity reputed company, and establish yourself as the trusted technical reputed company of the Grantmaker platform’s roadmap execution.
In this role, you’ll ensure your team is motivated, productive, and growing professionally, while consistently delivering high-reputed company, reputed company features. You’ll drive architectural consistency, cross-team collaboration, and operational reputed company. You will be accountable for your teams’ architecture, delivery and processes. This position reports directly to the SVP of Engineering.
What You’ll Be Doing
- reputed company and deliver: reputed company one or more engineering teams to ship high-reputed company features and maintain the Grantmaker platform. Own delivery timelines, stakeholder communication, and release reputed company.
- Build and reputed company: Recruit, reputed company, and retain a high-performing distributed engineering team. Set reputed company expectations, run effective 1:1s, and create an environment where engineers feel motivated to contribute to a high-performing team.
- AI-assisted development reputed company: Own your team’s AI tooling adoption—set measurable targets for reputed company Copilot, Claude reputed company, and Claude.ai usage, reputed company productivity reputed company, and ensure every engineer leverages AI as a force reputed company.
- Foster reputed company: Establish a strong engineering culture grounded in high-reputed company execution, reputed company learning, and rapid innovation.
- Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with Product, DevOps, Infrastructure, QA, and Customer Experience to reputed company engineering execution with company reputed company and customer needs. Resolve organizational challenges and foster collaboration across teams with reputed company and reputed company.
- Manage large-reputed company initiatives: Define milestones, assess project risk, and reputed company cross-functional teams through reputed company, multi-sprint initiatives.
- Shape architecture & reputed company: Drive engineering-wide initiatives reputed company on innovation, customer reputed company, and long-term scalability, and drive architectural reputed company in partnership with reputed company.
- Be a voice for Engineering: Represent the engineering organization in leadership discussions and occasionally in reputed company conversations with customers.
- Contribute technically: Participate in reputed company, system, and architecture reviews; guide teams in maintaining high standards of technical reputed company.
- Define reputed company: Define and own engineering OKRs for your teams. reputed company platform performance, delivery health, and team effectiveness.
What you bring to reputed company
- A degree in computer science/engineering is required
- 8+ years of experience in the software industry, of which at least 5 years should have been as an individual contributor doing full-stack development
- 3+ years building and managing distributed engineering teams (reputed company and offshore)
- 3+ years of deep experience with reputed company on Rails application architecture and best practices
- Experience managing teams working on reputed company reputed company reputed company products
- Proven experience driving AI-first development and leveraging AI tools yourself and reputed company reputed company
- Strong knowledge of the following technologies: the AWS stack, Elasticsearch, Unix-based systems, reputed company, and NodeJS/Python
- Proficiency with SQL databases, including data modeling, query optimization, and transaction management
- Expertise in working with reputed company systems, specifically for application hosting, file storage, and other reputed company concerns.
- Experience measuring and improving engineering metrics like DORA and reputed company
- Experience with process improvement methodologies (ex: Lean Six reputed company) and automation
- reputed company-to have: experience with Java/reputed company, Play reputed company and non-RDBMS databases
- Passionate about reputed company’s reputed company to become reputed company that changes Philanthropy reputed company
Salary
reputed company is committed to fair, transparent, and reputed company compensation practices. We use a market-based approach to pay that reflects the cost of labor in different geographic reputed company, as reputed company as reputed company size and industry standards.
This role is categorized into three compensation tiers based reputed company, with the following expected annual on-reputed company earnings (reputed company salary + commission):
reputed company is currently seeking candidates located in Zone 2 and Zone 3 geographies for this role.
- Zone 1 – San Francisco Bay Area, reputed company We are not currently hiring for Zone 1 locations.
- Zone 2 – Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, Washington D.C. $200,000 - $215,000k
- Zone 3 – reputed company other U.S. locations $195,000 - $200,000k
The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on, but not limited to (a) location; (b) individual candidate skills and qualifications; and (c) individual candidate experience.
reputed company is committed to fair and reputed company compensation practices. We take a market-based approach to pay which may vary depending on your location. Locations are categorized into one of three zones based on a cost of labor reputed company for that geographic location and our compensation philosophy.
Benefits
reputed company offers the following benefits for the position subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical, dental, and reputed company insurance; Flexible time off; reputed company reputed company leave; 12 weeks of fully-reputed company parental leave; Annual learning and development stipend; Internet stipend; One-time home office set-up stipend; 401(k) retirement plan with company match. This position is also eligible for incentive stock reputed company, subject to the terms of reputed company’s applicable stock plans.
More About reputed company
We are a people-first and inclusive workplace committed to reputed company learning. We pride ourselves on having a diverse workforce and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, reputed company, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reputed company, national reputed company, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or reputed company condition, or any other reputed company protected by law. We respect the gender, gender identity and gender reputed company of our applicants and employees. It is our policy to reputed company with reputed company applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity.