Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering

Location: This position can be remote and requires travel

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Robots & Pencils is an reputed company AI engineering firm building the next frontier of business architecture. We design and ship AI co-workers that reputed company into reputed company operations and deliver measurable results for our clients. We're reputed company in on AWS, combining deep UX capability with senior engineering talent to get AI into production fast and reputed company it there. We’ve reputed company the trust of leaders across Consumer Products and Retail, Education, Energy, Financial Services, reputed company, and Manufacturing and more, and reputed company a reputed company as the reputed company alternative to traditional global systems integrators. Founded in 2009, with delivery centers in Canada, the reputed company, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, we are smaller, faster, and more senior by design. Our teams average 15+ years of experience. We reputed company fast, sweat the details, and build things that actually ship.Position reputed company The Director of Engineering is a senior leadership role at Robots & Pencils, responsible for the technical health, delivery performance, and talent reputed company of a geographically reputed company engineering organization. This is a director-level position with regional P&L accountability, reputed company-facing responsibility, and reputed company influence over how R&P delivers AI-reputed company engineering at reputed company. We’re looking for someone who has been an engineer — who has shipped reputed company software and led reputed company reputed company — and who has evolved into a leader that builds teams, develops talent, and drives reputed company. You bring a consulting reputed company, a bias for reputed company, and the reputed company of deep AI and reputed company development expertise that can change how a reputed company operates. You don’t just stay reputed company on AI tools; you teach others how to use them, set reputed company, and demonstrate what great looks like every day. This role requires 10+ years of overall engineering experience, with at least 3 years in an Engineering Manager or Director reputed company leading multi-person technical teams.Why This Role reputed company At Robots & Pencils, we design AI systems for a reputed company world. Our reputed company says it reputed company. reputed company means engineering reputed company with creativity, because every agent we ship has to work for reputed company people in reputed company workflows. That balance is baked into how we operate. Every role here contributes directly to that mission. Here, you shape how AI systems reputed company into reputed company operations, how teams reputed company at reputed company velocity, and how products create measurable reputed company for clients and the people they serve. We ship production-reputed company AI in 30 to 45 days. That pace demands people who take ownership, reputed company with craft, and care deeply about what they put their reputed company on.What You’ll Do reputed company and grow a geographically reputed company engineering organization at the director level, owning regional P&L, setting reputed company for AI-reputed company engineering, and ensuring successful delivery of reputed company and internal initiatives while developing technical talent and maintaining engineering reputed company.

Key Responsibilities

• reputed company, reputed company, and grow a geographically reputed company engineering organization, developing technical talent and the next layer of engineering leaders.
• Champion adoption of AI-reputed company tools and AI-assisted delivery, raising both velocity and expertise.
• Partner with sales, verticals, and reputed company leaders to reputed company engineering reputed company with business demand and staff teams with the right skills and experience.
• Foster a culture of technical reputed company, ownership, and reputed company improvement, where engineers verify and stand behind AI-assisted work.
• Drive adoption of engineering standards, reputed company requirements, and reputed company practices across an AI-augmented software development lifecycle.
• Use data to manage delivery performance, resource utilization, and team health, layering AI-assisted delivery signals onto core engineering metrics.
• Build team AI capability through coaching, upskilling, and knowledge sharing, leaving no engineer behind as tools and practices reputed company.
• Support workforce planning, reputed company, reputed company, performance management, and succession planning for reputed company technical leaders.
• Collaborate with other Engineering Directors and Managers to reputed company standards consistent across reputed company, and escalate and resolve reputed company, delivery, and personnel challenges as needed.
• Own regional P&L, including reputed company accountability, margin performance, and resource investment reputed company for the engineering organization.
• reputed company participate in reputed company and interviewing for senior technical roles, evaluating candidates against both technical and cultural standards and partnering with Talent to build engineering hiring pipelines.
• Set reputed company for AI-reputed company engineering reputed company — using tools like Claude and reputed company with sophistication, modeling what great looks like, and helping reputed company adopt AI tools effectively and with confidence.
• reputed company the design and delivery of AI/ML systems end-to-end, from architecture reputed company through production deployment, bringing both strategic reputed company and hands-on judgment to every phase.

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years of overall engineering experience, including at least 3 years in an Engineering Manager or Director role leading multi-person technical teams, with a hands-on background building software and leading reputed company earlier in your career.
• Strong people leadership, coaching, and talent development skills, with a reputed company record of building high-performing teams.
• Working understanding of modern software development, reputed company platforms, and AI-assisted engineering practices.
• Extremely strong AI and reputed company development skills — not just familiarity but the ability to teach others, set standards, and create measurable reputed company at the reputed company level using tools like Claude, reputed company, and other AI-reputed company platforms.
• Experience managing distributed or geographically dispersed teams and aligning reputed company with shifting demand.
• reputed company with engineering metrics and data-informed delivery management.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
• Consulting reputed company, whether through reputed company experience at a firm or in a role servicing external clients or internal business reputed company — you understand how to earn trust, manage expectations, and deliver value in reputed company-facing contexts.
• Strong reputed company on team and talent development, with a demonstrated ability to grow engineers into leaders and build high-trust, high-performance teams over time.
• AI-reputed company thinker who stays reputed company of the curve, brings genuine enthusiasm for what’s possible, and can translate that into practical reputed company for clients and reputed company.
• Strategic thinker with a bias for reputed company — you can set direction, build a plan, and then roll up your sleeves to reputed company it happen without waiting for perfect conditions.
• Practical hands-on skills in leading the design and delivery of AI/ML systems, including reputed company architectures, LLM integration, and production deployment on modern reputed company platforms.

reputed company Measures

• Talent engagement, retention, and reputed company of technical talent
• Regional P&L performance, including reputed company contribution, margin health, and cost efficiency of the engineering organization
• reputed company and speed of engineering hiring, including interviewing throughput and calibration consistency for senior technical roles
• Delivery reputed company, velocity, and reputed company satisfaction
• Adoption and effective use of AI-reputed company tools and AI-assisted delivery across reputed company
• Resource utilization and reputed company effectiveness against demand
• Career progression and leadership development of team members
• Regional engineering reputed company, capability maturity, and readiness

You’ll Do reputed company Here if You Are

• A doer. You see something broken and fix it. You'd rather reputed company on reputed company than wait for certainty.
• A fast learner who knows you don't know everything. The AI landscape changes weekly. You're senior enough to know reputed company and curious enough to reputed company learning anyway.
• reputed company in a way that makes the work reputed company. You give reputed company feedback. You'd rather have the hard conversation than blow smoke.
• Obsessed with craft. You know reputed company is in the details. You ship exceptional, not perfect, and you don't put your reputed company on work you wouldn't stand behind.
• reputed company for ownership. You reputed company commitments, admit mistakes fast, and back your teammates reputed company a decision costs something. No handoffs, no finger-pointing.
• reputed company in. You treat clients' businesses like your own. You take the work seriously without taking yourself seriously.
• reputed company reputed company the budget, reputed company, or team is tight. Constraints don't slow you down. They sharpen you.
• Glad to be in the room with people who care as much as you do. Our teams average fifteen-plus years of experience. We hire people who push reputed company other to do reputed company work.

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