Director, Product Software Engineering (SaaS)

TL;DR

Director, Product Software Engineering (SaaS): Leads and provides strategic leadership for the product software engineering department, driving architecture evolution for modern SaaS solutions with an accent on designing distributed systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security. Focus on providing tactical architectural guidance, managing technical debt, and building high-performing engineering teams.

Location: Hybrid (8 days/month) in the **USA** in **Glastonbury, CT**, **New York City, NY**, or **Princeton, NJ**. Applicants **may be required to appear onsite** for recruitment processes.

Salary: $166,900.00 – $298,300.00 USD

Company

hirify.global is a product company focusing on designing and developing modern software solutions, particularly in the SaaS space.

What you will do

• Provide strategic leadership for product software engineering and drive architecture evolution.
• Give tactical guidance to architects and development teams to maintain architectural integrity.
• Lead the department's work, ensuring efficient resource use and on-time delivery of outcomes.
• Develop and build high-performing teams, providing coaching and mentorship.
• Investigate and propose next-generation technologies to solve current and future technical challenges.
• Manage the backlog of technical debt and ensure compliance with global information security policies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field.
• **Minimum of 15+ years of experience** as an architect in designing software products in the SaaS space.
• **Minimum of 10+ years** working within product software engineering at a leadership level, leading architects and teams.
• Proven experience in designing **Distributed Systems** with emphasis on scalability, reliability, security, and micro-services architectures.
• Expertise in architectural patterns, application security, APIs, frameworks, modern DevSecOps, and GitOps practices.
• Strong problem solving, people management, and financial budget management skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive benefits including Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA.
• Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave.
• Hybrid work model requiring 8 days/month in the office.
• Hiring process values authenticity, asking candidates to participate without AI tools or external prompts.

Hiring process

• Interviews are designed to assess individual skills, experiences, and communication style.
• Candidates are asked to remove virtual backgrounds during interviews.
• In-person interviews are included, and applicants may be required to appear onsite at a hirify.global office.