Sr Director Software Engineering

TL;DR

Sr Director Software Engineering (Engineering Management): Leading development of foundational components powering hirify.global products with an accent on service quality, reliability, and operational excellence. Focus on building frameworks, driving best practices, and managing a globally distributed team to deliver innovative solutions for platform stability and developer experience.

Location: Remote, United States

Salary: $160,200 - $425,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with over 150 million developers and a large open-source community, offering remote-first work and competitive benefits.

What you will do

• Lead a globally distributed team of managers and engineers to develop and scale hirify.global’s foundational service components.
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, and leadership to align on strategic outcomes and solve critical problems.
• Promote best engineering standards, secure and resilient system design, and quality code delivery.
• Ensure iterative feature shipping balancing speed and future velocity.
• Unblock teams through real-time and asynchronous communication to drive clarity and prioritization.
• Hire and develop talent fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and technical excellence.

Requirements

• Location: Must be based in the United States or able to work remotely within the US
• 11+ years of software engineering experience with production coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python.
• 5+ years of people management experience and strategy development.
• Experience with distributed systems performance, autoscaling, load balancing, and traffic shaping preferred.
• Proven ability to build and scale engineering organizations in high-growth or ambiguous environments.
• Strong collaboration skills across product, design, and engineering teams.

Nice to have

• Experience managing platforms focused on observability and reliability.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work environment with competitive pay and excellent benefits.
• Generous learning and growth opportunities.
• Inclusive and diverse culture embracing all backgrounds.
• Focus on innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence.
• Values include customer obsession, growth mindset, and ownership.

Hiring process

• Interviews including technical and leadership assessments.
• Evaluation of experience managing teams and delivering strategic outcomes.
• Discussion of cultural fit and alignment with company values.