Director of Engineering (Automation, Performance & AI Quality)

TL;DR

Director of Engineering (Automation, Performance & AI Quality): Architect and lead quality engineering discipline into the AI era, owning automation infrastructure, performance engineering, and AI-driven quality initiatives with an accent on agentic test generation and embedding AI-quality thinking into SDLC. Focus on disrupting legacy testing paradigms, deploying LLM-powered tooling, and validating AI/ML model outputs.

Location: Hybrid in Raanana, Israel (2 days office, 3 days remote)

Company

Market-leading software company (NASDAQ: hirify.global) providing AI-powered solutions for customer experience, financial crime prevention, and public safety, serving 25,000+ businesses including 85 Fortune 100 companies with 8,500+ employees across 30+ countries.

What you will do

• Define and lead AI-augmented quality initiatives, deploying LLM-powered test generation, triage, and root-cause analysis.
• Own automation strategy across UI, API, and integration layers, architecting scalable test frameworks and shift-left testing in CI/CD.
• Lead performance and load testing at enterprise scale, defining SLOs/SLAs and integrating continuous validation into pipelines.
• Build and mentor teams of automation, performance engineers, and architects; set technical direction, OKRs, and career ladders.
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, DevOps, and R&D leadership to bridge engineering velocity and product reliability.

Requirements

• 12+ years in software engineering or QA, 5+ years in engineering leadership at Director level or senior Staff+ with direct reports
• Deep hands-on experience building test automation frameworks from scratch
• Proven track record leading performance engineering at scale (10,000+ concurrent users, distributed/cloud-native systems)
• Experience with AI/ML systems and their quality challenges; working knowledge of LLMs (prompt engineering, RAG, agentic workflows)
• Managing multi-team orgs (10–40+ headcount); enterprise software domain (SaaS, CCaaS, fintech) preferred
• Proficient in Python/TypeScript/Java, CI/CD tooling, observability/APM (Datadog, Grafana)

Culture & Benefits

• hirify.global-FLEX hybrid model: 2 office days for collaboration, 3 remote days weekly
• Fast-paced, collaborative environment with top talent and endless internal career opportunities
• Focus on innovation, continuous learning, and raising the bar in AI, cloud, and digital domains
• Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion