Director of Engineering - Remote

Overview

The Director of Engineering is responsible for leading engineering teams, driving technical strategy, and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality, scalable software solutions.

In Short

• Lead, mentor, and scale multiple engineering teams through team leads and managers
• Define and execute the engineering strategy in alignment with company objectives
• Oversee system architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance
• Drive delivery excellence, improving development processes, velocity, and quality
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, data, and business stakeholders
• Establish and monitor KPIs for engineering performance (e.g., velocity, quality, uptime)
• Manage hiring, onboarding, and professional development of engineers
• Ensure best practices in CI/CD, testing, security, and DevOps
• Own technical decision-making and risk management across projects

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 3–5 years in leadership roles
• Proven experience managing multiple teams or engineering managers
• Demonstrated track record of leading organizations with 15+ engineers
• Strong background in system design and scalable distributed systems
• Experience with modern cloud infrastructure and microservices architectures
• Track record of delivering complex, high-scale systems to production
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience driving engineering processes, metrics, and continuous improvement
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)

Benefits

• Opportunity to lead and shape engineering teams
• Work in a dynamic and innovative environment
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Contribute to the evolution of the music industry
• Professional development opportunities