Director of Engineering

The Director of Engineering leads multiple engineering teams responsible for building scalable, secure, and high-impact technology platforms. This role is accountable for engineering strategy, delivery execution, organizational leadership, and technical excellence.
The Director works closely with Product, Architecture, Security, and Executive Leadership to translate business strategy into engineering roadmaps while building a high-performing engineering organization capable of delivering world-class software products.

Engineering Strategy & Vision
● Define and execute the engineering strategy aligned with Deque’s product and business goals.
● Drive the technology roadmap, ensuring platforms are scalable, resilient, and future-ready.
● Lead architectural direction for large-scale distributed systems and cloud platforms.
● Identify opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and modern engineering practices to accelerate delivery and innovation.

Organizational Leadership
● Build and lead high-performing engineering organizations through engineering managers and technical leaders.
● Scale teams through effective hiring, leadership development, and succession planning.
● Foster a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, accountability, and
continuous improvement.
● Establish clear career frameworks, mentorship programs, and leadership pipelines.

Product & Engineering Delivery
● Own end-to-end engineering delivery across multiple teams and product initiatives.
● Ensure predictable and high-quality releases through Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD
practices.
● Partner with Product and Design leadership to translate product vision into scalable
technical solutions.
● Balance innovation, technical debt management, and delivery commitments.

Technical Excellence & Architecture
● Provide leadership in architecture reviews, system design, and engineering standards.
● Ensure systems meet security, performance, reliability, and compliance requirements.
● Promote adoption of modern development practices, including microservices, cloud-native architectures, and automation.
● Drive continuous improvement in code quality, testing strategy, and engineering best practices.

Operational Excellence
● Establish engineering metrics and dashboards to measure productivity, reliability, and delivery performance.
● Drive improvements in engineering velocity, quality, and operational stability.
● Implement strong incident management, observability, and reliability practices.
● Optimize engineering processes to improve time-to-market and customer satisfaction.

Cross-Functional Leadership
● Partner with Product, Security, DevOps, Support, and Customer Success teams to deliver cohesive solutions.
● Communicate engineering strategy, progress, risks, and outcomes to executive leadership and stakeholders.
● Influence cross-organizational decisions around technology investments, platform evolution, and innovation initiatives.

Team Scope
● Lead multiple engineering teams (40–60 engineers) across development, quality engineering, DevOps, and Support teams.
● Manage engineering managers and senior technical leaders.
● Responsible for organizational growth, resource planning, and engineering effectiveness.

● 15+ years of experience in software engineering with significant leadership experience managing multiple teams.
● Proven experience leading large-scale engineering organizations and complex product platforms.
● Strong background in distributed systems, cloud architectures, and modern engineering practices.
● Experience scaling engineering teams in high-growth product or platform environments.
● Demonstrated ability to influence technical and business decisions at executive levels.

• Experience building cloud-native platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Exposure to AI-driven engineering or intelligent automation.
• Experience in high-scale SaaS, fintech, or platform products.
• Strong understanding of security, compliance, and reliability engineering.