The Director of Engineering is responsible for overseeing the engineering teams that build and maintain Deels cutting-edge technology platform. You will lead the development, execution, and scaling of Deels product roadmap, ensuring that the companys engineering efforts are aligned with its business objectives, customer needs, and growth strategies. You will guide a team of engineers and collaborate closely with product, design, and other cross-functional teams to ensure that Deels products and solutions are reliable, scalable, secure, and delivered on time.
Responsibilities:
Guide and mentor Team Leads and their teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and career growth.
Streamline processes and optimize workflows to enhance the operational efficiency of FinTech projects.
Ensure teams embrace agile practices, delivering high-quality code in a fast-paced, iterative environment.
Lead across the full development lifecycle, contributing to system architecture, specifications, and hands-on coding when needed.
Design and maintain scalable, high-performance software solutions using Node.js and React.js, driving innovation through rapid prototyping.
Work closely with senior leadership, ensuring engineering strategies align with company goals.
Build strong, clear communication channels with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to achieve shared project success.
Requirements: You bring 7+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience, including successfully managing managers or leading multiple engineering teams focused on growth initiatives.
You've successfully led and scaled high-performing growth engineering teams in rapid-growth environments, demonstrating expertise in evolving both technical systems and team structures to meet increasing demands.
You possess a strong product mindset, deeply understanding how engineering initiatives directly impact key growth metrics like user acquisition, activation, retention, and conversion. You're passionate about leveraging technology to solve user problems and drive business outcomes.
You thrive in a highly collaborative cross-functional environment, actively partnering with Product, Marketing, and Data teams. You're a proactive communicator and strategic thinker, confident in challenging assumptions and contributing to the overall growth strategy.
You maintain a strong technical acumen, capable of providing architectural guidance, unblocking complex engineering challenges, and delivering constructive, high-quality feedback in code reviews.
You're genuinely energized by data-driven experimentation (A/B testing, multivariate testing) and are adept at navigating and thriving in fast-paced, iterative environments where priorities can evolve rapidly.
You are a proactive leader with a bias for action, possessing well-reasoned opinions that drive clarity and build momentum for your teams. You naturally identify opportunities and champion solutions.
You are obsessed with business and user outcomes, moving beyond feature delivery to relentlessly focus on measurable impact and sustainable growth. You consistently connect engineering efforts to tangible value.
This position is open to all candidates.