Harbor IT

Mitigating Risks, Securing Futures

Director of Engineering

Full TimeRemoteTeam 51-200Since 1995H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

22 days ago

Salary

$186.9K - $207.7K / year

10 yrs expEnglishSDLC

Job Description

• Drive roadmap delivery predictability by ensuring quarterly commitments are met through disciplined planning and execution. • Maintain world-class service reliability for owned systems, targeting 99.95% uptime and proactive incident management. • Foster operational excellence by establishing rigorous postmortem processes and continuously improving the mean time to restore services. • Oversee engineering quality and throughput by implementing standards that minimize defect escape rates and optimize deployment frequency. • Build and sustain a high-density talent environment, through active coaching and effective hiring. • Manage the engineering budget and resources with precision, ensuring headcount plans and infrastructure spend align with organizational goals. • Establish a robust code review and documentation ecosystem that ensures high standards, architectural clarity, and rapid knowledge sharing. • Cultivate deep cross-functional partnerships with Product, Operations, and Finance to align priorities and resolve complex trade-offs.

Job Requirements

  • 10 or more years of experience in software engineering or a closely related technical domain.
  • 4 or more years of experience leading other leaders, including managing Engineering Managers and Tech Leads.
  • Proven track record of owning the delivery and reliability of complex, large-scale production systems.
  • Demonstrated expertise in organizational design, team scaling, and performance management within an engineering context.
  • Mastery of the full software development life cycle, including estimation, release management, and incident response.
  • Strong architectural competence with a focus on service boundaries, scalability, and resiliency patterns.
  • Experience implementing operational excellence frameworks such as SLO thinking, monitoring, and alerting.
  • Ability to guide security fundamentals and secure SDLC practices, ensuring robust vulnerability management and risk awareness.

Benefits

  • health benefits
  • flexible paid time off
  • parental leave
  • fertility and adoption assistance
  • 401(k)
  • educational reimbursement

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