{bc}
Apply
ashby

Director, Engineering

Campfire
San Francisco, USA
Full-time
Director · 10+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 1 months ago
awsdjangonextjspostgresqlpython

Full Job Posting

Responsibilities

  • Own the org design for your area: team boundaries, charters, and staffing plans
  • Lead, coach, and hold accountable 3–5 engineering managers; develop first-time managers and grow future leaders from the IC ranks
  • Drive hiring for your teams: headcount planning, recruiting, interviewer training, and closing senior candidates
  • Run planning and delivery for your area: roadmap alignment with product, quarterly commitments, and predictable execution across teams
  • Uphold operational rigor expected of a financial-systems company: on-call, incident response, SLOs, and release practices that hold up to enterprise and audit scrutiny
  • Partner with peer Directors, security, and compliance on cross-cutting concerns — shared platform, SOC 2, enterprise security reviews, AI governance
  • Set and uphold engineering standards — code review, testing, observability, architecture decisions — across a Python/Django, PostgreSQL, Next.js, and AWS stack

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years managing engineers and 2+ years managing managers
  • Led a group of 20+ engineers with multiple managers reporting to you, through a period of rapid growth
  • Built or operated systems where correctness and auditability are non-negotiable: fintech, accounting, payments, or ERP
  • Technically credible with senior ICs — able to review architecture and weigh in on data-model and infrastructure decisions
  • Comfortable operating as one of several peer leaders: collaborative, low-ego, and effective at working across org boundaries
  • Hands-on interest in running LLMs and agents in production
  • Clear, direct communicator who writes well and gives hard feedback kindly
  • Bonus
  • Experience taking a product through enterprise security and compliance (SOC 2, SSO/SAML, vendor reviews)
  • Familiarity with revenue recognition, GAAP close, or accounting integrations (Stripe, Deel, Rippling, banks, payroll)
  • Experience with MCP or building integrations for AI platforms
  • Depth in Python and relational databases

Apply for this job in 1 click

Skip the repetitive application forms

Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.

Sarah M.James T.Maya R.

Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career

Start Free Today

More from this employer

More jobs at Campfire

Chief Information Security Officer

San Francisco, USA

Discovered 1 weeks agoFull-time

Sr. Business Recruiter

San Francisco, USA

Discovered 1 weeks agoFull-time

Technical GTM Strategy & Operations Lead

San Francisco, USA

Discovered 1 weeks agoFull-time

Forward Deployed Engineer, Office of the CEO

San Francisco, USA

Discovered 1 weeks agoFull-time

Accounting Solutions Consultant

New York City, USA

Discovered 2 weeks agoFull-time

VC Partnerships Lead

San Francisco, USA

Discovered 1 months agoFull-time

Partner Enablement Specialist

San Francisco, USA

Discovered 1 months agoFull-time

Integrations Specialist

San Francisco, USA

Discovered 1 months agoFull-time